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Rachel Blaney

  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • North Island—Powell River
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $145,542.18

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Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Oct/17/23 2:54:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my region has seen the largest increase of unhoused people on record, with a 106% jump in the Comox Valley and almost 70% in Campbell River. This is a catastrophe. The Prime Minister says housing is not a federal responsibility, while people and communities move beyond a crisis point. This is while Conservative council members at Campbell River have begun targeting non-profits that provide essential services to the unhoused. When are the Liberals going to be an actual federal partner and build people homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • May/4/22 6:12:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I really wish we were in the House talking about an NDP budget, because in listening to the member's speech, many Canadians will understand that a totally different view would be happening in this country if we had that. My question to the member is specifically around housing and non-market housing. I am working with many constituents in my riding who have lost their homes. They cannot rent, because they are getting renovictions. We have a lot of people moving to my riding, buying houses and pushing the market up so high that people cannot even dream of buying homes within their own communities anymore. What we do not have is affordable housing: market housing that would let them have places to be safe. Could the member speak about how the government could do so much better if it would actually take action?
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