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Tony Baldinelli

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Conservative

Niagara Falls
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 68%
Expenses Last Quarter: $102,468.80

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Context: House Hansard - 251 - Nov/20/23

Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)

Nov/20/23 3:50:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to stand in this place today to talk about the dissenting report that we have submitted on the underused housing tax on Canadian border communities. While Conservatives were generally pleased with the evidence contained within this report, they firmly believe its recommendations fall way short of what was being asked by concerned stakeholders. The Conservative members also acknowledge that the existing recommendations in the report fail to recognize the federal government's unpreparedness when it comes to implementing the underutilized housing tax. The existing recommendations also fail to prescribe specific changes and tangible solutions that were directly provided to the committee by concerned stakeholders. That is why we have prepared the dissenting report with five additional recommendations.

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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23

Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)

May/2/23 5:08:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his comments regarding budget 2023 and the budget implementation act. He has spoken to a lot of the issues, but has not really spoken to the issue we are dealing with today, which is housing. Perhaps he can respond to some of the issues we are bringing forward. The government's approach with its national housing strategy, this “everybody gets a pony” approach, has failed to deliver the results Canadians need, which is to get housing built. Housing prices have doubled. Monthly mortgage costs have doubled. The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Canada has more than doubled. How would the member ask his government to respond to those issues?

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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli

Apr/4/22 12:55:25 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, what I was alluding to in my remarks with regard to the 1% underused housing tax was the impact it would have on specific local residents in my community, such as those American visitors and local residents who live there during the summer months. We have yet to get further clarification on how this tax may or may not impact their residences. That is what I was alluding to in my remarks. I wrote to the minister and I await further comments back from her so that we can supply that information to those residents who are impacted.

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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22

Mr. Tony Baldinelli

Apr/4/22 12:53:59 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, to the hon. member's point, the government has spent the most to achieve the least when it comes to the housing issue here in Canada. It is simply a fact that the average price of a home has now doubled from when the Liberals were elected in 2015, making it more unaffordable for Canadians and people in my riding of Niagara Falls to find a place to live. The Liberals talk about returning all those jobs back to the economy, which is great to see, but in a tourism community such as mine there are still labour shortages that exist. Stats Canada, in its January report, still found over 900,000 jobs were left unfilled in this country. We have to do a better job of getting those people back to work and allowing them to earn money so that they can once again afford a place to live.

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