House of Commons Hansard #1 of the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was first.

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Address in ReplySpeech from the Throne

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

Patrick Weiler Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

Mr. Speaker, housing affordability is a top concern throughout the country, but particularly in the Lower Mainland, and for this reason we have committed to increasing the first-time homebuyers incentive. This will make life more affordable for people buying their first homes.

Going forward, Liberals are also going to be looking at developing more affordable housing through the national housing strategy. It is a 10-year, $40-billion plan for real action in investments so everybody has a safe place to live and a roof over their head.

Address in ReplySpeech from the Throne

5:35 p.m.

Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatchewan

Conservative

Andrew Scheer ConservativeLeader of the Opposition

Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate all the members who have taken part in this debate.

Congratulations to the members of Parliament who gave speeches and asked questions of those two members. I must say, my preference was for the questions more than the speeches, but we will hear more about that tomorrow. Obviously, I have a different perspective on the throne speech we all heard today, but I think it would be more appropriate for me to expound on that tomorrow instead of today.

I move:

That the debate be now adjourned.

(Motion agreed to)

Business of the HouseSpeech from the Throne

5:35 p.m.

Honoré-Mercier Québec

Liberal

Pablo Rodriguez LiberalLeader of the Government in the House of Commons

Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform all hon. colleagues that tomorrow shall be the first day of debate for the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne.

I would also like to note that the House will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 for the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.

On Monday, we will resume the address debate and then the House will resolve itself into committee of the whole to study Supplementary Estimates (A), which were tabled earlier today. Next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday shall be days for the address debate. Next Tuesday shall be an allotted day.

In closing, I move:

That this House do now adjourn.

Business of the HouseSpeech from the Throne

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Business of the HouseSpeech from the Throne

5:35 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

Business of the HouseSpeech from the Throne

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

(Motion agreed to)

Pursuant to an order made earlier today, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

(The House adjourned at 5:40 p.m.)