HANSARD: Order Questions on immigration processing backlog
HANSARD: Will the Liberal Member Call on His Government to Allow GST Exemption For Existing Housing Projects?
House of Commons Hansard #254 of the 44th Parliament, 1st Session
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act
Government Orders
November 23rd, 2023 / 9:30 p.m.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Government Orders
November 23rd, 2023 / 9:30 p.m.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Mr. Speaker, the member talked a lot about housing. The government, of course, purports that it wants to see more housing built faster, yet in the fall economic statement, it has slow-walked the rollout of money that would actually build housing Canadians could afford. That does not make any sense.
Now, on this particular bill, another thing that does not make sense is that the government is not making the GST exemption available to existing co-op and social housing projects. If they do not get access to that funding, some of these projects may actually become unviable.
If the member truly supports housing and seeing social and co-op housing being developed in this country, will he call on his own government to allow the exemption for existing projects?
Chris Bittle St. Catharines, ON
Liberal
Mr. Speaker, I am proud of the government's record on housing. I was proud to cut the ribbon for the first affordable and subsidized housing units in the city of St. Catharines in my lifetime.
More work needs to be done, which is why I am excited by the announcements in the fall economic statement. Let us see more purpose-built rentals getting built under Bill C-56. The hon. member can keep yelling, but we are focused on Canadians, and we are going to get more housing built.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud of the government's record on housing. I was proud to cut the ribbon for the first affordable and subsidized housing units in the city of St. Catharines in my lifetime.
More work needs to be done, which is why I am excited by the announcements in the fall economic statement. Let us see more purpose-built rentals getting built under Bill C-56. The hon. member can keep yelling, but we are focused on Canadians, and we are going to get more housing built.
