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{
"time": "2026-01-28 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)",
"fr": "Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9123630\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, Canada is in a national housing emergency. Rents are skyrocketing, home ownership is slipping out of reach and encampments are growing in every city. This did not happen by accident, and it is not inevitable; it is the result of a government that has failed to act with the urgency and the scale that this crisis demands.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Housing is a human right. We need public builders, real investment in non-profit and co-op housing, strong tenant protections, indigenous housing led by indigenous communities and homes people can actually afford.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123632\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberals do not get it. Their budget offers only half of what the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> promised during the election, and they are delivering only a fraction of the of the half-million homes they promised. Canadians need real leadership, someone who will declare a national housing emergency to mobilize resources, to protect renters and to measure success by homes built and lives changed.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9123630\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la situation du logement au Canada est critique. Les loyers montent en fl\u00e8che, l'accession \u00e0 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 devient de plus en plus difficile et les campements se multiplient dans toutes les villes. Ce n'est pas le fruit du hasard, et ce n'est pas in\u00e9vitable. C'est le r\u00e9sultat d'un gouvernement qui n'a pas agi avec l'urgence et l'ampleur que cette crise exigeait.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le logement est un droit de la personne. Nous avons besoin de constructeurs publics, d'investissements r\u00e9els dans les logements \u00e0 but non lucratif et les coop\u00e9ratives d'habitation, de mesures de protection solides pour les locataires, de logements pour les Autochtones g\u00e9r\u00e9s par les communaut\u00e9s autochtones et d'habitations abordables pour tous.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123632\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux ne comprennent pas. Leur budget n'offre que la moiti\u00e9 de ce que le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> avait promis pendant la campagne \u00e9lectorale, et ils ne concr\u00e9tisent qu'une fraction du demi-million de logements qu'ils avaient promis. Les Canadiens ont besoin d'un v\u00e9ritable leadership, de quelqu'un qui d\u00e9clarera l'\u00e9tat d'urgence national en mati\u00e8re de logement afin de mobiliser les ressources, de prot\u00e9ger les locataires et de mesurer la r\u00e9ussite au nombre de logements construits et de vies transform\u00e9es.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/1/28/heather-mcpherson-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/heather-mcpherson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4571/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13320088",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Housing",
"fr": "Le logement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/1/28/",
"related": {
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}
}