Madam Chair, we are committed to making sure we address the needs of indigenous peoples through a co-developed indigenous, distinctions-based housing strategy. We have provided significant investments over—
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Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, we are committed to making sure we address the needs of indigenous peoples through a co-developed indigenous, distinctions-based housing strategy. We have provided significant investments over—
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, we know that there are long-standing housing gaps in indigenous communities. We will continue to work with first nations, Inuit and Métis nation partners to co-develop and implement community-led housing strategies. Out of a number of different investments, I will just point to a few: $400 million over 10 years for Inuit-led housing and the new $4-billion commitment for the urban, rural and northern indigenous housing.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, we are protecting housing rights for Inuit in partnership with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, as well as investments in Nunavut.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, I do agree with the hon. member that we have to prioritize funding for housing in the north, and I am happy to provide more details in subsequent questions.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, I am happy to provide detailed numbers on federal funding in Nunavut since 2015. The affordable housing innovation fund got $3.2 million. The national housing co-investment fund got $17 million. The rapid housing initiative got almost $5 million.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, we do recognize that many northern communities face unique housing challenges. That is why, since 2015, we have invested close to $1.1 billion to help over 18,000 families in the north.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, what I know is that, through the rapid housing initiative, we have invested $900 million in Ontario, resulting in 2,800 deeply affordable permanent housing units, and that is just one program among many.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, I would encourage the hon. member to learn more about the national housing strategy because he is isolating one program among many and then extrapolating that and saying those are the only investments we made in the Niagara region. That is inaccurate. I am happy to provide details to him on all the different programs in the national housing strategy.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, that is not only inaccurate, but misleading. The hon. member is taking one program among many programs and pretending that is the only investment we have made in Niagara Region. Nothing could be further from the truth, and he knows that.
Business of Supply May 15th, 2023
Madam Chair, the hon. member was denigrating the national housing strategy. We have delivered almost half a million newly built or repaired units for Canadians and we are supporting, through the national housing strategy, almost two millions households.
That party and the member can continue to denigrate those results, but we know that this program is working for Canadians, and we need to do more, of course.