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Valérie Plante praises federal budget for promoting rapid access to social and affordable housing

by Lorraine Carpenter

“The City of Montreal will continue to defend its priorities: building more housing, ensuring the city’s resilience and improving the quality of life.”

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has praised the federal budget, which was presented in the House of Commons in Ottawa by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday. Plante specifically lauded the budget’s measures regarding social and affordable housing.

“I welcome the Government of Canada’s budget, which contains strong measures to promote rapid access to social and affordable housing. Montreal will continue to make its voice heard with other levels of government and work with them to defend the priorities of the metropolitan region: building more housing, ensuring the city’s resilience and improving the quality of life.”

Valérie Plante praises federal budget for promoting rapid access to social and affordable housing

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.