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Housing affordability

Clarion tracks Housing affordability 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
1,025
229 in the last 90 days
Debates
23,960
17,805 in the last 90 days
Government media
752
664 in the last 90 days

Bills in this area

Bills whose title or summary matches this sub-topic's anchors. A keyword grouping by subject — verify each against the official record; it does not indicate a position.

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+ 1,000 more bills tracked in this area

Recent records

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

  1. Media2026-08-25

    Les libéraux visent la parité salariale en santé entre l’Outaouais et l’Ontario

    ici-ottawa-gatineau

    Official record ↗

  2. Media2026-08-25

    Centre Wellington looking for partner to develop affordable housing

    guelphtoday

    Official record ↗

  3. Media2026-08-25

    Manitoba Government Invests in Safe, Affordable Housing for Women and Children Leaving Family Violence

    mb-gov-news

    Official record ↗

  4. Media2026-08-25

    Kitchener approves 50% rent reduction for Kitchener market vendors impacted by fire

    cbc-kitchener-waterloo

    Official record ↗

  5. Media2026-08-25

    B.C. real estate agent fined $200K, suspended after buying and renting out affordable housing unit

    cbc-britishcolumbia

    Official record ↗

  6. Debate2026-07-29

    Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, PCC)

    Merci beaucoup. C'est vraiment le moment idéal pour être au Parlement. C'est exactement la raison d'être du Parlement. Je suis ravie de faire partie de ce comit…

    Official record ↗
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  1. Debate2026-07-07

    The Chair

    Thank you, Ms. Kwan. I'll just note that in the last part of your comments, you talked about having other organizations. The motion mentions “Organizations tha…

    Official record ↗

  2. 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 ↗

  3. 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 ↗

  4. Debate2026-07-07

    Jacob Mantle

    It was this morning. Okay. That's excellent. The letter that was received even later by committee members was clearly an attempt by the minister to give Libera…

    Official record ↗

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What's counted

This topic has no matching lobbying registrations in the registries Clarion ingests, so its activity reflects bills, debates, and government media only — never an inferred lobbying figure.

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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