Under Mark Carney’s Liberal government, the CMHC has quietly redefined ‘housing affordability’ to no longer mean 30% of income, but “perhaps 40-45% … [and] over 50% of income by 2035”.

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    3 days ago

    So, you think Poilievre was the right choice then? The guy who consistently voted against affordable housing?

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      3 days ago

      What makes you think any of them where the right choice. Whole system has been be burned to the ground.

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      2 days ago

      The government building it doesn’t make something affordable, the supply relative to demand does. Harper had 1/3 the immigration, thus housing was affordable.