William Stevenson

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Grand Cache, in my wonderful riding of Yellowhead. People are calling on the government to do one thing: restore fairness to the community. It is a remote and isolated town where everything costs more. While these are exactly the kinds of challenges the northern residents deduction is meant to address, a line on the [more]

Mr. Speaker, in the same vein, I had technical difficulties yesterday. If I could also have my vote included, I will be voting yea.

Mr. Speaker, “I'll always be worried [the government will] come looking for something...I can never trust the information l get from them”. These are the words of a public servant who is afraid to retire because of a broken pay system the Liberal government refuses to fix. There are 133,000 employees in the same situation. The Auditor General has confirmed that billions have been spent with no [more]

Where and how are decisions being made as to allocations?

You have, but can you elaborate on that? Is what you're talking about separate from the $14 million just announced on Thursday? It goes to the affordability we just talked about with non-market housing. Is it specific to the non-market end of things? How are you going...on the other investments that you say have gone there?

Has Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada taken any specific measures in federal housing programs that reflect the higher per-unit cost in rural areas and for remote builds, where economies of scale don't exist in the servicing of sites? Delivering materials and getting builders to those areas drive up the cost. Is there anything specific for rural?

I have a point of order, Madam Chair.

During my questioning, I kind of rushed through and passed on to the next question. Mr. Halucha had said that he could get us some information in regard to the split on rural. Could I just request that it be sent in writing, please?

I'm not sure if you're aware, but last year, there was a very public disagreement about priorities between the town of Jasper and the province. However, on Thursday, they both chipped in some money—millions of dollars for those 80 units they're putting up there. I'm wondering how we are making these decisions and what collaboration there is. How are they determining how they're going to [more]

Thank you. I have a bunch of questions, but I'll start with some of the things you said earlier. Can you tell me, sir, if there is an MOU with Alberta?

It's not so much about results as it is about looking at this point at what the programming is in order to get them into it. It's not about what's done. Here's my specific issue at this point. My riding is Yellowhead. I had Jasper. I had fires. They destroyed a third of the town—300 units. We have now gotten up to maybe 20% of those under construction. Minister of Emergency Management There was [more]

Typically, what can go to rural versus big cities?

You were talking about how you have certain provinces....