In Edmonton, Prime Minister Mark Carney announces that his government will eliminate the GST on all new homes under $1 million for first-time homebuyers. The prime minister also highlights another announcement he made earlier the day, committing $187 million to help Jasper rebuild after the 2024 wildfires. Responding to questions from reporters, Carney comments on his meeting earlier in the day with Alberta Danielle Smith and is asked about his commitment to building new pipelines to get energy to new markets. The prime minister is also a faces questions on the impact of U.S. tariffs on Alberta’s energy sector. (March 20, 2025)

First time home buyers will not be charged GST (5%) when buying a home, as long as the place they’re buying costs less than $1M. This means that people buying a home for the first time will save up to $50k on their purchase.

Edit: Note, GST is mostly only charged when buying newly built homes, so this won’t have any effect for people buying used homes.

  • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    13 hours ago

    This is great for single family homes. But for the medium and high-density housing that we need this is useless, all those buildings will be over $1M.

    Seems like a ploy to snag some Conservative voters, which is good I guess.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksOP
      6·
      13 hours ago

      They do say it’s a no GST on “homes”, which could theoretically include units in a condo. Maybe if the building costs multiple millions but your unit is under one million it would count?

      It’s better than the conservative plan, but it’s not nearly enough to fix the whole thing. But, maybe it’s good for votes because it’s easy to understand.