Ndp Housing Plan

• Ottawa, B.C. governments reach deal on child care funding, Trudeau announces

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has reached a deal with British Columbia on federal child-care funding.

  Politics

  Jul 8, 2021
  
• Singh admits housing proposal is ambitious, but says it’s what Canada needs

  The New Democrats propose to build 500,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years, with half of the units coming in five years.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2019
  
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• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh proposes new housing measures

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is outlining how his party would bring home ownership into reach for more young Canadians.

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2019
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• Work begins on 200 new units of social housing in Vancouver’s DTES

  The project is being built on city land, with funding from the provincial and federal governments.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
• No tax revolt brewing, says Premier John Horgan

  "If you just took the gain you could have realized last year, you can pay the school tax for 200 years and still be ahead," said Horgan of the new school tax on homes worth more than $3M.

  Politics

  May 9, 2018
• Protesters gather in Vancouver to bash ‘predatory’ school tax on $3M homes

  "It's not just happening to people with $3 million homes, it's going to happen to all of the other ones as well. A tax grab is a tax grab," said one speaker.

  May 1, 2018
• West Kelowna mayor talks speculation tax with finance minister in ‘cordial’ meeting

  "We'd like to be exempted from it completely, that's all I can say," said Mayor Doug Findlater.

  Economy

  Mar 21, 2018
• What’s in the BC NDP’s $6B plan to fix the housing market?

  We finally know the details of the NDP's hotly anticipated comprehensive housing strategy.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2018