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{
"time": "2024-10-30 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Eric Duncan (Stormont\u2014Dundas\u2014South Glengarry, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Eric Duncan (Stormont\u2014Dundas\u2014South Glengarry, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8654815\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberals, they are not worth the cost of their failed housing programs that have only doubled the cost of rent, mortgages and down payments. Housing starts have dropped across the country and the Liberals' own forecast says they are only going to get worse in the years to come. That is why our bold, common-sense Conservative plan to axe the GST on new homes sold was so well received this week.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8654816\" data-originallang=\"en\">LiUNA says it is good policy. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness says it is \u201csmart\u201d. The Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association and BILD in the GTA both say our tax cut would instantly make a significant improvement in housing affordability. It is because on an $800,000 new house, it would save homebuyers $40,000 plus $2,200 a year in mortgage payments, and it would spark 30,000 extra new homes in this country each year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8654817\" data-originallang=\"en\">Instead of funding photo ops, more bureaucracy and less homebuilding, it is time to bring home more homes for Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8654815\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, apr\u00e8s neuf ans au pouvoir, le gouvernement n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate-lib\u00e9ral ne vaut pas le co\u00fbt de ses programmes de logement inefficaces, qui n\u2019ont fait que doubler les loyers, les hypoth\u00e8ques et les mises de fonds. Les mises en chantier ont baiss\u00e9 partout au pays, et les pr\u00e9visions des lib\u00e9raux eux-m\u00eames indiquent que la situation ne fera qu\u2019empirer dans les ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi notre plan conservateur audacieux et plein de bon sens, qui consiste \u00e0 supprimer la TPS sur les maisons neuves, a \u00e9t\u00e9 si bien accueilli cette semaine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8654816\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon l\u2019Union internationale des journaliers d\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord, ou UIJAN, il s\u2019agit d\u2019une bonne politique. L\u2019Alliance canadienne pour mettre fin \u00e0 l\u2019itin\u00e9rance dit que c'est une mesure intelligente. La Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association et la Building Industry and Land Development Association du Grand Toronto affirment toutes deux que notre baisse de taxes rendrait instantan\u00e9ment les logements beaucoup plus abordables. En effet, elle permettrait aux acheteurs d\u2019une maison neuve de 800 000 $ d\u2019\u00e9conomiser 40 000 $ \u00e0 l\u2019achat ainsi que 2 200 $ par ann\u00e9e en paiements hypoth\u00e9caires, et elle entra\u00eenerait la construction de 30 000 nouveaux logements chaque ann\u00e9e au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8654817\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au lieu de financer des s\u00e9ances de photos, une bureaucratie et une baisse des mises en chantier, il est temps de construire davantage de maisons pour les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/10/30/eric-duncan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/eric-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4550/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12960443",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Housing",
"fr": "Le logement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/10/30/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F10%2F30%2F"
}
}