Question Period Note: Northern Housing and Infrastructure

•The Government recognizes the importance of infrastructure and the challenges faced by Canada’s northern communities in accessing safe, adequate and affordable housing.

•Through Budget 2022, the government is investing $150 million to support affordable housing and infrastructure in the North, which includes
o$60 million for the Government of Nunavut;
o $60 million for the Government of the Northwest Territories; and
o $30 million for the Government of Yukon.

•Through Budget 2022, the Government is also providing $34 million over seven years to four Métis groups in the Northwest Territories.

•This flexible funding will allow territorial partners to continue to advance the most pressing housing and infrastructure needs.

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If pressed on additional infrastructure and housing funding

• Budget 2022 invested an additional $4 billion over seven years to accelerate work in closing housing gaps:
o $2.4 billion over five years for First Nations housing on reserves;
o $565 million over five years for housing in Self-Governing and Modern Treaty Holders communities;
o $845 million over seven years for housing in Inuit communities;
o $190 million over seven years for housing in Métis communities.

• The funding so far has supported over 13,000 home improvement and repairs projects, and more than 4,600 new homes in Indigenous communities.

• Our government will continue to advance solutions in response to the critical housing and infrastructure needs of northerners.

If pressed on the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy

• Budget 2022 provided $300 million to support housing in urban, rural, and northern Indigenous communities.

• Budget 2023 is proposing to build on this initial work with a significant investment of $4 billion over seven years, starting in 2024-25, to implement an Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy, currently under co-development with Indigenous partners.