Discussion · Government Orders
Serge Cormier Liberal
“The housing accelerator fund helped towns build homes. News reports say the Conservative leader told his MPs not to help their local towns get this money. Since the member was once a mayor, I want to know if he was told not to support housing projects for his own community.”
“Mr. Speaker, my colleague said that he was a mayor before being an MP. There was a program that was very helpful for municipalities. It was the housing accelerator fund, just like the Build Canada Homes program. This is what their leader was telling them. This article says, “Conservative MPs frustrated after [their leader] bars them from promoting housing fund”. The Conservative leader “instructed Conservative MPs to stop advocating on behalf of municipalities in their ridings who want to obtain funds [for housing].” The member said that he was a mayor. Was he one of the members who were told not to send a letter of support for a housing project in his municipality?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, my colleague said that he was a mayor before being an MP. There was a program that was very helpful for municipalities. It was the housing accelerator fund, just like the Build Canada Homes program. This is what their leader was telling them. This article says, “Conservative MPs frustrated after [their leader] bars them from promoting housing fund”. The Conservative leader “instructed Conservative MPs to stop advocating on behalf of municipalities in their ridings who want to obtain funds [for housing].” The member said that he was a mayor. Was he one of the members who were told not to send a letter of support for a housing project in his municipality?