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An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act

Summary

  • Requires the National Housing Strategy to include measures that prevent the removal of homeless encampments on federal land and to identify alternatives developed through engagement with encampment residents.
  • Mandates active involvement and support for Indigenous peoples in determining and developing culturally appropriate housing programs; responses to encampments must respect Indigenous rights and UNDRIP.
  • Expands participatory processes to include civil society, vulnerable groups, people with lived experience of homelessness, and Indigenous peoples; adds related monitoring and reporting requirements, including in the triennial report.
  • Introduces new definitions (e.g., "federal land," "homeless encampment") and formalizes federal-provincial and Indigenous consultations for implementation.

Builder Assessment

Vote No

The bill primarily adds procedural constraints and protections related to homeless encampments on federal land and expands consultation/reporting obligations. While it may advance human-rights considerations, it does not enhance growth, productivity, or competitiveness and likely increases bureaucratic complexity, conflicting with several core tenets.

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Principles Analysis

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Canada should aim to be the world's most prosperous country.

Focuses on housing rights and encampment management; no direct pro-growth measures or macroeconomic impact.

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Promote economic freedom, ambition, and breaking from bureaucratic inertia (reduce red tape).

Adds new procedural requirements and restrictions on government action regarding federal lands, increasing process and constraints.

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Drive national productivity and global competitiveness.

Potentially slows or complicates projects on federal lands (e.g., infrastructure sites) by limiting encampment removals and adding processes, which may reduce project efficiency.

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Grow exports of Canadian products and resources.

No direct export provisions; any effects on logistics hubs on federal land are indirect and uncertain.

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Encourage investment, innovation, and resource development.

Could increase uncertainty and timelines for investments involving federal lands due to encampment protections and expanded consultations.

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Deliver better public services at lower cost (government efficiency).

Imposes additional consultation, monitoring, and reporting duties that may raise administrative costs and slow service delivery.

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Reform taxes to incentivize work, risk-taking, and innovation.

No tax measures are included.

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Focus on large-scale prosperity, not incrementalism.

A targeted procedural change to housing governance; does not advance broad-based prosperity or productivity.

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C-205

PartyNDP
StatusOutside the Order of Precedence
Last updatedJun 10, 2025
TopicsSocial Issues, Housing and Urban Development
Parliament45