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MP wants to include housing in Bill of Rights

The M-P for the North Island – Powell River has tabled a bill in the House of Commons to include housing in the Canadian Bill of Rights.
New Democrat Rachel Blaney says affordable and appropriate housing is a challenge for multiple demographics, including those who are most vulnerable…
Blaney says she also hopes that by including housing as a right it will stop the downloading of responsibility for housing onto local governments and ensure all levels of government work together to address housing issues.
Sharon Vanhouwe
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