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Housing construction in Canada has not kept pace with population growth since the early 1970s. But despite the evidence and the realization that insufficient housing supply has contributed the most to worsening housing affordability, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now blaming investors and corporations for contributing to the crisis.
Trudeau believes housing has been commodified by investors and corporations that use “homes as an investment vehicle — rather than families using them as a place to live, grow their lives and build equity for their future.”