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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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Canada’s Housing Crisis Needs a Map
How a National Zoning Atlas Can Unlock Smarter Housing Policy
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This One Tax Fix Could Instantly Drop New Home Prices in Ontario by $100,000
Doing the math on enhanced HST rebates
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Condo Crash Meets Housing Crisis
How a crash in the Toronto and Vancouver condo markets intersect with a national housing crisis.
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Meredith Martin
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Mike Moffatt
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Sabrina Maddeaux
The Homeownership Journey Is Broken. Policymakers Need to Repair It.
Public policy needs to focus on repairing broken pathways
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What Would It Take for Your Kids to Afford a Home in Hamilton?
Pathways to housing affordability in the Steel City
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When Will Housing Be Affordable Again? Let’s Do the Math
Introducing yet another calculator
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May 2025

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