Canadians are living through a housing hell | July 2, 2024
This was made even clearer today after the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) published a report detailing that 73 percent of GTA residents expressed dissatisfaction with the availability and affordability of homes.
As a direct consequence of Trudeau’s inability to remove red tape, Statistics Canada reported that the residential construction sector collapsed by 2.3 percent in April, which is the largest decline since May 2023. This means Canada is not building anywhere close to the number of homes it needs for its growing population. And in Trois-Rivières and Rimouski, the average price of available housing surged by about 50 percent between the springs of 2020 and 2024. While Sherbrooke saw an increase of 44 percent. In Quebec City and Gatineau, the increase was as high as 33 percent.
Canadians don’t have to live like this. Common Sense Conservatives will bring homes Canadians can afford by tying infrastructure funding to housing starts and firing the gatekeepers.