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Question period focused on housing affordability. Pierre Poilievre said Canadians cannot afford homes, citing a Habitat for Humanity survey finding 56 percent of Canadians believe they will never own a home, said government rebates are too small to help, and asked the Prime Minister to make housing affordable. He also said rent has nearly doubled and that a plan promising 500,000 homes a year has built only 2,000. Prime Minister Mark Carney responded that he has been in office 18 months, that rental and housing affordability have improved every month, that the share of income spent on housing has fallen, and pointed to job growth and a growing economy as evidence the plan is working.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“The Leader of the Opposition should stop blaming me for housing problems. I just got here, and he has been in office for 20 years. Every month our government has been in power, we have taken action.”

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Mr. Speaker, I have to keep reminding the Leader of the Opposition that I just got here. He has been here for 20 years. Every single month this government has been in office— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“I have been here for 18 months. In every one of those months, rent and housing have become more affordable, while jobs and the economy have grown.”
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Mr. Speaker, I would note the Leader of the Opposition’s 240 months and counting, and my 18 months. What has happened in those 18 months? Every single month, rental affordability has improved in this country. Every single month, housing affordability has improved in this country. Jobs are up. The economy is up. We are moving forward. We know we have more—

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“Housing and rent have become more affordable every month we have been in office. The share of income Canadians spend on housing dropped from 54 percent to the low 40s. We have more work to do, but we are making progress.”
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Mr. Speaker, every single month that this government has been in office, rental affordability has improved. Every single month that this government has been in office, housing affordability has improved. It has gone from 54% of disposable income to the low 40s per cent of disposable income, on average, in this country. There is more to do, but we have momentum. We are building Canada strong.

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“Our plan is working. Canadians have 140,000 more jobs, our economy is growing faster than other rich countries, incomes are up, and rents are coming down.”
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Mr. Speaker, real results are 140,000 more Canadians in work. A real result is the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in the last quarter, at 3.8% annualized. Real results are incomes growing, rents coming down and housing affordability improving. We are building Canada strong.

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