In the 1970s, Canada decisively tamed a housing shortage via low immigration and an explosion in home\u002Dbuilding
The federal government of 2023 is again willing to drop billions on affordable housing, albeit at much lower rates than the Pierre Trudeau government. But even that “won’t move the needle because municipalities aren’t willing to accommodate enough growth,” said Lafleur.
And Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is now pitching a housing program that would shut off federal money to cities that doesn’t meet federal homebuilding targets: In essence, defunding any city council with overly NIMBYist tendencies. Whatever’s going to fix this, it will need to be big. As for the measures now being pitched to increase densification: “It’s too little, too late,” said Lafleur.One of the more unremarked powers of the Canadian prime minister is the ability to unilaterally appoint whoever they want to the judiciary with little to no parliamentary oversight.
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