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House Hansard - 303

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Apr/19/24 11:37:48 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, our seniors are absolutely a priority for the Government of Canada. We have made extremely significant investments for them. I have a question for my colleague. Since housing is a priority for Quebeckers, since home ownership is a priority for Quebeckers, since fighting climate change is a priority for Quebeckers, since the electrification of vehicles is a priority for Quebeckers, and since economic growth is a priority for Quebeckers, then why is he going to vote against all that?
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Apr/19/24 11:38:18 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is not a penny more for seniors in the budget. Let us talk about housing. Imagine a Quebecker who is looking for a one-bedroom apartment in July but cannot afford the $1,600 in rent. He does not have access to affordable housing because the federal government has invested only 6% of the money in Quebec. He sees in the budget that the federal government is putting off 96% of its investments in apartment construction and 91% of its investments in housing infrastructure until after the election. It will be years before he sees the impact of the budget measures, and that is only if the Conservatives do not scrap them. Why not allocate that money now?
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Apr/19/24 11:38:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am looking at everything that is being done in housing, for example, building new housing, accelerating housing construction, protecting affordable housing and helping young families in need, in other words young couples with or without children, to become homeowners. The members of the Bloc Québécois are saying that this is important, but they are voting against these measures. They are being swallowed up by the Conservatives. The Conservatives have so much influence over the Bloc Québécois that the Bloc keeps voting with them. That is shameful.
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Apr/19/24 11:45:20 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, in their budget on Thursday, the Liberals made a lot of announcements on housing, but they did not make the $600-million investment in the territories that Nunavut, Northwest Territories and the Yukon have been desperately asking for. When I go home, I am told more heartbreaking stories of crumbling and overcrowded homes. Why will the minister not listen to the territorial premiers and give them the funding they need to address the housing crisis?
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Ms. Yvonne Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence), Lib.)
  • Apr/19/24 11:45:59 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her question. She has been a strong advocate on housing across the Arctic and northern regions. We are the first government, ever, in history to have direct agreements with indigenous governments to address their housing needs. We have invested billions of dollars, over $3 billion in fact, in housing across the territories, in a number of ways, to help increase the housing and to ensure that people have housing that is affordable to them.
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Ms. Yvonne Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence), Lib.)
  • Apr/19/24 12:13:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in consideration of my response to the member for Nunavut during question period, I want to clarify for the record that we have invested close to $1.2 billion across the three territories in housing and have supported over 18,000 units. In budget 2024, we would be investing an additional $918 million in housing in the territories.
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Apr/19/24 12:25:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I also rise to present a paper petition that constituents have signed on the mistreatment and discrimination facing people who are experiencing homelessness and the unhoused population. While government is funding NGOs, petitioners are calling for housing-first solutions and are concerned about the violence this population faces from police and other people with more power. The petitioners call on the House of Commons to implement a federal law against the discrimination of homeless people in Canada and to make it illegal to confiscate their property.
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