Discussion · Government Orders
Kelly McCauley Conservative
“This bill spends billions of dollars to build only 13,000 homes. It also takes money away from other programs that help people who need housing. I want to know why the government is creating more bureaucracy instead of helping vulnerable Canadians.”
“Mr. Speaker, we do miss the member on the government operations committee. He is welcome to come back anytime. He talked about how the plan has support for affordable housing, but the Parliamentary Budget Officer states that, with all the billions of dollars in spending, the government is expected to build only 13,000 low-income units, and that, further, the money would come from stripping money from the affordable housing fund and other supports for at-risk Canadians. Why would the government punishing vulnerable Canadians and spend money on an added bureaucracy that would create only 13,000 new homes?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, we do miss the member on the government operations committee. He is welcome to come back anytime. He talked about how the plan has support for affordable housing, but the Parliamentary Budget Officer states that, with all the billions of dollars in spending, the government is expected to build only 13,000 low-income units, and that, further, the money would come from stripping money from the affordable housing fund and other supports for at-risk Canadians. Why would the government punishing vulnerable Canadians and spend money on an added bureaucracy that would create only 13,000 new homes?