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.

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.

  • idspispopdEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    So of I understand this correctly, that means there is very little the federal government can do besides use indirect levers to decrease cost, like:

    1. Further increase immigration to ensure there are enough workers to avoid labour cost from increasing.
    2. Keep driving inflation down so general costs don’t get worse.
    3. Resist calls for short term relief schemes which will increase prices by letting people spend more.

    What else can be done at the federal level?

    The big cost savings items all seem like they are Municipal and Provincial, like: getting rid of minimum parking requirements, deceasing per unit land costs, and allowing more units to be built in the communities people want to live in.

    • cygnus
      4·
      1 year ago

      Sort of. One thing Feds/CMHC could do is funnel serious money into affordable housing programs to build more housing (not subsidized demand, as the NB government is doing, which only enriches landlords). There are already non-profits and community orgs who could manage these buildings once complete.