Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday after introducing Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said she was confident that one of the pillars of the act – lifting the GST on rental construction – would help increase housing supply.
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