Dan Albas at the Finance Committee

On May 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.

May 5th, 2022 / 4 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I would like to thank all of the officials who are here for their service to our great country.

I'd like to start with division 4, “Payments in Relation to Transit and Housing”. I'm piggybacking on MP MacDonald's work.

First, I'll make a quick comment. The member of Parliament for Vancouver East has commented previously on the government's record on allocating the national housing fund's mechanisms fairly, and that B.C. did not receive it.

Let's start by asking this. In this maximum payment of $750 million, is there anything in this particular clause—which, by the way, is about 80 words long for $750 million—that limits this or provides a way for this to be fairly allotted to each province and territory?

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