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Gregor Robertson

Liberal on Government Business No. 11—Proceedings on Bill C-26 2026-06-16

168 words · 10 sentences · 11 clauses

Replying to Eric Melillo (Conservative)

“Mr. Speaker, the minister already mentioned in the discussion today that we are in a housing crisis. He spoke earlier about the fact that buyers cannot buy and builders cannot build. I would agree with that. I would add that people who are looking to sell also cannot sell during this housing crisis. However, of course, we are in a housing crisis after 11 years of Liberal policies that have brought in more bureaucracies, higher spending and higher inflation that have driven up the cost of living and doubled the cost of housing for Canadians right across the country. That is why we are in this housing crisis. Now that the Liberals are bringing forward more spending, more bureaucracy and more of the same, how are Canadians supposed to believe that the Liberals are going to get us out of this housing crisis that they caused, with more policies that are right along the lines of the policies that caused this crisis in the first place?”

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Claims 92%The ask 8%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 154 wordswith all due respect to our predecessors here in the House, there is about 40 years of history of the Government of Canada’s neglecting to invest enough in affordable housing.¹ That is what has created the housing crisis today. It has been built up over decades by governments of all stripes. There have been lots of challenges from the local, provincial and territorial levels in not expediting and not approving housing. The challenges have mounted over many years. The government has now been elected to take action. That is what advancing the bill is about: to make sure we are investing, working collaboratively with provinces and territories to get housing built and to get the housing market going again. I know that the opposition housing critic has been very vocal about supporting getting the housing market going. Ontario and B.C. are two of the provinces that are really challenged on housing supply and market.² The ask · 14 wordsWe need to get this money invested on the ground as quickly as possible.

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Signal · 100

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Relevance · 100

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Claims · 2

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1“about 40 years of history of the Government of Canada’s neglecting to invest enough in affordable housing”The Government of Canada has underinvested in affordable housing for about 40 years.search
2“Ontario and B.C. are two of the provinces that are really challenged on housing supply and market”Ontario and British Columbia are among the provinces most challenged on housing supply and the housing market.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20