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Healthcare, housing affordability, the environment, seniors, families, small businesses and most recently COVID-19 supports have been some of the priorities that have marked us as a government and will continue to be our guiding light for the future.
Home affordability for all Canadians, especially those wanting to buy their first home, has been an issue in our communities in EtobicokeLakeshore. I have heard it over and over again and we are taking action. We will temporarily ban new foreign ownership in Canadian housing to ensure Canadians have more access to purchasing homes, unless this purchase is confirmed to be for future employment or immigration in the next two years.
This will also allow us to work with provinces and municipalities to develop a framework to better regulate the role of foreign buyers in the Canadian housing market.
January 1, 2022 we will also begin the implementation of Canada’s first-ever national tax on non-resident, non-Canadian owners of vacant, underused housing and we will extend this to include foreign-owned vacant land within large urban areas. A re-elected Liberal government will move forward with a three-part housing plan.
A Home For Everyone will: • Unlock Home Ownership: Liberals will help a family buying their first home to save up to $30,000 in a tax-free account. • Build More Homes: Liberals will build, preserve, or repair an additional 1.4 million homes in four years. • Protect Your Rights: Liberals will create a Home Buyers’ Bill of Rights to make the process of buying a home fairer and more transparent.
Health care is another priority for all of us. The pandemic underlined the importance of taking care of Canadians. A re-elected Liberal government will continue to work with provinces and territories to build a stronger health care system for everyone. We will: • Invest $10B to eliminate waitlists — that’s $6B in new funding on top of $4B already committed in budget 2021; • Invest $3B to hire 7,500 family doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners over four years; and • Expand virtual health care services to give you flexibility.
Climate action is a major priority for everyone and our climate action plan is focused on solutions that cut pollution, protect our environment, spur world-leading clean innovation, create jobs and grow the middle class. We will implement 100 percent zero emissions car sales by 2035, we will deploy $5 billion to advance clean power generation and will introduce a Clean Electricity Standard to achieve 100 percent net-zero emitting electricity system by 2035, make sure the oil and gas sector reduces emissions at a pace and scale needed to achieve net-zero by 2050, with 5-year targets to stay on track to achieving the goal.
For seniors, we will continue to make life affordable by increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement ($500 for single seniors and $750 for senior couples.)
As we move forward, we will continue to work on reconciliation with Indigenous communities to address the wrongs of the past.
As the campaign rolls out, you will hear more about the Liberal plan. As always, we have been the party that cares and we will continue to be there to support all Canadians.
Voting in this election includes new options, such as a mail-in ballot. You can securely apply for a special ballot at elections.ca and it needs to be mailed at your earliest convenience as the ballots need to be in the hands of Elections Canada by Election Day. Please visit elections.ca for all the details.
It has been an honour to serve as your Member of Parliament and I hope I can count on your support to continue working for you in Ottawa and in our community.
If you would like to reach my re-election campaign office, please call (416) 251-5920 or email me at contact@jamesmaloney.ca
JAMES MALONEY, MP
416.251.5920 contact@jamesmaloney.ca
