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'Cuts and be angry, that's not Canada': Trudeau goes hard at Poilievre at Ontario housing event (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Less than a week after naming his new cabinet vowing a renewed focus on the concerns of Canadians, the one name Prime Minister Justin Trudeau couldn't keep out of his mouth on Monday was Pierre Poilievre. At a housing announcement Trudeau brought the Conservative leader up multiple times, from panning his policy proposals, to his leadership style.

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

@Tavarin

Winnipeg, like Montreal, etc, has a ton of older apartment blocks (or 3 story walk-ups in Montreal) that need no rezoning or increased infrastructure. Purchasing a few of those in strategic areas would help to bring down rents.

There are a ton of options available, and since municipal/provincial gov'ts aren't doing anything the feds need to step up to the plate.

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

And people already live there, the government would have to ask them to sell. There aren't a bunch of empty unowned blocks for the federal government to buy, and they can't force the legal owners to sell.

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

@Tavarin

I'm speaking of apartment blocks that are rented, not condo units that are purchased.

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

And someone owns those units. You can't just force the unit owners to sell.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Tavarin

Yes the gov't can, if they implement rules limiting how many units/blocks any single entity can own.

There are ways to do this.

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

And there are many many ways around those rules, shell companies, family members, friends. You can put other name son the ownership to get around limits easily.

Provinces need to update zoning, and build units. That's how you get prices down. The Federal government can't do much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Tavarin

And back to square one.

Goodbye.