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Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: ministerHousing Minister Gregor Robertson says Ottawa wants to speed up homebuilding by drawing developers into affordable housing projects through the new Build Canada Homes agency.CanadaFeb 1
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Ontario government tables bill to return lands to the GreenbeltOntario's municipal affairs and housing minister introduced legislation Monday to return parcels of land to the protected Greenbelt.CanadaOct 16, 2023
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Trudeau calls on municipalities to ‘step up’ on housing plansHousing Minister Sean Fraser says Canada needs to look at innovative ways to build more homes, including more factory-built homes.CanadaSep 13, 2023
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Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resignsFord announced changes to his cabinet, with Paul Calandra taking on the role as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.PoliticsSep 4, 2023
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Federal government should have stayed in housing game, minister saysHousing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals struggle to find affordable housing.PoliticsAug 14, 2023
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New housing minister says immigration can help address affordability, supplyFormer immigration minister Sean Fraser takes over the housing file at a time when Canada's affordability crisis is being further impacted by immigration-fueled population growth.PoliticsJul 26, 2023
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B.C. housing minister in the Okanagan ‘listening and learning’ as he takes aim at the housing crisisThursday, B.C.'s new housing minister Ravi Kahlon was in Vernon getting a sense of the housing situation as he starts work to tackle one of the province's biggest problems.CanadaJan 19, 2023
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‘It’s miserable’: CRAB Park resident can’t wait to leave as province finalizes action plan for encampmentsTwo months after David Eby promised to address encampments on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the province is finalizing an action plan to get vulnerable populations housed.PoliticsJan 9, 2023
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City, province speeding up 90 new housing units to help address Vancouver tent citiesB.C. Premier David Eby has previously said he doesn't support tent encampments and believes it’s not a solution to address or curb homelessness.CanadaDec 14, 2022
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Katrine Conroy in as finance minister as B.C. Premier David Eby names first cabinetKatrine Conroy is B.C.’s new Finance Minister, moved after serving as the province’s forests minister for the last two years. She replaces Selina Robinson.PoliticsDec 6, 2022
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