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{
"time": "2026-05-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Taleeb Noormohamed (Vancouver Granville, Lib.)",
"fr": "Taleeb Noormohamed (Vancouver Granville, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, I attended the blessing ceremony of Sen\u0313\u00e1\u1e35w, a housing development in my riding of Vancouver Granville. When complete, Sen\u0313\u00e1\u1e35w will bring more than 6,000 rental homes to Vancouver open to everyone, including much-needed affordable and below-market housing units for families, workers and newcomers alike.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349357\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, Sen\u0313\u00e1\u1e35w is more than a housing project. It is a homecoming. More than a century after Squamish families were forcibly removed from their ancestral village, the Squamish nation gathered once again on their land. They gathered with elders. They gathered in language, in song, in ceremony and in strength.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349358\" data-originallang=\"en\">I was honoured to be a witness to that ceremony, that blessing, as the first tower prepares to welcome families into 333 new homes. It is high-quality housing. It is affordable housing on prime land in Vancouver. Above all else, it is reconciliation in action.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349359\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sen\u0313\u00e1\u1e35w reminds us that when we work with first nations, when first nations lead and we partner, we do more than build homes. We build trust, we restore belonging and we build the future.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, plus t\u00f4t ce mois-ci, j'ai assist\u00e9 \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de b\u00e9n\u00e9diction de la mise en chantier de Senakw, un projet de construction domiciliaire dans ma circonscription, Vancouver Granville. Une fois achev\u00e9, ce projet offrira \u00e0 Vancouver plus de 6 000 logements locatifs ouverts \u00e0 tous, y compris des logements abordables dont le prix est inf\u00e9rieur \u00e0 celui du march\u00e9 et dont les familles, les travailleurs et les nouveaux arrivants ont grandement besoin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349357\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cependant, Senakw est plus qu'un projet de logement. C'est un retour au bercail. Plus d'un si\u00e8cle apr\u00e8s que les familles de la nation de Squamish ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arrach\u00e9es \u00e0 leur village ancestral, leurs descendants se sont de nouveau r\u00e9unis sur leurs terres, en compagnie de leurs a\u00een\u00e9s, pour y tenir une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie c\u00e9l\u00e9brant leur langue, leurs chants et leur force.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349358\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai eu l'honneur d'assister \u00e0 cette c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de b\u00e9n\u00e9diction, alors que la premi\u00e8re tour se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 accueillir des familles dans 333 nouveaux logements. Ce sont des logements de qualit\u00e9 et abordables situ\u00e9s sur des terrains de choix \u00e0 Vancouver. Avant tout, c'est la r\u00e9conciliation en action.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349359\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet Senakw nous rappelle que lorsque nous travaillons avec les Premi\u00e8res Nations, lorsque celles-ci prennent les r\u00eanes et que nous nous associons avec elles, nous faisons plus que construire des logements. Nous instaurons un climat de confiance, nous r\u00e9tablissons leur sentiment d'appartenance, et nous b\u00e2tissons l'avenir.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/25/taleeb-noormohamed-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/taleeb-noormohamed/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4628/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13514584",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Housing Development in Vancouver Granville",
"fr": "Le projet de construction domicilaire dans Vancouver Granville"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/25/",
"related": {
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}
}