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1. Housing affordability—a welcome addition to Ontario’s election issue agenda

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 2, 2018 The Ontario Liberals recently caused a stir by releasing video of Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford (pictured above) pledging to “open a big chunk” of Ontario’s Greenbelt to homebuilding if elected premier, in an effort ...

2. Proposed rent control rules already discouraging rental development in Ontario

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 4, 2017 Amidst concerns over housing affordability in the Greater Toronto Area, the Wynne government is pressing ahead with tighter rent control laws. When the government first proposed an expansion to the province’s ...

3. Ontario housing measures—too much on demand, too little on supply

   The Ontario government yesterday announced a raft of measures aimed at cooling the cost of buying or renting in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Topping the list—a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers (conveniently called “non-resident ...

4. Expanding rent controls in Ontario will further damage housing affordability

   There’s growing interest at Queen’s Park for the expansion of rent controls to address high rents in Ontario’s biggest cities. Most recently, Premier Kathleen Wynne (pictured above) expressed skepticism that a former Ontario government’s ...

5. To address skyrocketing home prices, Ontario government could reduce barriers to building

   A recent Globe and Mail article highlighted Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s concern regarding Toronto’s skyrocketing house prices. Indeed, the Canadian Real Estate Association reports a 117 per cent increase in home prices across the ...