Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the current housing situation is typical of the government's management in recent decades. First, the federal government lets a situation completely deteriorate. Second, it places the blame on Quebec, the Canadian provinces and the municipalities. Third, the federal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague dwelt at length on how difficult it is for small municipalities and organizations to deal with red tape so they can access various housing funding programs. Today's motion adds more conditions for gaining access to these programs in order to get the ne

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to remind the House about jurisdictions. It is Quebec and the provinces that have jurisdiction over housing, not Ottawa. The funds in Ottawa's coffers come from Quebec and the provinces. Ottawa itself is not a province. Yes, there are programs, but as I was

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned several issues in her question that need to be addressed. For starters, seniors' pensions need to be increased. Right now, they are fixed, which is a good thing, but the fixed amount is too low. Next, simply increasing the number of housing

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have gone through some tough times in my life, times when I had a dependent child who was in school and my husband and I were both in school and I was spending over 80% of my income on rent, so I know exactly what it is like and how difficult it can be to make en

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will begin my speech by talking briefly about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. As you may recall, Maslow's hierarchy involves which needs are most important. At its foundation, there are the basic needs like food, clothing and shelter. If one or another of these need

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, my colleague's question is going to be hard to beat. My opposition party colleague mentioned several things that are missing. Members have been talking about them since this morning. One of those things is housing. We need more than three million housing units in

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, my colleague has a good grasp of the economy. We are both members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, where we received the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who mentioned in one of his recent reports that 30 years from now, Canada will ha

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, on certain things, we do agree. The budget considers some people, but it leaves out a huge number of others. The fact that the budget offers no new money for housing is appalling. These announcements are nothing new. They were made before, over the past two years.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech, which once again demonstrates his well-developed sense of balance and impartiality. I recall that, during the pandemic, the government and the Prime Minister kept repeating that no one would be left behind. Even so, people

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked a lot about housing, a subject on which we agree. A few weeks ago in committee, I questioned a witness about the Century Initiative, which seems to have inspired the government to increase the number of immigrants to Canada to a minimum of 500,00

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the government's slogan is “investing in people”. The mammoth budget bill contains a clause recognizing King Charles III as Canada's head of state. Given that 56% of Canadians and 70% of Quebeckers are in favour of abolishing the monarchy, I am wondering how much it

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party's role is to exaggerate the benefits of its budget to draw attention away from the things it is hiding and the major oversights. The role of the opposition parties is to cut through the Liberals' rhetoric. It is all well and good for the Liberals t

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, members of the official opposition party have repeatedly mentioned the deficits being racked up by the government. They have also mentioned the Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports. However, they are overlooking some information, including information from the Par

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, in his speech, my colleague pointed out that taxpayers will be paying about $50 more into the EI system. Personally, I do not mind paying more to help others when it fulfills a need. However, I see two problems when people are paying more but the system does not w