Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner (Calgary-Nose Hill, AB) said the housing crisis is contributing to growing problems with crime, addiction and other social ills. .“Let me be clear to everyone involved: now is not the time to continue status quo policies that have failed to build the houses Canadians need,” tweeted Rempel Garner on Tuesday. .She said there is plenty going on in Calgary about the housing strategy. .She said this is positive. It means change. .Calgary and Canada are in the middle of a severe affordability crisis. Canadians of all ages cannot afford a place to live. .Rempel Garner pledged Conservatives will continue to hold the Canadian government accountable after eight years of failed housing policy and urged Calgary city council to put homebuilding first when considering their own municipal policies. .In this case, she said she stands with Calgarians who have seen crippling rent increases, those who had the prospect of homeownership taken from them, and homeless people. She acknowledged this crisis is not polite or slow. .Since it is immediate, she said it requires an immediate response. She said anyone who is trying to beat around the bush “should give their head a shake, have some compassion and get serious.”.Her door remains open to work together across levels of government to deliver results for people and to change the minds of those who might not see the need and benefit for improvements to ensure the crisis is addressed. .The Conservatives have taken a position on removing red tape and roadblocks that stop more housing from being built. This is the position she supports. .She lives in a multi-family unit, which saved her after a change in relationship status years ago. She said this crisis affects everyone. .If Canada does not solve it, she said much of what it is as a nation is at risk. But she said she knows it can overcome it because she is an optimist. .Rempel Garner concluded by saying everyone knows they need to “cut the bullshit and start building housing.” They need to push people out of the way who do not care. .“We need to solve infrastructure challenges and unite our country in a nation building vision to get this done,” she said. .“I believe in us.”.Conservative MP Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) said on Tuesday Calgary city council’s plans on housing are well intentioned but doomed to fail. .READ MORE: Aitchison says Calgary needs to legalize more housing options.“If you truly want to make it easier and faster to build the homes people need, you must make it legal to build them,” said Aitchison. .Aitchison started off by saying the housing crisis “has highlighted a growing divide in Canada.” This divide is between people who have a home, a good job, and a secure retirement and those without.
