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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, refreshed each morning. A policy grouping, never a position.

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Activity on this area

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

Bills
38
11 in the last 90 days
Debates
10,454
8,897 in the last 90 days
Government media
263
188 in the last 90 days
Lobbying filings
6,693
1,402 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.

+ 13 more bills tracked in this area

Recent records

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

  1. Media2026-07-01

    Early Morning House Fire Displaces Residents on Mapleglen Drive

    chrisd

    Official record
  2. Media2026-07-01

    Congress hears drug seizures at U.S.-Canada border dropping despite Republican claims

    citynews-toronto

    Official record
  3. Media2026-07-01

    Bryan Yu: Inflation in B.C. climbs as energy costs rise, while housing market begins to recover

    biv

    Official record
  4. Media2026-07-01

    Les nouveaux logements abordables le sont-ils vraiment?

    radiocanada-politique

    Official record
  5. Media2026-07-01

    Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado

    cjme

    Official record
  6. Lobbying2026-06-29

    Lobbying communication

    Energy · Hospitals · Housing

  7. Lobbying2026-06-29

    Lobbying communication

    Housing

  8. Lobbying2026-06-29

    Lobbying communication

    Economic development and trade · Energy · Environment

  9. Lobbying2026-06-29

    Colleges Ontario

    Agriculture · Children and youth · Citizenship and immigration

  10. Lobbying2026-06-29

    City of Dryden

    Economic development and trade · Energy · Health

  11. Debate2026-06-18

    Steeve Lavoie

    Monsieur le Président, quand je suis entré en politique, je voulais faire la même chose que je faisais au privé: je voulais que l'argent se dépense ici, chez no…

    Official record
  12. Debate2026-06-18

    The Hon. the Speaker

    Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?…

    Official record
  13. Debate2026-06-18

    Le sénateur Housakos

    Hier, pendant le comité plénier, on a posé plusieurs fois la question au ministre. Il n’avait pas de réponse. On lui a demandé combien de maisons ce montant de…

    Official record
  14. Debate2026-06-18

    Hon. Senators

    Agreed.…

    Official record
  15. Debate2026-06-18

    House debate

    The Hon. the Speaker informed the Senate that a message had been received from the House of Commons with Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access. (Bill read…

    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 and Ontario — the federal registry is complete; provincial and municipal coverage reflects the registries 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: 2026-07-01.

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