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Gabriel Ste-Marie

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Joliette
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $132,165.46

  • Government Page
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 - 254 - Nov/23/23
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Nov/23/23 11:26:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked about the importance of getting affordable housing off the market in order to protect it from financialization. I would like her to talk about the importance of defining affordability based on tenants' ability to pay rather than comparing it to the average market price.
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Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Oct/5/23 5:44:13 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Mr. Speaker, the member from the governing party just reminded us that the government has reinvested in housing. However, the federal government prefers the concept of affordable housing over that of social housing, which includes co-operatives. For us, the concept of affordable housing is vague, which means that the money earmarked for it is often not used to build affordable housing. Would my hon. colleague care to comment?
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