Bill C-356

…ttention to a Speaker's ruling from February 1, 2024, about the need for a royal recommendation for Bill C-356, an act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other acts. In his response, the whip of the Bloc Québécois said that, according to a departmental ne…

Routine Proceedings

…Mirabel's amendment inadmissible, specifically the Speaker's ruling of February 1, 2024, concerning Bill C-356, has nothing whatsoever to do with the case before us today. That bill provided for some $100 million to be drawn from the consolidated revenue fund, which we can all agree would require a royal reco…

Government Orders

…vious Parliament, on February 1, 2024, the Speaker ruled on the need for a royal recommendation for Bill C-356, respecting a GST rebate on housing, standing in the name of the then member for Carleton. The Speaker stated: Following a careful review of Bill C‑356, the Chair is preoccupied with some elements th…

Concurrence in Committee Reports

…ent would have adopted these proposals, but sadly the government has not. Conservatives put forward Bill C-356, a comprehensive plan to address the housing challenges facing our country. It was put forward by the Leader of the Opposition. Bill C-356 is the proposed building homes, not bureaucracy act. People …

Concurrence in Committee Reports

…on, Conservatives have put solutions before the House to address the housing crisis. One of them is Bill C-356, the building homes, not bureaucracy act. I am perplexed by the fact that all other parties voted against this common-sense piece of legislation. I asked the New Democrats tonight why they had oppose…

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for the opportunity to speak to Bill C-356. My biggest problem with Bill C-356, which, as I mentioned in my speech, is an accelerator to the housing crisis that the bill codifies, is using public land that taxpayers have owned collectively fo…

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Madam Speaker, with respect to homelessness, I want to ask the NDP member about Conservative Bill C-356, the building homes not bureaucracy act. I suspect that the NDP would propose other measures that are not in this bill, but it is odd to me that the NDP voted against it because it contains some very…

Routine Proceedings

…ters, under bridges or in their cars. That is not normal. It is unacceptable. Our leader introduced Bill C-356, which was defeated. I do not understand how anyone could have possibly thought it was not a good idea. How could they think it was a bad idea? The bill died at second reading. I only have 10 seconds…

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-356 under Private Members' Business.

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from May 27 consideration of the motion that Bill C-356, An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, today, the House is debating Bill C-356, the Conservative leader's housing proposal. In the Conservative leader's bill, there is no mention of students, seniors, workers or the most vulnerable in the country. Could the Deputy Prime Ministe…

Oral Questions

…housing and co-operatives. Earlier today, the House debated the Conservative leader's housing plan, Bill C-356. The bill would actually put the tax back on the construction of middle-class apartments. Can the Minister of Housing tell Canadians where the government stands on the Conservative leader's plan to r…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-356 reiterates the Conservative leader's talking points about the housing crisis. According to him, the municipalities are responsible for the housing crisis by tying up real estate development projects …

Private Members' Business

…n terms of how we address different speeches in this House. The issue at hand right now is housing, Bill C-356, a private member's bill brought forward by the hon. Leader of the Opposition. The member is currently talking about provincial politics. That does not seem to fit within the scope of this bill. Furt…

Private Members' Business

…e member would draw all this together with the private member's bill before the House at this time, Bill C-356.

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise this morning to speak to Bill C-356, an act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other acts, introduced by the leader of the official opposition. On reading Bill C‑356, it is obvious…

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from October 30, 2023, consideration of the motion that Bill C-356, An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Government Orders

…, by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons concerning Bill C-356, An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts, standing in the name of the member for Carleton. On October 19, 2023, the Chair had also …

Government Orders

…affordable housing and groceries act, which was plagiarism, effectively, of two Conservative bills, Bill C-356 and Bill C-339. Of course we also saw, just last week, a climb-down on the carbon tax for home heating for some Canadians in some parts of the country. Not all mimicking is bad, but at the end of the…

Routine Proceedings

…s. To address this, Conservative members of the committee recommend the immediate implementation of Bill C-356, the building homes not bureaucracy act, which includes seven recommendations: (a) establish a target for the completion of new homes in high-cost cities that increases 15% every year and ties federa…