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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2023-04-20 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Ahmed Hussen (ministre du Logement et de la Diversit\u00e9 et de l\u2019Inclusion, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7701830\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should know that the people who are really out of touch are his colleagues, who have said that we should pull back from federal investments in housing. It is the hon. member and his colleagues who have opposed real support for first-time homebuyers. They opposed the $40,000 tax-free first-time homebuyers savings account. They opposed the ban on foreign ownership of Canadian real estate. They opposed the vacancy tax. They opposed investments in affordable housing. Not only did they oppose much-needed rental supports, but they also played procedural games to delay them.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7701830\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 devrait savoir que ce sont ses coll\u00e8gues qui sont d\u00e9connect\u00e9s. Ils ont dit que nous devrions r\u00e9duire les investissements f\u00e9d\u00e9raux dans le logement. C'est le d\u00e9put\u00e9 et ses coll\u00e8gues qui se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 un v\u00e9ritable soutien aux acheteurs d'une premi\u00e8re maison. Ils se sont oppos\u00e9s au compte d'\u00e9pargne libre d'imp\u00f4t permettant d'\u00e9conomiser 40 000 $ pour l'achat d'une premi\u00e8re propri\u00e9t\u00e9. Ils se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 l'interdiction de l'achat de biens immobiliers r\u00e9sidentiels canadiens par des \u00e9trangers. Ils se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 la taxe sur les logements vacants. Ils se sont oppos\u00e9s aux investissements dans le logement abordable. Non seulement ils se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 des mesures d'aide au loyer indispensables, mais ils ont \u00e9galement us\u00e9 de toutes sortes de man\u0153uvres proc\u00e9durales pour les retarder.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/4/20/ahmed-hussen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ahmed-hussen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4358/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12147757",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/4/20/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F4%2F20%2F"
}
}