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Housing & Communities

Clarion tracks Housing & Communities across Canada's legislative record — the bills tagged to it, the House and legislature debates that mention it, the government media around it, and the lobbying filed on it. Every number is a deterministic count cited to the official record. A policy grouping, never a position.

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What's moving here

All-time counts of records matching this area's curated bilingual anchors.

Bills
38
5 in the last 90 days
Debates
17,534
8,534 in the last 90 days
Government media
2,246
2,136 in the last 90 days
Lobbying filings
7,005
657 in the last 90 days

Bills in this area

Bills grouped into this policy area. This is a subject grouping — it does not indicate support for or opposition to any bill.

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+ 13 more bills tracked in this area

Recent records

The most recent debates, government media, and lobbying filings matching this area.

  1. Media2026-08-25

    A 121,800-person citizenship queue is punching a hole in Ottawa’s immigration plan

    thehub

    Official record
  2. Media2026-08-25

    Centre Wellington looking for partner to develop affordable housing

    guelphtoday

    Official record
  3. Media2026-08-25

    Minister Flack to Hold a Press Conference

    on-newsroom

    Official record
  4. Media2026-08-25

    Premier Ford to Hold a Press Conference

    on-newsroom

    Official record
  5. Media2026-08-25

    Le gouvernement du Manitoba investit dans des logements sécuritaires et abordables pour les femmes et les enfants fuyant la violence familiale

    mb-gov-news

    Official record
  6. Lobbying2026-08-19

    Connective Support Society

    Affordable Housing · Shelters

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  1. Lobbying2026-08-14

    British Columbia Real Estate Association

    Housing

  2. Debate2026-07-29

    Dan Albas (Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, CPC)

    Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's regrettable that we have to be here today, because I know there are many different events that different members could be at. Events…

    Official record
  3. Debate2026-07-29

    The Chair (Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West, CPC))

    Welcome, everyone, to meeting number 48 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, also known, of course, as the mighty…

    Official record
  4. Debate2026-07-29

    Dan Albas (Okanagan Lake-Ouest—Kelowna-Sud, PCC)

    Merci, monsieur le président. Il est regrettable que nous devions être ici aujourd'hui, car je sais que les députés pourraient assister à de nombreux autres év…

    Official record
  5. Debate2026-07-07

    Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)

    Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to add the NDP's perspective on this condo conversion developer bailout scheme. Fundamental to tod…

    Official record
  6. Debate2026-07-07

    Gabriel Hardy

    Thank you, Mr. Chair. Obviously, we are meeting here in Parliament, in Ottawa, in the middle of the summer. I heard someone say earlier that this meeting was r…

    Official record

What's counted

Bills, debates, and government media are counted nationally. Lobbying reflects the public registries Clarion ingests: British Columbia and Canada (Federal) and City of Toronto — federal, provincial, and municipal coverage each reflects what has been ingested to date.

Every count is a deterministic tally of real records matching curated anchors — a way to group activity by policy area, not a measure of support, opposition, or outcome. Bills are grouped by subject, never by stance.

Most recent tracked activity: 2026-08-25.

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