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There’s one government in Canada that’s actually beating back the housing crisis, and it’s not Justin Trudeau’s Liberals or Doug Ford’s Conservatives (www.thestar.com)

submitted 7 months ago by grte@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Prices out west were beyond ridiculous far before the current NDP government.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah that was sort of my point. To say anything meaningful about it you have to look at the longer-term context, not just the latest single housing starts number.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago

The housing market in Swift fucking Current, Saskatchewan, is comparable in real dollars to St Petersburg, Florida, just outside Miama.