Policy areas · Housing & Communities
Homelessness
Clarion tracks Homelessness 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
- 5
- 1 in the last 90 days
- Debates
- 2,709
- 2,172 in the last 90 days
- Government media
- 438
- 425 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.
C-20 — An Act respecting the establishment of Build Canada Homes
Canada (Federal)Royal assent received2026-06-18keyword-tagged — verify
Bill 28 — Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025
OntarioSecond reading vote2025-10-23keyword-tagged — verify
Bill 198 — An Act to proclaim National Homelessness Awareness Day
QuebecIntroduced2025-10-09keyword-tagged — verify
Bill 182 — Income Assistance for the Unhoused Act
Nova ScotiaFirst reading2025-10-02keyword-tagged — verify
Bill 65 — Homelessness Task Force Act
Nova ScotiaFirst reading2025-03-03keyword-tagged — verify
Recent records
The most recent debates, government media, and lobbying filings matching this area.
Media2026-08-24
LETTER: Orillia needs to fix 'whack-a-mole' approach to encampments
orilliamatters
Official record ↗Media2026-08-23
'Tragedy after tragedy' upended life of woman jailed on gun charge: Lawyer
lfpress
Official record ↗Media2026-08-23
LETTER: 'Once-in-a-decade' chance to address homelessness has arrived
collingwoodtoday
Official record ↗Media2026-08-23
Une trentième saison pour le Drakkar de Baie-Comeau
ici-cote-nord
Official record ↗Media2026-08-23
Une série inspirée par le travail de sa mère
tva-nouvelles
Official record ↗Debate2026-07-29
Melissa Lantsman
Merci, monsieur le président. Je vais parler de cette motion. Je pense que la raison pour laquelle il y a tant d'obstruction au sujet du pont — nous sommes bie…
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Debate2026-07-07
Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Est, NPD)
Merci beaucoup, monsieur le président. Je suis heureuse d'avoir l'occasion d'ajouter le point de vue du NPD sur ce plan de sauvetage des promoteurs pour convert…
Official record ↗Debate2026-07-07
Linda Lapointe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Earlier, I set the record straight. We weren't talking about billions of dollars invested in housing. We were talking about $150 million…
Official record ↗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 ↗Debate2026-06-18
Le président
Merci, monsieur Aitchison. Monsieur Joseph, vous avez la parole pour six minutes.…
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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: 2026-08-24.
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