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{
"time": "2025-11-19 17:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Patrick Bonin (Repentigny, BQ)",
"fr": "Patrick Bonin (Repentigny, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8999295\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's comments, including his remark about the GST break on new homes. In my riding, however, the problem is that people are unable to save up enough money to buy a new home. Rents are rising and house prices keep going up, making the situation all the more difficult.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8999296\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to hear what my colleague has to say about our proposals for people who have not saved up a down payment yet. We have two proposals and both are simple. The first is to allow parents to use their RRSPs to help their children put together a down payment. The second is to offer interest-free government loans to help young people and new homebuyers with their down payment. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8999295\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'appr\u00e9cie les commentaires de mon coll\u00e8gue, entre autres au sujet du cong\u00e9 de TPS pour l'achat de maisons neuves. Toutefois, dans ma circonscription, le probl\u00e8me est que les gens ne sont pas capables d'accumuler de l'argent pour s'acheter une maison neuve. Les loyers sont en hausse et le prix des maisons augmente, ce qui rend la situation encore plus difficile.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8999296\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais entendre les commentaires de mon coll\u00e8gue concernant nos propositions pour ceux qui n'ont pas d\u00e9j\u00e0 cet argent. Il y en a deux et elles sont simples. La premi\u00e8re est de permettre aux parents d'utiliser leur REER pour aider leurs enfants \u00e0 constituer une mise de fonds. La deuxi\u00e8me est d'avoir des pr\u00eats sans int\u00e9r\u00eat de la part du gouvernement pour aider \u00e0 la mise de fonds des jeunes et des nouveaux acheteurs qui n'ont pas cet argent.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/11/19/patrick-bonin-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/patrick-bonin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4714/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13246286",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act",
"fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 rendre la vie plus abordable pour les Canadiens"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/11/19/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F11%2F19%2F"
}
}