Scott Aitchison
- Born
- January 14, 1973
- Career
- Sales with Coldwell Banker Thompson Real Estate, and Fowler Construction; consultant with Enterprise Canada Group from 1998-2004
- Political Experience
- Huntsville Town Councillor (1994-?), Deputy Mayor, Mayor of Huntsville (2014-2019), Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka (2019-present)
- Notable
- Youngest individual ever elected to Huntsville Town Council and Muskoka District Council at the age of 21. Unsuccessfully ran for Conservative Party leadership in 2022.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before his election to Parliament in 2019, Scott Aitchison was involved in both local politics and business. He served as a town councillor and later as the Mayor of Huntsville, Ontario. His private sector experience reportedly includes work in sales and real estate. He also owned and operated a construction and renovation business.
Key Relationships & Connections
During his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2022, Aitchison's campaign manager was political strategist Jamie Ellerton. His campaign was co-chaired by fellow Conservative Members of Parliament Karen Vecchio and Eric Melillo. He also garnered endorsements from several other caucus members during the leadership race.
Where Scott falls on key policy spectrums
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Scott Aitchison won with 33,742 votes (52.2%)
Total votes cast: 64,653
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Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, in response to the need to build 500,000 homes per year, thepromised to build at a speed not seen in a generation. Today, the housing industry projects a nearly 20% decline in construction over the next three years, while Stats Canada reports that home ownership among young people is at the lowest level it has been since just after the Second World War. Prime Minister
I'm going to say this quickly because I'm out of time. Maybe one of the targets for Build Canada Homes should be about not just the number of units that get built but how quickly we speed the process up.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. It's good to see you all again. I want to start with Mr. Sullivan because you were making an interesting point. You started off with a fairly bold statement, which was, “Housing starts are not the right metric.” That's in part because, like you said, it's a lagging indicator and that, sometimes, how we're counting starts is actually not quite
Thank you for that. I want to continue with that train of thought for a bit longer. If we were to make all housing more affordable...since 95% of housing in this country is, in fact, market housing. If 30% of the cost of market housing wasn't from government taxes, charges and fees, would that relieve some of the burden on—and need for more—social and supportive housing, rent geared to income
Thank you for that. Mr. Wilkes, what remains the biggest barrier to starting to dig holes for homes? Let's use that as our definition of a “start”. What's the biggest barrier, still, to this day?
Thank you for that. I'll go back to Mr. Sullivan. Some of your members are trying to build this non-market housing, whether it's social, supportive or whatever. What do local government delays cost? What does it take?
Thank you for that. It's a perfect segue to Mr. Richter, who very eloquently described housing as an entire system, not just one piece of the puzzle. No one part or element of the continuum is necessarily more important than another. I agree with that. Would you agree, Mr. Richter, that all housing needs to be more affordable?