Bill C-227

In committee (House)

National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians Act

Bill C-227 is being studied in committee.

Sponsor:Braedon Clark
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-18

Other Bills Numbered C-227

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 16 sessions:

45-1

National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians Act

In committee (House)
44-1

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
43-2

An Act to amend the Employment Equity Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
43-1

An Act to amend the Employment Equity Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
42-1

An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit)

Dead
41-2

National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-1

National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel and accommodation deduction for tradespersons)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel and accommodation deduction for tradespersons)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel and accommodation deduction for tradespersons)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

Labour Market Training Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

Vimy Ridge Day Act

Not active
37-2

Vimy Ridge Day Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

Pension Ombudsman Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)

Division Votes (1)

Division #68
Agreed To
2026-02-12T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-227, An Act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians

169Yea
152Nay
14Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
161Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 130N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 22N
NDP
7Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (21)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-227: the latest 20.

Caroline Desrochers2026-03-09
Build Canada Homes Act

Government Orders

…gainst expanding mortgage criteria, against first home savings accounts and, most recently, against Bill C-227, which proposed a housing strategy specifically for young Canadians. Just today, the Conservatives are looking down again on home renters, so we know which side they stand for. The only question I ha…

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Jennifer McKelvie2026-02-26
The Economy

Oral Questions

…d against expanding mortgage criteria. They are voting against the GST cut. They are voting against Bill C-227 to establish a national strategy for housing for young Canadians. A vote against these measures is a vote against young Canadians.

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Braedon Clark2026-02-23
Build Canada Homes Act

Government Orders

…t is a road map for how to succeed. My question for my colleague is, why did his party vote against Bill C-227?

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Braedon Clark2026-02-23
Build Canada Homes Act

Government Orders

…dealing with the housing crisis. To help solve that problem, I put forward a private member's bill, Bill C-227, that will be going towards committee report stage soon. When that bill came before the House, every member of the Conservative Party voted against it. It is not bureaucracy. It is not addition. It i…

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Jonathan Rowe2026-02-23
Build Canada Homes Act

Government Orders

… decided they wanted to continue to do the same. This led to the creation of private member's bill, Bill C-227, which would create more red tape. That was not enough. Now we are here today discussing Bill C-20, which once again builds more bureaucracy. If the Liberals are going to come into the House with the…

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The Speaker2026-02-12
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-227 under Private Members' Business.

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2026-02-12
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from February 5 consideration of the motion that Bill C-227, An Act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Braedon Clark2026-02-05
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I thank all my colleagues who spoke today to my bill, Bill C-227. In particular, I want to thank my colleagues from Spadina—Harbourfront and Les Pays-d'en-Haut for their comments. I want to touch on a few things here quickly. The first is that one of the privilege…

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Chi Nguyen2026-02-05
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of Bill C-227, an act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians, introduced by the member for Sackville—Bedford—Preston. I represent Spadina—Harbourfront, one of the most densely populated ri…

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Tim Watchorn2026-02-05
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

…se today for the second time in 2026 on behalf of the people of Les Pays-d'en-Haut. We are studying Bill C-227, an act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians. The bill speaks to me personally. I have two children, aged 20 and 23, who are in university. They have to pay exorbitant amou…

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2026-02-05
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from October 29, 2025, consideration of the motion that Bill C-227, An Act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Sukhman Gill2025-10-29
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

…government's political theatre while Canadians suffer. The Liberal private member's bill before us, Bill C-227, which claims to introduce a national housing strategy for youth, is yet another example of performative virtue signalling, with big promises but no real results. The bill would do nothing to address…

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Fares Al Soud2025-10-29
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

… this bill because, at the end of the day, politics is not just about policies; it is about people. Bill C-227, the national strategy on housing for young Canadians act, acknowledges this reality. This past weekend in my riding, I spent some time speaking to neighbours, joined by over 30 young Canadians from …

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Scott Aitchison2025-10-29
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

…irations. It remains central to how people define progress, belonging and fairness in this country. Bill C-227 seeks to assess the current state of housing for youth, but we know the problem is bad. We do not need another national strategy to solve it because we also know the solutions. The crisis is today, n…

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Fares Al Soud2025-10-29
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

… this bill, because at the end of the day, politics is not just about policies; it is about people. Bill C-227, the national strategy on housing for young Canadians act, acknowledges this reality. I would like to hear from the member how he believes this policy is ultimately going to benefit Canadians, partic…

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Braedon Clark2025-10-29
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-227, An Act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, it is a real pleasure for me to speak, at second reading, to…

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Braedon Clark2025-09-18
National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians A…

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-227, An Act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce my private member's bill, Bill C-227, an act to establish a national strategy on housin…

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Mr. Matthew Green2022-03-23
Income Tax Act

Private Members' Business

… The first was in 2006, Bill C-390, under the always hon. Chris Charlton, and then again in 2008 as Bill C-227, introduced by the hon. Chris Charlton, and in 2013, as Bill C-201, again by Chris Charlton. When Chris Charlton retired, she handed it over to a working class hero from Hamilton, the always hon. Sco…

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Mr. Don Davies2022-02-03
Canada Elections Act

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-227, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age). Mr. Speaker, today I am honoured to introduce legislation that would extend the right to vote to all Canadians aged 16 and over. I would like t…

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Mr. Brian Masse2021-06-22
Department of Public Works and Government Services…

Routine Proceedings

…es Act (community benefit). Mr. Speaker, this will complete the trifecta, and this is important. As Bill C-227, it was previously in Parliament, and it was designed to provide community benefits for infrastructure projects. Community benefits go to helping employment, offsetting environmental degradation, and…

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