WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:21.079 Thank you for listening to Depictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:57.719 the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy 3 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.840 and Rights here in de Pictures Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. 4 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:10.680 There are globally there are several threats to international and security and peace, 5 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:23.359 and we've been focused on over a year now with the Russian Federation and invasion 6 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:30.319 of Ukraine. We've also been focused on many years with things that have happened 7 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.879 in Syria, and there are incidences in Hemen that trying to help the people 8 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:46.519 of human build a stable government. There are of course issues that are still 9 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:53.319 happening in other parts of the Middle East where global peace is at threat, 10 00:01:53.400 --> 00:02:00.719 and and well we must say that global peace doesn't actually really exist, that 11 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:12.479 there's still armed conflicts happening. There's still people fighting in in waves with with 12 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:22.919 military actions and in some cases terrorisms and missile strikes, drone strikes, all 13 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:30.439 these things happening around the world that are that are keeping us away from peace. 14 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:38.759 That there are some organizations and countries out there that they make a mint 15 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:50.360 off of selling weapons into armed conflict areas. We have heard about drone strikes 16 00:02:52.240 --> 00:03:01.800 from the fresh Russian Federation against grain houses and ports in the Ukraine that grain 17 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:08.039 can't can't freely move the way it needs to uh into different parts of the 18 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:22.680 world from the Black Sea because of the Russian Federation either drone striking, missiling 19 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:32.240 or what have you. That there's they have issued other initiatives that quite simply 20 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:42.680 they've been striking civilian sites and some of those l are simply to put fear 21 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.400 into the Ukrainian people so that they will side with the Russian Federation over their 22 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:55.120 own government. And yeah, and they're still trying to come up with a 23 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:09.400 resolutions and and aid to help the people find a stable government. They're in 24 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:18.319 Central Africa. We've we've heard of coups and takeovers because of people wanting to 25 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:30.519 have control over their own destiny and to avoid the ideas of colonialism and just 26 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:39.480 simple corporate greed taking over their resources so that they can't have their own freedom 27 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:47.240 and to choose their own destiny and choices. I want to listen to the 28 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:56.680 United Nations as they address some of these issues and address what is happening in 29 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:02.399 our world that is disturbing the peace that we need to have as a human 30 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:16.839 race. The nine thousand, four hundred and fifteen Meeting of the Security Council 31 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:27.120 is called to order. At the outset of this meeting, I should like 32 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:32.360 on behalf of the members of the Security Council to express our profound sadness over 33 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:40.560 the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco last Friday and the deadly flooding that has affected 34 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:46.680 Libya over the past days. These events have led to the laws of thousands 35 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:53.319 of lives. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this heartbreaking disasters. 36 00:05:54.800 --> 00:06:01.240 The Security Council expresses its heartfelt sympathy and indolences to the families of the victims, 37 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:06.879 to the people and the governments of Libya and Morocco. I now invite 38 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:13.120 the members of the Council to rise and observe a minute of silence in tribute 39 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:43.279 to the memory of the victims of these tragic events. Thank you. The 40 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:50.759 provisional agenda for this meeting is Threats to International Peace and Security. The agenda 41 00:06:50.879 --> 00:07:00.560 is adopted in accordance with Rule thirty seven of the Council's Visional Rules of Procedure. 42 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:06.600 I invite the Representative of Ukraine to participate in this meeting. It is 43 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:18.319 so decided, in accordance with Rule thirty nine of the Council's Provisional Rules of 44 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:26.079 Procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting, Miss Izumi 45 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:33.319 Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and mister George SAMUELI Journalist. It 46 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:44.920 is so decided the Security Council will now begin its consideration of Item two of 47 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:55.639 the agenda. I now give the floor to Miss Izumi Nakamitsu. Thank you 48 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:01.439 very much, Madam present, notam present, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, 49 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:07.240 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen. Since my last briefing to the Security Council 50 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:13.439 on this topic only weeks ago, the provision of defensive military assistance to the 51 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:18.439 armed forces of Ukraine has continued in the context of the full scale invasion of 52 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.600 Ukraine launched by the Russian Federation on twenty fourth of February twenty twenty two. 53 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:31.720 Environmation of the United Nations Charter and international law, much of the information on 54 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:37.840 transfers of weapons systems and ammunition flows from governments is available through open sources. 55 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:45.879 These transfers have reportedly included heavy conventional weapons such as battle tanks, armored conbat 56 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:52.559 vehicles, combat aircraft, helicopters, large caliber arteriory systems, missile systems, 57 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:58.039 and uncrewed combat area vehicles, as well as remotely operated munitions, small arms 58 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:05.440 and light weapons and their ammunition. Over the last months, reported transfers of 59 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:11.480 arms and ammunition to the Ukrainian Defense Forces have expanded. There have also been 60 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:20.320 reports of state transferring or planning to transfer weapons such as uncrewed aerial vehicles and 61 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:28.159 ammunition to the Russian Armed Forces, including for possible use in Ukraine. Neatness 62 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:35.039 to say any transfer of weapons must take place within the applicable international legal and 63 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:43.480 policy frameworks, including relevant Security Council resolutions. Any potential or suspected by nations 64 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:50.759 of relevant Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions or restrictive measures if verified, are very 65 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:58.559 concerning. Reports related to the transfer and use of Class dimunitions throughout the war 66 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:03.480 are also very con learning. The Sector General has repeatedly called for an immediate 67 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:09.279 end to the use of Class dimunitions, in line with his long standing position 68 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.639 these weapons must be consigned to history, most recently in his Policy Brief or 69 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:22.399 New Agenda for Peace the Sector General has encouraged member states to commit to reducing 70 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:30.519 the human cost of weapons, including by achieving universal participation in treaties banning in 71 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:37.120 humane and indiscriminate weapons, such as the Convention on Class Dimunitions. We also 72 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:43.320 take note of reports related to the transfer of depleted uranium tank ammunition to the 73 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:52.879 Ukrainian forces. The supply of weapons and ammunition into any armed conflict situations raises 74 00:10:52.919 --> 00:11:01.639 significant concerns about the potential escalation of violence and presents significant risks of diversion and 75 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:09.600 proiferation even after the conflict has ended. Measures to address the risk of diversion 76 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:18.440 of weapons and ammunition to unauthorized end users and for unauthorized uses are essential for 77 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:26.200 preventing further instability and insecurity in Ukraine, the region and beyond. Such measures 78 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:35.480 include enforcement of marking practices, comprehensive pre transfer diversion risk assessments, end user 79 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:43.320 certificates including non transfer clauses, effective legal and enforcement measures, and post shipment 80 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:52.679 verifications. To prevent the diversion of weapons supply chains, transparency and corporation and 81 00:11:52.799 --> 00:12:00.960 information exchange between importing, transit and exporting states is required, as well as 82 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:07.559 concrete measures such as marking and tracing, effective accounting and comprehensive record record keeping 83 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:16.159 practices, physical safeguarding of arms and ammunition, customs and border control measures, 84 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:24.559 and divergent monitoring and analysis. As I mentioned many times before, transparency in 85 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:31.919 arms transfers is a crucial confidence building measure which can serve to reduce tensions and 86 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:39.240 ambiguities between member states. The U and Register of Conventional Arms and ROCCA remains 87 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:45.559 a key instrument in this regard. In its thirty years of operation, one 88 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:50.879 hundred seventy eight member states of Submitttal Reporter and ROCKER, at at least once 89 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:58.679 I callable member states to participate in this mechanism. And ROCKER captures around ninety 90 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:05.840 percent of global arms flows and can help in tracking the influx of weapons in 91 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:13.639 conflict zones. Moreover, the Arms Straight Treaty, the Firearms Protocol, the 92 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:20.399 Program of Action on Small Arms in Light Weapons and its International Tracing Instrument are 93 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:26.799 some of the arms control instruments established by states to prevent the diversion of conventional 94 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:33.879 arms and regulate international Arms Straight. I welcome the conclusion of work of the 95 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:41.200 Open Ended Working Group or WG on Conventional Ammunition and applaud the successful adoption of 96 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:50.159 its final report containing the new Global Framework for Through Life Conventional Ammunition Management. 97 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:58.440 The framework is much needed instrument to more effectively counter the diversion of conventional ammunition 98 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:03.960 of all types, which continued to fuel instability, insecurity and conflict across the 99 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:13.320 world. I retreate my call to all states to join relevant treaties and agreements 100 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.879 and to fully implement their legal obligations under conventional arms control instruments to reach their 101 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:26.639 party as well as their political commitments to minimize the risk of diversion of arms 102 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:35.279 and ammunitions. Madame President, Beyond addressing arms transfers, all parties to the 103 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:41.279 armed conflict of a duty to protect civilians in armed conflict and change shaw compliance 104 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:50.120 with applicable international law, including international humanitarian law. From twenty fourth of February 105 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.519 twenty twenty two to twenty seventh of August this year, the Office of the 106 00:14:54.600 --> 00:15:01.440 High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded twenty six thousand, seven hundred seventeen civilian 107 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:09.960 casualties in Ukraine, with nine thousand, five hundred eleven killed and seventeen thousand, 108 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:16.159 two hundred six injured. The actual figures are likely to be considered considerably 109 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:22.720 higher. The vast majority of civilian casualties are the results of the use of 110 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:28.919 explosive weapons with wide area effects, including by shelling from artillery tanks and multiple 111 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:35.919 launch rocket systems, cruise and ballistic missiles, and by air strikes. The 112 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:43.720 continued use of large numbers of armed uncrued aerial vehicles against civilians and civilian infrastructure 113 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:52.399 is concerning Armed uncrued aerial vehicles must not be used in the manner inconsistent with 114 00:15:52.639 --> 00:16:00.399 international humanitarian law. The Sector General has unequivocally urged all size to avoid the 115 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:07.639 use of explosive weapons in populated areas, as such use is highly likely to 116 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:14.759 result in indiscriminate harm, including in Ukraine. I take this opportunity to invite 117 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:22.039 all Member States to implement the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from 118 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:27.399 the Humanitarian Consequences arising from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, adopted 119 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:37.000 in November twenty twenty two in abroad and meaning meaningful manner. The continued and 120 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:44.480 intensified attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure and services in Ukraine, including energy, 121 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:52.080 infrastructure, health and educational facilities, ports, roles, bridges and grain facilities 122 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:59.799 remain very much alarming. Under international humanitarian law, parties to an armed con 123 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:06.720 it are prohibited from targeting civilians and civilian objects, including civilian infrastructure, and 124 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:14.000 have the responsibility to take all feasible precautions in the conduct of military operations to 125 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:19.559 avoid or at least minimize incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, 126 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:26.759 and damage to civilian objects. The United Nations strongly condemned attacks against civilians and 127 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:37.000 civilian infrastructure and urges for their immediate cessation. Minds and explosive remnants of war 128 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:45.440 have resulted in widespread land contamination, rendering land unusable for agriculture while impeding the 129 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:51.319 movements of people. I retreate my core to all the relevant parties to avoid 130 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:57.240 abide by their obligations under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and not to transfer 131 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:04.680 or use any minds inhibited by its amended protocol too. Madame President, Distinguished 132 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:11.480 Members of the Security Council, the past eighteen months have seen death loss, 133 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:18.359 unbearable suffering and devastation in Ukraine. The world cannot afford for this senseless war 134 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:23.759 to continue. I appealed to all member states to make every effort for peace. 135 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.599 As the Sector General has repeatedly emphasized, the United Nations is committed to 136 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:37.559 support all meaningful efforts to bring a just and sustainable peace to Ukraine, guided 137 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:45.559 by the United Nations Charter, international Law and relevant General Assembly resolutions. I 138 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:51.240 thank you very much for your attention. On eleventh September, the Members of 139 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:56.160 the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Yemen. They were breached by 140 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:03.880 the UN Special Envoy Groundberg, alongside ocha Is Jim Suya and Major General Berry. 141 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.079 The members of the Security Council expressed their support to the UN peace process 142 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:12.680 based on the Greek references and reiterated the urgency for a Yemeni Yemeni dialogue and 143 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:19.319 a national wide ceasefire. The members of the Security Council also reiterated the importance 144 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:26.160 of making rapid and tangible progress in the current discussions. The members of the 145 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:32.720 Security Council stressed the need to maintain the prevailing calm and ensure unhindered humanitarian access. 146 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.640 The members of the Security Council welcomed the efforts by Saudi Arabia and Oman 147 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:48.359 delegations and their ongoing support to the mediation efforts of the United Nations many of 148 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.880 the process, because it seems to have really just stalled out the last few 149 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.480 Well, he's working very hard and he asked for the support of the Council 150 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.920 to his efforts in this regard, and this is exactly what the Council, 151 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:11.160 as I explained, now, thank you. You know, the need for 152 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:19.839 housing and just the idea of having a safe an affordable place to live. 153 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:30.039 In some reasons of the world, safe means means safe from gunfire, missile 154 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:34.359 strikes, drone strikes, a baby, a tank running over your home because 155 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:41.640 you're in the path of what they consider to be a military objective. In 156 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:47.759 other parts of the parts of the world, it means that you're in fear 157 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:52.920 of some corporate developer wanting to take over your home, tear it down, 158 00:20:53.839 --> 00:21:00.640 displace you so that you wind up on the street, and then you not 159 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:08.400 being able to afford to find a new home another place to live. Either 160 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:14.480 way, this the result is the same that the in a lot of in 161 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:18.799 a lot of countries and a lot of areas, that the average person, 162 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:29.640 working class person is having trouble finding it a home, having trouble affording a 163 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:38.599 home without the worry of slipping back and losing their home the landlord evicting them 164 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:47.480 or some developer buying up the whole area and having having an eviction handed to 165 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:52.680 the list way where they need to simply move. Even though oh okay, 166 00:21:52.759 --> 00:22:00.279 so say they did receive what a reasonable market value for their home. If 167 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:07.079 the funding that they received for that sale of the house that they're currently and 168 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:11.680 doesn't help them get a new place to live, then we good, what 169 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:21.680 did it do? There are economic reasons that are in existence due to inflation, 170 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:27.640 due to corporate greed and everything that hinder some people from having the safety 171 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:37.200 of a home, and having a safe home should be a human right. 172 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:48.359 So we're actually gonna hear going bringing everything back to Canada. We're going to 173 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:56.440 hear from jag Meats saying as he is talking about affordable housing, affordable rents 174 00:22:56.200 --> 00:23:04.599 for students, but the affordable rents reaches way further than just simply to students. 175 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:14.480 It also applies to families and how they can afford to have enough of 176 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:26.960 a home to safely house them mom and dad and their children. How is 177 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:34.640 that working out with the current rates of inflation and how rents are becoming unreachable 178 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:41.599 for a lot of families. With that, of course, there was in 179 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:49.960 British Columbia there was a cap put on renting increases that was actually below the 180 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:56.559 rate of inflation at three point five percent. That may help a little bit, 181 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:04.079 But when we look at the overall rent in British Columbia, we have 182 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:11.640 Vancouver, which was named recently by several surveys to be one of the top 183 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:22.079 five most unaffordable places to live based on the cost of rent, food, 184 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:33.880 and what the average income is. So a cap of three point five percent 185 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:41.920 for a rent increase, how helpful is it when the rent for a one 186 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:48.960 bedroom home or a one bedroom apartment is still almost two thousand dollars a month. 187 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.720 So why don't we listen to what Jack Meetingh has to say about housing 188 00:24:55.079 --> 00:25:08.839 for students in this next segment? The aster zoom should be demanded, Liz 189 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:14.839 Lami, So I'll turn it over to you, Junete, Thanks so much, 190 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.440 Alena. I just spoke with some graduate students here in the housy talking 191 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:22.160 about how hard it is to find housing. We are hearing this across the 192 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.359 country, but students are particularly hard hit. There's simply nothing available. The 193 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:33.079 cost of renting in place is through the roof. People are living multiple people 194 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:36.359 to a single room just to be able to afford rents. Soon as should 195 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:40.079 be worried about their school, they should be worried about their courses, worried 196 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:42.039 about their careers, not worried about trying to find a place to live. 197 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:45.880 And after eight years of a liberal government, they've not taken this seriously. 198 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:51.400 They've not built affordable housing, and we are in MSS where housing is more 199 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:56.519 expensive than it's ever been before. And in response to this, Pierre Paulio 200 00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:00.039 is not who he says he is. They just had a conference convention in 201 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:06.240 Quebec City and thousands of resolutions probably were vetted, made it to the floor, 202 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:10.119 and not a single new idea on housing coming out of their convention, 203 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:14.759 because in reality, this is not something that neither the Conservator or the liberals 204 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:18.079 care about. They don't care to build homes that people can afford. I 205 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:21.079 can tell you this something I care deeply about. When I was in university 206 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.279 a little bit younger than some of the folks behind me, I was twenty 207 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:26.480 years old, my kid brother had to come live with me because things at 208 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:29.279 home were really rough. My dad was struggling with an addiction. I had 209 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.559 to bring my kid brother to come live with me, so a twenty year 210 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.680 old taking care of a fifteen year old. I had to work multiple jobs 211 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.039 to keep food on the table. I had to take care of my kid 212 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.559 brother to make sure he never went hungry. And I know how tough that 213 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:42.000 is for a student to have to balance work, taking care of someone you 214 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:45.599 love, and also pursuing your education. It was tough. Those are tough 215 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.759 times, and I'm fighting to make sure people have affordable housing so no one 216 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:52.079 has to worry about that. And that's why we're committed to making sure the 217 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:56.640 federal government uses the land that we have at the federal level, the power, 218 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:00.640 the resources, the money to build homes that people can act shoually afford. 219 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:03.160 We need to build student housing. We want to partner with provinces and 220 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:07.599 educational institutions to build specifically student housing. There's a lot of commercial property, 221 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.319 but there's now vacant. We need to partner with business using the federal powers 222 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:17.160 that we have to build housing to convert those units into dormitories. Students should 223 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.599 be able to have affordable housing. There should not be something you have to 224 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.920 worry about or stress about. We want to build homes that people can truly 225 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:26.799 afford, and that's what I'm committed to doing. With that, I'm ready 226 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:30.759 for any questions you might have. Thanks so much. Also say jig right, 227 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.799 I'm gonna do that in French, and then I'll take your questions. 228 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:53.680 Give me one quick exact. Don't ample comes up on fasts said can defeat 229 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:06.000 on that in uh you the regulars problem me affective more in in in apar 230 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:14.160 regularly shows on a dance at fies avancer on a concert party. 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So 238 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.839 has the Liberal government metics commitment of an unaffordable house and did you agreed upon 239 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:19.559 in March twenty twenty two and your confidence and supply deal And if not, 240 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:23.440 why do you continue to prop them out? So far, the Liberal government 241 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:27.200 is not done enough to build affordable homes. We have forced the government to 242 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:30.480 do things that they would not have otherwise done. We are bringing in dental 243 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.440 care for kids already, we brought in dental care for kids under twelve. 244 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:37.160 By the end of this year, we'll have free dental care for seniors, 245 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.160 kids eighteen and undred people living in disabilities. So we're forcing this government to 246 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.319 do things that they would not have done for people. We're forcing this government 247 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.240 to act and we're going to continue to do that. Our goal is not 248 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:49.839 to play games like the Conservatives, not to ignore the plight of people like 249 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:53.960 the Liberals. We're using our power to deliver concrete results for people, and 250 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.480 we've done that with dental care, and there's a lot more to be done. 251 00:29:56.519 --> 00:30:00.920 We're going to focus on housing now when we resume in September. Later 252 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.839 on this month, in September more back in Parliament, our focus is going 253 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.200 to be on making this government build more homes that people can afford. Give 254 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:11.960 a fall up. Yeah, So the NDP problems is five hundred thousand units 255 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:18.440 of quality affordable housing in ten years if elected through a mixture of measures with 256 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:26.720 pregnory problems as municipalities and community housing pregnership. So how would that point out? 257 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:32.079 How how would you choose that? So so a big difference between our 258 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.400 approach and that of the liberals and the Conservatives. The liberals and Conservatives want 259 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:38.119 to just let private developers do their thing. We know that that's not going 260 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:41.359 to solve the problem. We have to be actively involved in this solution. 261 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.440 I spoke with builders. They're saying that because of the high interest rates, 262 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.039 it's not actually profitable at this point in time to build the type of homes 263 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:52.440 that we need for people. So that's why we're saying we've got to use 264 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:56.880 federal land, federal power, and federal resources to build homes that people can 265 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:00.759 afford. After the World Wars, Canada upon a mission of building homes that 266 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:06.599 people could afford. Hundreds and thousands of homes were built after the World Wars 267 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:10.160 for veterans that we're returning from the war. That's a type of effort that 268 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:14.720 we need to do now. Mobilize the power that we have and build hundreds 269 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:17.920 of thousands of homes that people can truly afford, so that young people don't 270 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.799 have to worry about the cost of housing when they graduate, they can find 271 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:22.119 a place to call home. We can do that, but it's going to 272 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.039 take actively using the power that we have at the federal level to build those 273 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.279 affordable homes, and that's what we're proposing. We're also saying we need to 274 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:34.000 look at a wide variety of options, getting the GST off of affordable builds 275 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:38.119 to incentivize building homes that are affordable, looking at not for profit and cooperative 276 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:42.240 housing, using all the tools we have to address student housing as well. 277 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.920 We've got to look at this as a is a broad problem because everyone is 278 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:49.599 struggling with housing. We've got to look all the solutions. We're gonna go 279 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:53.119 to Vanessa from Global Next. Okay, can you give us some insight into 280 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.400 your meeting today. What were some of the things that the students talked about. 281 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:01.799 We heard a lot of already stories students that were living in tense while 282 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:07.119 they couldn't find housing because the vacancy rate is so low in Halifax right now. 283 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:10.200 We've heard about students really worried about finding a place and then not knowing 284 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:15.200 if they could keep it because they've heard from people that their landlords end up 285 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:17.920 renevicting them, they end up losing their place. Multiple people living in one 286 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.440 room that's designed for one person, four people to a room. We've heard 287 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:27.279 stories of twelve to fourteen people living in one apartment that's not designed for that 288 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:30.799 many many people to live in. Many people are just saying that that. 289 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:34.839 We're even graduate students who have some income coming in that with the cost of 290 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.759 living what it's at, cost of food, costs of groceries, and the 291 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.960 rent going up, they just don't know how they're going to be able to 292 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:42.960 make it all work. A lot of worry, a lot of fear, 293 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.880 and a lot of anxiety, and that's something that students shouldn't have to be 294 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:51.000 faced with. There's already enough anxiety worried about courses and exams to have to 295 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.880 add on finding at home. On top of that, we also heard from 296 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:57.720 people that have to commute. The only affordable places to live are maybe an 297 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.839 hour two hour commutes away, so people are all this time community to get 298 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.519 to school. None of this is good for our students. None of this 299 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:07.559 is good for the future of our country. If young people are more worried 300 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:13.000 about biding at home and commuting rather than focusing on pursuing their dreams, that's 301 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.440 a problem, and that's a problem I want to fix. To a follow 302 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:20.079 up, I do some people have suggested putting a cap on international students. 303 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:22.119 Is that something that you would consider. I want to be really clear on 304 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:28.480 this point the topic of international students. International students are not to be blamed 305 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:31.880 for the housing crisis we're in. What we know for sure is over the 306 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:37.119 past number of years, past decades, both the liberal and conservative governments have 307 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.920 just not built affordable homes, and we are in this crisis today because of 308 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:45.519 subsequent governments not making the sobriety. Under the Conservatives, when they were in 309 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:51.920 power for ten years, they allowed eight hundred thousand affordable homes to be sold 310 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:55.640 to rich developers to be turned into highly profitable rental units that no one can 311 00:33:55.720 --> 00:34:00.880 afford. And under the Liberals we lost another two hundred thousand and affordable homes 312 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:04.000 and the housing prices have gone up. This is not by chance, this 313 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:08.039 is by design. They've chosen to make our housing market really great for investors, 314 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:10.880 a great place to make a lot of money, but not a great 315 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:14.519 place to find a home. That is a choice, and I want to 316 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:17.440 change that. We can absolutely change the way our markets structured so it actually 317 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:21.679 benefits people finding a home. That's never going to be fixed. If we 318 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.079 think that the same market that got us in this problem, it's going to 319 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.679 get us out of this problem. We've got to change our approach and make 320 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:30.000 housing about people finding a home, not about rich developers getting even richer. 321 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.880 They don't need more help what people do, and that's what I'm focused on. 322 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:37.480 We're gonna go to Martin from Coast Media next. That's just saying you 323 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:42.000 mentioned commercial units being a possibility to free up vacant room. Are you looking 324 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:45.800 at other jurisdictions, other municipalities as a president for something like this. Yeah, 325 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:50.639 So we've seen a lot of a lot of urban centers across the country. 326 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.639 A lot of commercial buildings are going vacant now because businesses are changing their 327 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:58.039 models. They're not using off the space the same way, and so we've 328 00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:00.960 got a lot of opportunity with those commercial properties that could be converted into student 329 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:06.639 dormitory. Specifically, we've seen a project like that in Toronto right beside the 330 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:12.480 University of the University of Toronto on Spidna, a project where building was converted 331 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.800 and it's now being turned into student housing. We need to do more of 332 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:19.639 that. We need to see the federal government be more actively involved in using 333 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:23.480 the opportunities that we have with vacant commercial properties, vacant federal land, and 334 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:27.960 using that to build homes that people can actually afford, where students can actually 335 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.679 afford. That's something that we have to do. It's not an option. 336 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.280 Right now, we're seeing how bad things are getting and without any action, 337 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:37.760 it's just going to get worse. That's why we're pushing for this bold action 338 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:40.920 that's really going to put people first. Give a fall up. Additionally, 339 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:45.840 what do you say to those who voice concerns about your own stake and property 340 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:50.039 investment given your spouse spouse is holding up an investment property. But we have 341 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.119 a home in Burnaby where we live and we only need one part of the 342 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:55.400 home, so we rent out the basement. I think that's a reasonable thing 343 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:58.840 to do. We don't need the whole space, and that gives someone else 344 00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:01.239 a home. Our tenet there is able to live a great life. He's 345 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:05.199 got. It's two kids that come live with them, and we think that's 346 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:10.239 an important thing. But I absolutely agree that for too long, the housing 347 00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:15.079 market has been set up and been designed to make rich investors richer. That's 348 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.079 something I want to take on. You're not gonna hear, Paul, You 349 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:20.920 I've ever mentioned that, You're not gonna hear true to ever mentioned that. 350 00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:24.000 I'm saying it directly. There's a problem. If our housing market continues to 351 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:29.760 make rich investors richer and people keep on falling behind. That is unsustainable. 352 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.519 That is not something that's going to work for our future. That's not working 353 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.880 right now, and I'm very hopefully saying we've got to take that on. 354 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.199 We've got to change our approach and make sure housing is designed for people to 355 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:42.239 find at home, not for someone to get rich quick off of. And 356 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.920 that's how it's been for a long time. If you look at Canada compared 357 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:50.320 to other countries around the world, the increase in costs in Canada far exceed 358 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:53.159 other chie seven countries. Because our housing market is great for an investor to 359 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:57.639 put money in and then see their profits go up. But it's not great 360 00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:00.119 for someone to find at home. I want to change that and we have 361 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:06.119 to change that. Next questions from Radio Canada. 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We're gonna take one question 377 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:35.039 and one follow Please use the brace hand function of apprand and cast cv itzela 378 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:59.000 function. Our first question comes from Julie and Lapointo Canada. We thing christ 379 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:13.079 for me politics plus or staff. So so for some final thoughts, how 380 00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:19.679 do we make our world a little more safer? How do we have an 381 00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:28.079 effect on our individual governments? And how do we build help those reasons that 382 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:37.320 are without governments, without these sort sort of supervisions and systems. How do 383 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:43.159 we help them build them so that they don't become so large that they forget 384 00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:53.599 about what they're about for the people, and that they stay within the control 385 00:40:53.679 --> 00:41:01.280 and reach of the people so that they can have a safe home. See 386 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:10.360 if medical systems and food systems so that they can just simply live. Thank 387 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:15.239 you for listening to and please find a subscribe button wherever it may be. 388 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:58.280 This show has been produced by Depictions Media. Please contact us at Depictions Media 389 00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.519 for more information.