Canada is in the midst of a housing affordability crisis. The essence of the problem is a basic economic reality. When supply does not keep up with demand, prices rise,...
Housing affordability has been a crucial matter for some time, and younger generations fear homeownership may always be out of reach. High property taxes, heavy-handed regulations, elevated interest rates, soaring...
Ontario’s 2025 Throne Speech addressed many social policy issues Ontarians are struggling with, namely housing and health care. While Premier Doug Ford attempted to put forward a plan to help alleviate some...
As the housing affordability crisis continues to impact Canadians across the country, a majority of immigrants feels they are being unfairly blamed, as they themselves see the dream of home...
The United States and Canada share more than a border and a culture of neighborliness, we also share some of the same problems: such as a housing crisis. Housing affordability...
Artificial intelligence may be all the rage in the business world, but to the feds, AI-enabled algorithms are being cast as the main villain behind skyrocketing housing costs in this...
With rising housing costs in Canada, it is easy to place the blame on immigration. Little housing supply means there are fewer places for people to live, and curbing immigration...
In a shocking U-turn, the City of Toronto has essentially ended exclusionary zoning citywide. Exclusionary zoning are the zoning regulations that limit the amount of homes that can be built...
Ontario seeks to reform zoning rules that slow construction and increase costs Last week Doug Ford’s Ontario government introduced legislation that will seek to rapidly increase homebuilding in the province,...
In April, the Canadian federal government announced its budget for 2022 with a much-needed focus on building homes over the next decade. Initiatives in the proposal included the launch of...
Increasing the housing stock puts downward pressure on prices and fosters economic growth At both the federal and provincial level, Canadians and their legislators often look down their noses at...
David Clement is North American affairs manager of the Consumer Choice Center. He’s one of the authors of a policy paper outlining why cities should allow more multi-family housing. Listen...
