Build Canada Homes Act
Bill C-20, Build Canada Homes Act · Time allocation motion · now law Where it stands
The House debated Bill C-20, which creates Build Canada Homes, a new Crown corporation to promote affordable housing and faster, factory-based construction methods, and moved a time-allocation motion limiting third reading to five more hours. The minister said Canada is in a housing crisis and the new agency is needed to build affordable, non-market homes faster, citing partnerships with Quebec, Nunavut, B.C. and New Brunswick. Conservatives opposed the bill, saying the government already has several federal housing agencies, that red tape and federal spending caused the housing crisis, and that housing belongs with provinces and municipalities; they also asked why the bill was being rushed and whether building codes could be simplified instead. A Bloc member raised higher construction and shipping costs in remote regions like Gaspé and asked whether funding would reflect those costs, which the minister said Build Canada Homes would have to account for. Some time also went to a dispute over unanswered emails between a Conservative member and the minister, and to a Liberal member’s point about Conservative requests for housing fund letters of support.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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