Less than a week after naming his new cabinet vowing a renewed focus on the concerns of Canadians, the one name Prime Minister Justin Trudeau couldn’t keep out of his mouth on Monday was Pierre Poilievre. At a housing announcement Trudeau brought the Conservative leader up multiple times, from panning his policy proposals, to his leadership style.
@Tavarin
Winnipeg, like Montreal, etc, has a ton of older apartment blocks (or 3 story walk-ups in Montreal) that need no rezoning or increased infrastructure. Purchasing a few of those in strategic areas would help to bring down rents.
There are a ton of options available, and since municipal/provincial gov’ts aren’t doing anything the feds need to step up to the plate.
And people already live there, the government would have to ask them to sell. There aren’t a bunch of empty unowned blocks for the federal government to buy, and they can’t force the legal owners to sell.
@Tavarin
I’m speaking of apartment blocks that are rented, not condo units that are purchased.
And someone owns those units. You can’t just force the unit owners to sell.
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Not in any way applicable in this context.
@Tavarin
Yes the gov’t can, if they implement rules limiting how many units/blocks any single entity can own.
There are ways to do this.