MPs call for House study after UN report slams Canada’s efforts to combat contemporary slavery, forced labour
‘Canada has a labour shortage … but we simply cannot be a nation that exploits other human beings in labour conditions that are such as the rapporteur has described,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.
New ‘post-partisan’ task force says Canada’s housing goal can’t compromise its emissions targets
Co-chairs Lisa Raitt and Don Iveson say ‘partisan bickering’ doesn’t honour the complexity of addressing Canada’s ‘twin crises.’
It’s time to dispense with false narratives and look for real solutions to Canada’s housing crisis
Scapegoating immigrants, refugees, and international students fans the flames of bigotry and hate, and also threatens the health of the Canadian economy.
Advocates call on federal government to support community land trusts as a way to preserve existing affordable housing
As Canada loses approximately nine affordable housing units for every new one that’s built, community land trusts have emerged as a vehicle for neighbours to come together to purchase and protect existing affordable housing.
Death by a thousand shadows: MacAulay must defend Canada’s Central Experimental Farm
Development adjacent to the farm has implications that are unique, and, as such, the City of Ottawa and the federal government should work together to establish unique parameters for this area.
Advocates call on Liberals to show leadership to protect queer and trans students as ‘parental rights’ slogans take root across Canada
Liberals are using a ‘piecemeal approach and token comments’ to combat rising anti-LGBTQ hate, underestimating the growth and influence of far-right organizing in Canada, says Fae Johnstone.
New housing minister cannot crack the code alone
We need all hands on deck to solve the housing crisis: a complex problem with competing jurisdictional interests.
Re-framing housing issue could offer Liberals a return to ‘sunnier ways,’ says policy expert who spoke at cabinet retreat
There has been a shift in priorities for millennial and Gen Z voters, and the Liberals are ‘not really hitting the mark on what issues young people care about,’ said Oksana Kishchuk of Abacus Data.
International students play an essential role in Canada’s future
Students are just as concerned about housing as anyone in Canada, and capping temporary residents like international students will not solve the issue and may hinder efforts to solve it.
‘Culling’ bad actors capitalizing on tuition fees more effective than capping student visas in bid to fix housing crisis: immigration lawyer
As two-in-three Canadians say the feds’ immigration targets will have a negative impact on housing prices, pollster Nik Nanos says a ‘collision’ between the two issues is ‘a major risk for the Liberals.’
