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Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees

Louise Chabot

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Thérèse-De Blainville
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $122,743.44

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Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
  • Oct/5/23 1:10:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, I would like my colleague to further explain how exempting rental housing developers from paying GST will address the crying need for affordability. How is this going to lower housing prices to help the middle class and the poorest get by? Given that this was an NDP idea, from what I understand, can my colleague explain how this will address those needs?
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Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Ms. Louise Chabot
  • Oct/5/23 12:11:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, I do share my colleague's concern. That is why I was wondering if getting rid of the GST on rental housing construction was the only proposed solution. We do not know how many housing units will be built. We are not getting these answers. As far as affordability is concerned, we understand that the government cannot guarantee that, because the builder is the one who will get the GST exemption. Is the builder going to reduce the cost of the housing because it got a GST exemption out of the gate? I think that—
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