VAUGHAN, Ont. - Liberal Leader Mark Carney says that if he's re-elected, his government will double Canada’s rate of residential construction housing over the next decade to nearly 500,000 new
As long as most of this money goes mainly towards high density housing, it’s not a whole lot but infinitely better than what I was hearing just a few days ago. We don’t need houses three hours drive away from work, but homes where people can not only live in, but around.
I really hope this new organization will have the power to ignore NIMBY organizations while listening to city councils for advice. At the very least I hope they get things done directly plotting out and signing building contracts rather than simply instructing and funding individual municipalities and delegating. We can’t have people divert this desperately needed money for homes to be diverted towards private projects and making political buddies wealthier.
As long as most of this money goes mainly towards high density housing, it’s not a whole lot but infinitely better than what I was hearing just a few days ago. We don’t need houses three hours drive away from work, but homes where people can not only live in, but around.
I really hope this new organization will have the power to ignore NIMBY organizations while listening to city councils for advice. At the very least I hope they get things done directly plotting out and signing building contracts rather than simply instructing and funding individual municipalities and delegating. We can’t have people divert this desperately needed money for homes to be diverted towards private projects and making political buddies wealthier.