Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-09-27 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5534949\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today New Democrats initiated debate on one of the most pressing issues facing Canadians: the need for decent, secure and affordable housing. Indeed, we face a crisis. Millions of Canadians are struggling to find appropriate housing for themselves and their families. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5534950\" data-originallang=\"en\">In every province, the dream of home ownership has been crushed for young couples. Renters cannot find affordable housing, and they face reno- and demoviction. Employers cannot attract the employees they need, small businesses are closing, and families are being separated as folks are forced to leave the communities they grew up in. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5534951\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite their rhetoric, Liberals refuse to treat this as a crisis or provide meaningful relief now. The federal government must re-enter the housing file and finance projects directly. We need to build co-ops and affordable homes of all types, create incentives for rental stock, and curb offshore capital that destabilizes residential markets. Housing is not only a commodity; it is a necessity. It is time the federal government treated it as such.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5534949\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates ont lanc\u00e9 un d\u00e9bat sur l'une des questions les plus pressantes pour les Canadiens: le besoin d'un logement d\u00e9cent, s\u00e9curitaire et abordable. En fait, nous traversons une crise. Des millions de Canadiens peinent \u00e0 trouver un logement convenable pour leur famille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5534950\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans toutes les provinces, les jeunes couples ont vu leur r\u00eave de devenir propri\u00e9taires s'\u00e9vaporer. Les locataires n'arrivent pas \u00e0 trouver des logements abordables, et ils risquent l'\u00e9viction en raison de travaux de r\u00e9novation ou de d\u00e9molition. Les employeurs ne parviennent pas \u00e0 attirer les employ\u00e9s dont ils ont besoin, les petites entreprises ferment leurs portes, et des familles sont s\u00e9par\u00e9es parce que des gens sont forc\u00e9s de quitter l'endroit o\u00f9 ils ont grandi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5534951\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malgr\u00e9 leurs beaux discours, les lib\u00e9raux refusent de traiter la situation comme une crise ou de prendre des mesures importantes maintenant. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral doit reprendre son r\u00f4le dans le dossier et financer directement des projets. Il faut construire des coop\u00e9ratives et des logements abordables de toutes sortes, cr\u00e9er des incitatifs pour les parcs d'immeubles locatifs et freiner l'entr\u00e9e des capitaux \u00e9trangers qui d\u00e9stabilisent les march\u00e9s r\u00e9sidentiels. Le logement n'est pas un bien comme un autre, c'est une n\u00e9cessit\u00e9. Il est temps que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral lui r\u00e9serve le traitement appropri\u00e9. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/9/27/don-davies-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/don-davies/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1007/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10269919",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": "Le logement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/9/27/",
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    }
}