Madam Chair, every single individual experiencing homelessness is a tragedy for our community, but we are investing more than any government.
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Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, every single individual experiencing homelessness is a tragedy for our community, but we are investing more than any government.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, in fact, in the time we have been in office, we have doubled funding to help people experiencing homelessness.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, I would invite the hon. member to actually take a second look at the national housing strategy, because that is inaccurate. We do fund private developers to also build more rental supply in Canada.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, the hon. member and her party do not care about affordable housing, because every time we bring forth investments in affordable housing they vote against them.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, what Canadians deserve is members of Parliament to support solutions that actually work on the ground, like the housing accelerator fund and like the rest of the programs in the national housing strategy. If the hon. member cared about these issues, she would have voted for these programs that are making real changes in the community.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, the party opposite and the member opposite do not even believe in Canadians' right to housing. We on this side of the House believe that. They do not. We are investing—
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, it is right on brand for the party opposite to attack civil servants and to attack Crown corporations that are serving Canadians. The member knows, or at least ought to know, that no minister of the Crown is responsible for or able to determine the employee compensation of Crown corporations.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, nothing could be further from the truth. That is why we introduced the housing accelerator fund. It is to work with municipal governments to speed up the permitting of housing and the delivery of housing. The very red tape that the hon. member is talking about is exactly what we are addressing through the housing accelerator fund. It is a $4-billion program to invest directly in local authorities and local governments and municipalities to speed up the permitting and delivery of housing. I am surprised at this new-found concern about red tape when the Conservatives get up in the House and ask these questions, but when it comes time to actually do something about it through programs like the housing accelerator fund, they vote against those very programs.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, the Conservatives can play these games all night if they wish. Different local municipalities have different timelines for permits.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, that is exactly what the housing accelerator fund is trying to do. It is to speed up the permitting and delivery of housing. Unfortunately, the Conservatives did not support it.