An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts
Bill C-356 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing-supply targets, conditioning federal infrastructure-funding agreements on provinces and municipalities meeting housing-construction-permit-approval targets. Brought after the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reported a 3.5-million-home shortfall to reach housing affordability by 2030 versus the current rate of approximately 240,000 starts per year. The bill paralleled the federal Housing Accelerator Fund (announced 2022, $4 billion through 2027 conditional on municipal zoning reform) with broader scope. Pierre Poilievre's Building Homes Not Bureaucracy Act framework was the broader political proposal. Did not pass second reading.
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Pierre Poilievre's housing bill: it would cut federal infrastructure money to big cities that miss home-building targets and tie funding to faster permit approvals, framed against a 3.5-million-home shortfall. A Conservative private member's bill; it did not pass second reading.
Issues this bill touches
- Housing
Pierre Poilievre's signature housing bill: cuts federal infrastructure payments to big cities that miss annual housing-start targets.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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