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Matthew Green

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

Hamilton Centre
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $131,250.15

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Context: House Hansard - 227 - Sep/29/23

Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Sep/29/23 11:50:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, maybe the hon. member heard my question, but clearly he was not listening, because if he was, he would know that the winter months are approaching and it is going to be life or death for the increasing number of people who are being left on the streets to live in tent encampments. Cities like Hamilton are facing double digit property tax increases in order to fill the crucial gaps in funding for social housing. In Hamilton, there is a seven-year wait-list. This is life or death. Will the government immediately respond to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' demand for direct funding in order to repair existing social housing units in order to address our seven-year wait-list?

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Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22

Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Dec/7/22 10:14:27 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the hon. member quite rightly identified the need for targeted interventions. I know of her tireless work and her advocacy on the deplorable conditions of northern housing. I would like her to have the opportunity to reflect on how having the stability of dignified, safe housing for people in her community might help prevent some of the preconditions that lead to the atrocities committed against women, including Inuit women in her communities.

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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22

Mr. Matthew Green

Oct/4/22 5:28:08 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-30

Madam Speaker, I enjoy opportunities where I can find common ground with members of other parties. In particular, the Bloc brings some progressive policies to this House, including the statement we just heard about the need to decommodify the real estate market. We need to wrest control of the housing market from big banks, Bay Street and real estate income trusts, and do what the government did with the creation of CMHC, which is to be bold with a federal intervention and the creation of millions of decommodified houses. On this talk about affordability and the Liberal government, I would say affordable for whom. It talks about affordability that is at 125% of market value, but what we know to be true is that affordability must be tied to people's ability to pay, not left up to the so-called free market of both the Liberals and the Conservatives.

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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22

Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Apr/25/22 4:42:07 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to begin by congratulating the hon. member for his 34 years of service and thank him for that. I know that communities in his riding in Winnipeg are very much like mine in Hamilton Centre, yet Canada continues to see major losses in existing affordable housing as big corporations and REITs continue to scoop up housing on the market and renovict tenants. We have so many constituents who are living houseless, living in despair and dying needlessly in our streets. Organizations such as FCM and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness have been calling for the creation of an acquisition fund to support non-profits to rapidly acquire apartment buildings that go onto market in order to preserve and increase housing affordability. Will this hon. member and his government commit to the creation of such a fund to help combat the erosion of truly affordable housing in our communities?

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