Discussion · Government Orders
Brad Redekopp Conservative
“People need to know if the benefits of new building rules are worth the costs for each house. Provinces are not using federal building codes because the rules are too hard to work with and lack clear information.”
“Mr. Speaker, that is a great question, actually, and there are two things in there I want to talk about. First of all, this is exactly my point. When there is a cost, for whatever reason, whether it is a climate issue or whatever it is, there should be a benefit. It should be easy to understand what the benefit is on a per house basis. This is exactly what I am asking for here. It would be helpful to have that information so we could actually make those decisions. The other thing the member mentioned was the way that building codes are different across the country. I agree that it is not an ideal situation, but I would also suggest that it is like that because the building codes that are created are so difficult to work with, the provinces choose not to implement them, or they choose to cherry-pick certain things because they do not have the information. They do not have what they need to know, and that is why I think it is important to make sure that information is there, and then provinces can actually use it.”
Mr. Speaker, that is a great question, actually, and there are two things in there I want to talk about. First of all, this is exactly my point. When there is a cost, for whatever reason, whether it is a climate issue or whatever it is, there should be a benefit. It should be easy to understand what the benefit is on a per house basis. This is exactly what I am asking for here. It would be helpful to have that information so we could actually make those decisions. The other thing the member mentioned was the way that building codes are different across the country. I agree that it is not an ideal situation, but I would also suggest that it is like that because the building codes that are created are so difficult to work with, the provinces choose not to implement them, or they choose to cherry-pick certain things because they do not have the information. They do not have what they need to know, and that is why I think it is important to make sure that information is there, and then provinces can actually use it.