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Housing Development in Vancouver Granville

During Members’ Statements, Taleeb Noormohamed (Liberal) highlighted the Sen̓áḵw housing development in his riding of Vancouver Granville, a project led by the Squamish Nation on its own land. He said that when complete it will provide more than 6,000 rental homes open to everyone, including affordable and below-market units, and noted that the project returns land to the Squamish people from which they were removed over a century ago. He described attending the project’s blessing ceremony earlier in the month. No other members’ statements on this topic were recorded in the sample.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Taleeb Noormohamed

Liberal
“The Squamish Nation is building over 6,000 new rental homes on their land in my riding. Many of them will be affordable. This project returns this land to the Squamish people after they were forced off it over a century ago.”
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, I attended the blessing ceremony of Sen̓áḵw, a housing development in my riding of Vancouver Granville. When complete, Sen̓áḵw will bring more than 6,000 rental homes to Vancouver open to everyone, including much-needed affordable and below-market housing units for families, workers and newcomers alike. However, Sen̓áḵw is more than a housing project. It is a homecoming. More than a century after Squamish families were forcibly removed from their ancestral village, the Squamish nation gathered once again on their land. They gathered with elders. They gathered in language, in song, in ceremony and in strength. I was honoured to be a witness to that ceremony, that blessing, as the first tower prepares to welcome families into 333 new homes. It is high-quality housing. It is affordable housing on prime land in Vancouver. Above all else, it is reconciliation in action. Sen̓áḵw reminds us that when we work with first nations, when first nations lead and we partner, we do more than build homes. We build trust, we restore belonging and we build the future.

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