HANSARD: Order Questions on immigration processing backlog
HANSARD: GST Exemption to existing co-op and social housing projects
House of Commons Hansard #254 of the 44th Parliament, 1st Session
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act
Government Orders
November 23rd, 2023 / 9:50 p.m.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Government Orders
November 23rd, 2023 / 9:50 p.m.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Mr. Speaker, the NDP got the government to include co-ops in the GST exemption. We are also calling on it to apply the GST exemption to existing co-operatives and social housing projects that may otherwise become unviable, in which case we would lose those units. Will the member support the NDP's call to apply the GST exemption to existing social housing and co-ops?
Michael Coteau Don Valley East, ON
Liberal
Mr. Speaker, it takes many of us in this room to build good strategies and good plans to put in place to really help Canadians.
The government believes in what the member just said with respect to co-operatives. We believe in co-operatives, and we believe that they are a pathway for the future to build more affordability. We will continue to work with the NDP and any member of the House, even Conservatives, if they would like to support co-ops. However, I think it was the leader of the Conservatives who called co-ops Soviet-style housing. I was a bit offended, because my mother lived in a co-op. I just want to make sure that, at the end of the day, we can all work together to do what is best for every citizen in this country.
