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Housing Mr. Speaker, our record speaks for itself. We are the only party that has taken concrete action to create more affordable housing. We brought in the national housing strategy, now worth more than $70 billion. We brought in the first-time home buyer incentive. We brought
June 15th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing the construction and repair, and support 35,000 affordable housing units. Budget 2021 makes numerous investments into affordable housing, yet the Conservative Party has pledged to vote against it. The Conservative playbook is open now. Fake outrage in the House of Commons, yet when it comes
June 14th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing Mr. Speaker, only a Conservative would claim that a program that has ensured that 40% of the $1-billion rapid housing initiative is delivering real housing solutions for indigenous communities is a failure. Only a Conservative would claim that housing being built in less than 12
June 8th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing housing solutions since coming into office, and we have committed to spend a further $70 billion under the national housing strategy. Conservatives ignored this problem. They did not invest in reaching home. They did not have a plan to invest in more rental stock in the market
June 8th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing Mr. Speaker, our national housing strategy is investing in the first-time home buyer incentive, which is a real help for first-time homebuyers. What did the Conservatives do when they were in office? All they could offer first-time homebuyers was a $750 credit. What a joke
June 15th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing Mr. Speaker, we are investing more money than ever before in affordable housing, including reallocating money from the rental construction financing initiative to turn commercial buildings into affordable housing. What are the Conservatives doing about that? They are voting
June 14th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing Mr. Speaker, we have done a lot in the national housing strategy to ensure that Canadians are assisted with their housing needs. We introduced the first-time home buyers' incentive, which will help families achieve the dream of home ownership. The Conservatives have never been
June 10th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing young Canadians. We are building on our historic commitment to giving more Canadians a safe and affordable place to call home. What did Conservative Party members do when they were in office, if they care about this issue? The only policy they could come up with in nine years
June 8th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing the surface, the Conservatives did absolutely nothing to provide affordable housing solutions for indigenous peoples in urban, rural and northern communities.
June 8th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing Mr. Speaker, it is very rich for the party opposite to talk about affordable housing. When Conservatives were in government, they spent only $250 million per year for affordable housing. Meanwhile, we have invested over $27 billion since coming into office, and we have committed
June 8th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Taxation Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives refuse to take no for an answer. The Government of Canada is not looking at charging capital gains tax on primary residences. This is not under consideration by our government. Any suggestion otherwise is false. In fact, we have been working hard
April 13th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Housing either to build new affordable housing units or repair existing units, or to introduce the Canada housing benefit in yet another province. We have no lessons to take on affordable housing and housing affordability from the Conservatives.
March 11th, 2021House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Families, Children and Social Development Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the hon. member that this year alone we have invested more than $1 billion to help provinces and territories continue to create more affordable and quality child care for Canadians, a record amount of money for this year. We have worked hard since
November 30th, 2020House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Human Resources committee . That's the choice we're offering parents, not sending cheques to millionaires, which is what the Harper Conservatives did when they were in office.
December 8th, 2020Committee meeting
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Human Resources committee northern Ontario, as well as from Windsor. We're proud of the fact that we have worked with Mayor Ed Holder, a former Conservative member of Parliament, who is very supportive of the rapid housing initiative because he feels that this is a rapid housing solution to London's homelessness
December 8th, 2020Committee meeting
Ahmed HussenLiberal