Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the government is still considering a wide range of potential moves to help ease the acute housing insecurity Canadians across the country are feeling.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser prepares to speak outside a rental housing building in Vancouver on Aug. 16. Fraser says the government is considering a range of options to help ease the housing crisis.
"We want to be very careful about how we design some of these programs because we don't want to be in a position where we create tax incentives that end up subsidizing luxury apartments," he said.Trudeau promises housing solutions, defends immigration numbersUnder pressure in the polls, Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet began a three-day retreat in Charlottetown, where the prime minister promised housing affordability solutions and defended Canada's immigration numbers.
Poilievre, whose party has taken what polls suggests to be a double-digit lead of the Liberals, recounted one story of a construction worker in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who was struggling to find a new affordable apartment."An economy where the people who build our homes can't afford to live in them is fundamentally unjust and wrong," he told the crowd in Quebec City.
Fraser said the overall fight to fix the situation had taken a blow with recent hikes in the interest rate.Why Canada's housing shortage requires a war-time effort
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