WENDAKE,
QC, April 23, 2024 /CNW/ - Through Budget
2024: A Fair Chance for Every Generation, the Government of
Canada is investing to build a
Canada that works better for
everyone, where young people can get ahead, get a fair reward for
their hard work and be able to buy their own homes, and where
everyone has a fair chance at a good life in the middle class.
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public
Services and Procurement, met with Grand Chief Rémy Vincent of the
Huron-Wendat Nation in Wendake to
highlight the investments in Budget 2024 to create a fair future
for Indigenous peoples, and to continue to progress towards
reconciliation.
Budget 2024 is a plan to deliver fairness for every
generation.
First, the budget takes bold action to build more
homes. Because the best way to make home prices more
affordable is to increase supply—and quickly. It lays out a
strategy to unlock 3.87 million new homes by 2031. Key measures
include launching the new Public Lands for Homes Plan and
Canada Rental Protection Fund, enhancing the Canadian Mortgage
Charter, and creating a new Canadian Renters' Bill of Rights.
Second, it will help make life cost less. The budget
builds on the government's transformative expansion of Canada's social safety net—$10-a-day child
care, dental care for uninsured Canadians, the first phase of
universal pharmacare—and advances the government's work to lower
everyday costs for Canadians. This includes helping to stabilize
the cost of groceries, cracking down on junk fees, and lowering the
costs of banking. Budget 2024 also makes transformative new
investments, including a National School Food Program and the
Canada Disability Benefit.
Third, this year's budget will grow the economy in a way
that's shared by all. The government's plan will increase
investment, enhance productivity, and encourage innovation. It will
create good-paying and meaningful jobs, keep Canada at the economic forefront, and deliver
new support to empower more of our best entrepreneurs and
innovators. This includes attracting more investment in the
net-zero economy by expanding and delivering the major economic
investment tax credits, securing Canada's advantage as a leader in artificial
intelligence, and investing in enhanced research grants that will
provide younger generations with good jobs and new opportunities.
And it means ensuring Indigenous Peoples share in this growth in a
way that works for them.
Budget 2024 will also make Canada's tax system fairer by asking the
wealthiest to pay a bit more—so that the government can invest in
prosperity for every generation, and because it would be
irresponsible and unfair to pass on more debt to the next
generations. Budget 2024 is a responsible economic plan that
upholds the fiscal objectives outlined in the 2023 Fall Economic
Statement, and sees Canada
maintain the lowest deficit- and net debt-to-GDP ratios in the
G7.
Quotes
"Our government first came to office with a vow to strengthen
and expand the middle class. We delivered on that pledge by
reducing poverty, especially for children and seniors, and creating
millions of good jobs for Canadians. Our work isn't done. Budget
2024 renews our focus on unlocking the door to the middle class for
millions of younger Canadians. We'll build more housing and help
make life cost less. We will drive our economy toward growth that
lifts everyone up. That is fairness for every generation."
- The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Finance
"The housing crisis is particularly acute in Indigenous
communities. The Budget 2024 investments will accelerate the
construction of affordable housing in these communities and help
them take full advantage of the economic development opportunities
available to them. The community of Wendake has several major housing and economic
development projects underway, and we will continue to support
these projects that will contribute to the success and prosperity
of the Huron-Wendat Nation, as well as other Indigenous communities
across the country."
- The Honourable Jean-Yves
Duclos, Minister of Public Services and
Procurement
"The Huron-Wendat Nation is currently working on a number of
real estate development projects aimed, among other things, at
enabling our population to settle in the community, while more than
1,000 Wendat are waiting for access to it. By expanding the
community, as well as acquiring surplus land from National Defence
in Sainte-Foy, we will be meeting
a growing need for our members, as well as members of other First
Nations. That's why I welcome the government's announcement of
funding for this type of project with great enthusiasm."
– Rémy Vincent, Grand Chief, Huron-Wendat Nation
Related products
- Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation
- Budget 2024: Address by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Finance
- Budget 2024: Key Measures
- A Fair Future for Indigenous Peoples
- Backgrounder: Tax Fairness for Every Generation
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