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Liberals promise to build nearly 500,000 homes per year, create new housing entity
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this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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I agree, but I'm also acutely aware that it is campaign season, and the LPC has a nasty habit of running left and governing right.
If we wind up with a Liberal minority with Conservatives in opposition, or with a Liberal majority, I honestly fully expect this to get dropped or strategically undermined the way electoral reform did.
In other words, we're gonna have to be ready to fight for it.
100%
That said, I think there's a better chance this to materialize because I think Carney knows he'll lose the next election if he doesn't deliver on this file. This isn't 2015 when things were not great but tolerable. We have a huge homeless population which is not limited to the largest cities anymore, and the cost of housing is hitting every part of the economy. The knife has hit the bone for way more people today than even a few years ago. So while I completely agree with the skepticism, I have a sliver more optimism this time around.
I've been concerned that we might get a giant influx of Americans, who have more purchasing power with that strong USD and would price Canadians out of any and all housing. Plus building aggressively like this is a good stimulus to the economy. Let's hope it works.
I mean, pretty much everything else the Liberals promised has at least been attempted. They've gone extra ambitious on some things, even, like doubling their tree planting goal because they were ahead of schedule.
Main exception being voting reform.
I did say everything else.
It's a breath of fresh air to hear an actual plan that sounds like it would actually work. This is what Carney is here for.