Einwanderungskürzungen werden den Wohnungsdruck verringern – aber nicht so stark, wie die Trudeau-Regierung vorhersagt, stellt die Aufsichtsbehörde fest
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/immigration-cuts-will-ease-housing-pressure-but-not-as-much-as-the-trudeau-government-predicts/article_1bb1a514-a385-11ef-ae41-6331246c5ffd.html
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We need to normalize the PBO just shitting on the government each week.
Just a weekly list of the stupid economics they’ve said that week
Fair, but I don’t see the Conservatives offering any real alternatives and I’m really skeptical they’ll solve either the housing issue or significantly reduce immigration among low-wage workers. My logic is as follows:
– They’re more likely to want to keep housing prices high for themselves and their rich friends who are invested in the market.
– Bringing in low-wage workers from other countries is the latest way to get workers to work for next to nothing for low-age industries. That’s always been a need and has been filled in some way by Canadian employers since slavery was “absolished” in the 1830s. Their corporate friends are not going to want to sacrifice their profit margins.
– Poilievre has provided no evidence on what he actually intends to do to solve any of these problems in 2026 besides throwing red meat to people who are angry.
Immigration was always just a portion of the problem. We’ve been told this over and over but they have been the easiest to scapegoat.
Bylaws/red tape is also just a portion of the problem, and efforts to alleviate that–including the money the Libs are offering cities to help out–won’t do that much either.
The real problem (that has been going on for decades) is that what the private sector wants to build (in numbers and home types) does not match well with what Canadians actually need. This is where govt needs to step in. Either more incentive (and fewer rules against) to build affordable housing and more multi-unit housing that aren’t condos, or for the govt to do it themselves to make sure it gets done. Unfortunately that is going to require co-operation with the cities and provinces and that has been hard to get for political reasons.