But PP said “build the houses” so they must have a serious plan. Right? Right?

Because they have their marching order wishlists from Pathways Alliance and other oil lobbies.

⅔ of their plan sounds excellent, but any plan where “the” makes up a third of the words is missing some real substance.

I think in this case it’s more likely because most are profiting from being landlords (or their spouses are).

Why so serious??

His plan was to raise taxes on people whose communities don’t increase their population by 5% each year and ban public transit from servicing commercial areas

Tying immigration to housing completions was his plan. Removing gst on housing was originally his idea. There was rezoning for density around transit and withholding federal funds from areas that don’t build fast enough to encourage rezoning and reducing development taxes. Then there was selling off federal buildings and land to build housing. He also criticized the BoC for ignoring inflation and doing QE, because it rewarded asset holders, and he even said he would fire Tiff Macklem for ignoring his inflation mandate.

Now we have a housing minister who says housing is an investment, and Carney himself essentially repeated that in a round about way. Elbows up for homelessness.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XnkpiYLI7IY

Building Homes, Not Bureaucracy - Conservative Party of Canada

Poilievre announces his bold plan to bring homes you can afford by removing gatekeepers and red tape, fining big city governments that block new homes, giving bonuses to cities that free up land, and making transit funding dependent on getting more keys-in-doors. September 14, 2023FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON – After 8 years of Justin Trudeau, housing […]

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Why are they trying to build more houses when we have a surplus of units? Builders aren’t building anymore because their existing inventory isn’t selling.

They won’t drop prices because of greed and using real estate as investments. So now we have immigrants with low-paying jobs trying to buy homes with inflated price tags.

Either lower prices of homes or start paying workers more so they can afford homes.

Where is there a surplus of units?

In the greater Toronto area. So many vacant condo units. Pre-construction buildings not having enough sold units to meet threshold and thus not being built. Builders being forced to reduce pricing or offer up better incentives to buyers.

But who has $20,000 sitting around to make a down payment on a 1 Million dollar townhome? Wages need to go up. That starts with our employers.

Do you have a source for that? I’m having trouble finding anything.