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June 2025

Boosting Demand for New Homes Is Supply-Side Policy
Policies that favour old homes over new ones are quietly strangling supply
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Canada’s GST Rebate is Based On 1991 Home Prices-WTF!?!
How the GST rebate for new home construction lost its effectiveness.
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Meredith Martin
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Mike Moffatt
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Sabrina Maddeaux
No 3-Bedroom Homes, No Kids, No Future: Why Families Are Leaving Cities
The data is clear - families with kids want to own homes that have three bedrooms or more
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Fun With Numbers: A Five Month Review of the Missing Middle Initiative
A peak behind the curtain
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Mike Moffatt
Politicians vs. Millennials: The Battle for Housing Affordability
The government need to find its ethos
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Meredith Martin
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Mike Moffatt
, and 
Sabrina Maddeaux
Surety Bonds Could Unleash Billions Toward Canada’s $2 Trillion Housing Need
Why tying up capital is a luxury we can’t afford
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Is Ontario Ready to Spend $895M to Jumpstart Homebuilding?
Calculating the cost of action and considering the cost of inaction
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The PBOs Math Is Clear: We Need an Expanded GST Housing Rebate
The proposed federal First-Time Home Buyers’ GST Rebate would only apply to 5% of homes; not enough to get shovels into the ground.
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⁠From 40 to 100 Million: How will immigration impact Canadian wages?
Canada is simultaneously trying to be a pro growth and an anti-growth country. It needs to pick a lane.
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Meredith Martin
Canada Needs $2 Trillion to Build Housing. Here are Four Ways to Unlock It.
We need to attract capital, not block or encumber it.
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