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{
"time": "2022-03-31 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Terry Beech (Burnaby North\u2014Seymour, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Terry Beech (Burnaby-Nord\u2014Seymour, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7045000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, before we took office in 2015, the federal government had been absent on the housing file for more than 30 years. In the last six years, our government has made safe, affordable and accessible housing a top priority. Our $72-billion housing strategy is working with the provinces and municipalities to tackle the issue of affordable housing and housing affordability. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7045001\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have started to see the impact of these investments in Burnaby and North Vancouver helping build, retain or find homes for 3,900 people through programs like the federal community housing initiative, the rapid housing initiative and the co-investment fund. We have also promised to do more. This includes building more supply, treating housing like a place to live instead of an investment vehicle and finding pathways to ownership for first-time homebuyers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7045002\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am very excited to work with all members of the House to find more solutions to our housing crisis. I am also looking forward to the <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">finance minister</a> releasing budget 2022 on April 7, so that we can continue to deliver more affordable housing for Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7045000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avant que nous arrivions au pouvoir en 2015, le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral ne s\u2019\u00e9tait pas occup\u00e9 du dossier du logement depuis plus de 30 ans. Depuis six ans, une des plus grandes priorit\u00e9s du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral est de s\u2019assurer que les Canadiens ont un logement s\u00fbr, abordable et accessible. Notre strat\u00e9gie sur le logement de 72 milliards de dollars nous permet de collaborer avec les provinces et les municipalit\u00e9s pour r\u00e9gler la question de l\u2019abordabilit\u00e9 du logement. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7045001\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 constater les effets de ces investissements \u00e0 Burnaby et \u00e0 North Vancouver, o\u00f9 nous avons aid\u00e9 3 900 personnes \u00e0 construire, \u00e0 conserver ou \u00e0 trouver un logement gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des programmes comme l\u2019Initiative f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de logement communautaire, l\u2019Initiative pour la cr\u00e9ation rapide de logements ou le Fonds national de co-investissement pour le logement. Nous avons aussi promis d\u2019en faire plus. Nous comptons notamment accro\u00eetre l\u2019offre, changer la perception sur le logement pour qu\u2019il soit consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un espace de vie et non comme un produit d\u2019investissement, et favoriser l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 pour les acheteurs d\u2019une premi\u00e8re habitation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7045002\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019ai tr\u00e8s h\u00e2te de travailler avec l\u2019ensemble des d\u00e9put\u00e9s pour trouver d\u2019autres solutions \u00e0 la crise du logement. Je suis \u00e9galement impatient que la <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">ministre des Finances</a> d\u00e9pose le budget 2022, le 7 avril, pour que nous puissions offrir aux Canadiens un plus grand nombre de logements abordables.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/3/31/terry-beech-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/terry-beech/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4230/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11602931",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Housing",
"fr": "Le logement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/3/31/",
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}