Bernard Trottier on Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1

In the House of Commons on April 7th, 2014. See this statement in context.

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1Government Orders

April 7th, 2014 / 5 p.m.

Conservative

Bernard Trottier Conservative Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON

Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we respect the jurisdictions of the provinces and municipalities.

Members on the other side of the House always want governments to compete to do the exact same thing in our municipalities, and that is not the right way to go about it.

Nevertheless, we have made rather significant investments in affordable housing. We invested $1 billion in renovations and energy retrofits, which was well received. There was no such program before.

We will take action together while respecting the jurisdictions of the provinces and municipalities.

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