Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s housing market is facing a “triple crisis” as construction lags in some major cities, an increasing number of Canadians are being priced out of home ownership, and prices are too low to encourage owners to sell.
Poilievre made the comments during a Sept. 9 press conference in Brampton, Ont., arguing that the federal government’s Build Canada Homes does not address the housing issues.
“This crisis has changed into something new and even worse than there was before they first inflated the housing bubble, and now Liberals are bursting the housing bubble,” Poilievre said. “It is a triple crisis, with prices too high for buyers to buy, too low for sellers to sell, and inadequate for builders to build.”…