House of Commons Debates

VOLUME 146 l NUMBER 156 l 1st SESSION l 41st PARLIAMENT

OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)

Monday, October 1, 2012

Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer

World Habitat Day

Ms. Kellie Leitch (SimcoeGrey, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today on World Habitat Day in support of Habitat for Humanity Canada. Here in Canada, Habitat for Humanity has been working with over 50,000 volunteers to build safe, affordable homes across the country since 1985. In fact, in my riding I am happy to report that we have just finished a home in Collingwood and we are building two more in Angus. Supported by community-minded businesses and volunteers, like the chair of its nation council, Annette Verschuren, Habitat for Humanity has lifted countless low-income partner families out of poverty and into home ownership. In my riding of SimcoeGrey, it is the hard work of volunteers like Fred Sproule and Iona Tough in Collingwood who know I am terrible framer from our build last year; and Susan Fitzimmons and Paul Cormier who work tirelessly for Habitat for Humanity in Alliston. With its hand up, not hand out approach, Habitat for Humanity Canada and its affiliates are supporting the government's goals of empowering Canadians through the dignity and pride of home ownership. I ask everyone to please join me in celebrating World Habitat Day with Habitat for Humanity Canada and its partnership families. Thanks go out to all the generous volunteers for everything they do for Canadians.