Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2013-03-18 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Craig Scott (Toronto\u2014Danforth, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Craig Scott (Toronto\u2014Danforth, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3243885\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, recently the Conservatives voted down an NDP bill to create a national housing strategy and resorted to spreading manifestly false information that placed a ridiculous price tag on this non-spending bill. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243886\" data-originallang=\"en\">In my riding of Toronto\u2014Danforth, constituents understand the facts. They are concerned about substandard housing, unaffordable rents, job insecurity and homelessness in our city. The people of Toronto\u2014Danforth understand that good-quality housing is not only a key component of poverty elimination, but also a social determinant of health. They also understand that homelessness costs the Canadian economy $4.5 billion each year, such that a housing strategy is nothing but fiscally responsible. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243887\" data-originallang=\"en\">Investing in people is sound economic policy. For example, we must work with other levels of government to promote co-operatives, such as the successful Riverdale and Bain co-ops in my riding. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243888\" data-originallang=\"en\">New Democrats will continue to put forward practical solutions to ensure everyone has a safe, secure and affordable place that they can call home. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3243885\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les conservateurs ont r\u00e9cemment vot\u00e9 contre le projet de loi n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate visant \u00e0 cr\u00e9er une strat\u00e9gie nationale pour le logement et sont all\u00e9s jusqu'\u00e0 r\u00e9pandre de l'information manifestement fausse, attribuant un co\u00fbt ridicule \u00e0 ce projet de loi qui n'entra\u00eene aucunes d\u00e9penses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243886\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les \u00e9lecteurs de ma circonscription, Toronto\u2014Danforth, sont au courant de la situation. Ils s'inqui\u00e8tent de l'insalubrit\u00e9 de certains logements, des loyers inabordables, de l'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 d'emploi et de l'itin\u00e9rance dans notre ville. Les gens de Toronto\u2014Danforth comprennent que des logements de qualit\u00e9 sont non seulement essentiels pour \u00e9liminer la pauvret\u00e9, mais aussi un d\u00e9terminant social de la sant\u00e9. Ils comprennent \u00e9galement que l'itin\u00e9rance co\u00fbte 4,5 milliards de dollars par ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie canadienne, de sorte qu'une strat\u00e9gie pour le logement est simplement une mesure responsable sur le plan financier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243887\" data-originallang=\"en\">Investir dans les gens est une politique judicieuse sur le plan \u00e9conomique. Nous devons, par exemple, collaborer avec les autres ordres de gouvernement pour promouvoir les coop\u00e9ratives, comme les coop\u00e9ratives Riverdale et Bain, dans ma circonscription.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3243888\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates continueront de proposer des solutions concr\u00e8tes pour que tous aient un chez-soi s\u00fbr et abordable.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/3/18/craig-scott-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/craig-scott/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4150/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7929195",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": "Le logement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/3/18/",
    "related": {
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    }
}