Only $7 million set aside for military housing in $8.1 billion five-year defence spending policy
Canada’s newly announced multi-billion-dollar military spending plan is missing the mark on housing, says a former adviser to Maritime Forces Pacific headquarters in Esquimalt.
Jim Boutilier, a former special adviser at Maritime Forces Pacific, said the money for housing is not even “a tiny fraction of what’s needed to address the problem.” Speaking at CFB Trenton, Defence Minister Bill Blair said the government has pinpointed some of the factors that are keeping Canadians from joining the military, which include an over-saturated housing market, high costs of relocation, limited health and child-care access, and a lack of spousal employment opportunities.
DND spokesperson Diana Ebadi told the Times Colonist the money allocated for housing will be spent on building and rehabilitating housing and a housing strategy, but did not provide specifics. CFB Esquimalt spokesperson Capt. Chris Dubé said that 635 applicants are on the CFB Esquimalt housing waitlist, down from 745 applicants last year.
The Canadian Forces Housing Agency was unable provide an update about the timeline on the apartment complex.
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