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M-338 National housing strategy

41st Parliament, 2nd Session

Motion Text

That, in the opinion of the House: (a) Inuit, First Nations, Métis and urban aboriginal women and women's organizations should lead development of sectoral national housing strategies for the populations they represent; (b) the government should (i) institute a national housing strategy that is inclusive of women and lives up to the government's human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which guarantees the right to an adequate standard of living and adequate housing; (ii) establish, within that strategy, national standards for design, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of laws and policies for housing support programs that meet the specific needs of women, (iii) ensure, by means of the strategy, that women's housing needs across their lifespan are met through an adequate supply of housing available to women according to the principles of equality and non-discrimination.


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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Reinstated from the Previous Session

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Reinstated from the Previous Session