[I am not Canadian, but have lived for long times in countries with similar governance]
If we ignore moral/ethical arguments (which certainly can matter! but they shouldn’t be relied on, especially in political contexts), why would the government benefit from doing that?
I can only think of reputational reasons, which would be more easily or effectively achieved by doing other things. It’s one of those things which it would be nice to do, but I don’t think they will. The power plant companies have more influence than those that want affordable housing.
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Because the government exist only to protect the interests of the ruling class. In capitalism it’s the bourgeoisie. Especially in the highest stage of capitalism, imperialism.
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Fooling people in the fool’s circus that is the liberal “democracy” of course. For example, in Poland, PiS won the elections in 2015 precisely by promising affordable housing, but nothing of it materialised (as expected by anyone with any real knowledge about the capitalism), yet the system is so crooked they were able to maintain the momentum by offering other scraps along the way. of course it would not been able to success if not for the neoliberal opposition which is unwilling to offer even those meager scraps. In other words, after getting rid of socialists the system is in perpetual limbo between fascists and neoliberals, as is in basically every western country in this or that form.
What do you mean? Seize it and then sell it again, then use the funds for affordable housing?
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