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Jennifer McKelvie

Liberal on Housing 2026-11-04

Replying to Jenny Kwan (NDP)

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is willing to spend $50 billion on a pipeline, a decision that guts Canada’s climate strategy and tramples on indigenous rights, but we do not see the same ambition when it comes to his so-called wartime housing program. With Canadians facing mounting bills, higher interest rates and skyrocketing housing costs, will the Prime Minister declare building community housing a national interest and increase the housing budget to build one million non-market housing units for Canadians?”

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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for the question because it gives us the opportunity to reflect on the hard work we have done over the last year. Over the last year, we have worked with provinces to reduce red tape and fees. We have reduced GST for new homes for first-time homebuyers. We have invested in housing-enabling infrastructure so that we can build more homes. Here are the results. Let us talk about them. RBC confirmed improved housing affordability. Rent prices are down 24 months in a row. PwC says optimism in housing is back. According to Canadian real estate, housing starts are up in Vancouver and Montreal and, listen to this, up 65% in Saskatchewan—