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"This has become probably the most important both economic and political problem facing the country right now," said Tyler Meredith, a former head of economic strategy and planning for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

"And especially given the significant emphasis the government has put on immigration and the relationship between immigration and the housing market, there is a need to do more."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Trudeau doesn't give a flying shit about housing or the average Canadian. Atoms speak louder than words and time and time again the average Canadian is burned.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trudeau, like every head of a party in Canada, is governed by the old guard who hide in the back rooms but control what happen.

That is the shit I'm more pissed about ... that unelected rich white assholes tell the party leadership what they can do, and we pay for it.

[–] fresh 19 points 1 year ago

I’m really strongly against saying “both sides” or “all sides”. It’s not only factually incorrect but it breeds apathy. If you want things to change, you need to notice when the parties are trying to appeal to you.

In the last election, the NDP were the only ones to seriously bring up housing affordability. Singh said he thinks even current homeowners understand that people are suffering and are OK with lower prices, and the debate moderator grilled him for it. She “called him out” for supposedly hurting people who are relying on their home value as their retirement. I was shocked.

Meanwhile, the Liberals and Conservatives explicitly supported high home prices and “free market” solutions (except don’t mention zoning!). That makes sense given that they (especially the conservatives) get their voteshare from older homeowners.

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