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A cyclist rides past the Parliament Hill in downtown in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RODRIGUE GILBERT | August 4, 2025
Opinion | BY RODRIGUE GILBERT | August 4, 2025
Opinion | BY RODRIGUE GILBERT | August 4, 2025
Opinion | BY MARK KENNEY | July 25, 2025
Housing
Grand old row houses pictured along Queen Elizabeth Drive in Ottawa. Canada’s new housing minister has an opportunity to challenge the provinces to get tough on housing taxes, and make lowering them a condition for federal funding of local infrastructure, writes Mark Kenney. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
Opinion | BY MARK KENNEY | July 25, 2025
Opinion | BY MARK KENNEY | July 25, 2025
Housing
Grand old row houses pictured along Queen Elizabeth Drive in Ottawa. Canada’s new housing minister has an opportunity to challenge the provinces to get tough on housing taxes, and make lowering them a condition for federal funding of local infrastructure, writes Mark Kenney. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
Opinion | BY GABRIEL MILLER | July 14, 2025
Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, centre, participates in a scrum in the West Block on May 14, 2025. If Robertson's government is serious about mobilizing a wartime-level response to Canada’s infrastructure crisis, it needs to mobilize every asset it has, including universities, writes Gabriel Miller. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GABRIEL MILLER | July 14, 2025
Opinion | BY GABRIEL MILLER | July 14, 2025
Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, centre, participates in a scrum in the West Block on May 14, 2025. If Robertson's government is serious about mobilizing a wartime-level response to Canada’s infrastructure crisis, it needs to mobilize every asset it has, including universities, writes Gabriel Miller. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | July 3, 2025
Gregor Robertson, a first-time MP and a former mayor of Vancouver, B.C., is now tasked with working on solutions to Canada's housing crisis as minister in charge of the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | July 3, 2025
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | July 3, 2025
Gregor Robertson, a first-time MP and a former mayor of Vancouver, B.C., is now tasked with working on solutions to Canada's housing crisis as minister in charge of the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson committed to bring in a housing plan with a level of ambition not seen since the Second World War, write Housing Canada Coalition representatives. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson committed to bring in a housing plan with a level of ambition not seen since the Second World War, write Housing Canada Coalition representatives. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY RICARDO TRANJAN | August 7, 2024
A sign in a window in a rental building at 178 Nepean Street in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2024. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RICARDO TRANJAN | August 7, 2024
Opinion | BY RICARDO TRANJAN | August 7, 2024
A sign in a window in a rental building at 178 Nepean Street in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2024. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DORIAN SANTOIR | July 10, 2024
Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser at a press conference on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DORIAN SANTOIR | July 10, 2024
Opinion | BY DORIAN SANTOIR | July 10, 2024
Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser at a press conference on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, JULIETA PERUCCA | June 10, 2024
The result is a review panel report that offers recommendations barely different from those pedalled by the real estate industry and its pundits, write Leilani Farha and Julieta Perucca. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, JULIETA PERUCCA | June 10, 2024
Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, JULIETA PERUCCA | June 10, 2024
The result is a review panel report that offers recommendations barely different from those pedalled by the real estate industry and its pundits, write Leilani Farha and Julieta Perucca. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 3, 2024
Housing Minister Sean Fraser's office says the report will play an important role informing the government's plan to 'solve Canada's housing crisis.' Fraser has until Sept. 26 to deliver the federal government's official response to the review panel's recommendations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 3, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 3, 2024
Housing Minister Sean Fraser's office says the report will play an important role informing the government's plan to 'solve Canada's housing crisis.' Fraser has until Sept. 26 to deliver the federal government's official response to the review panel's recommendations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS JARVIS | May 22, 2024
Each political party will have to present a national policy approach to housing, meaning the federal government will inevitably have a greater place in the internal dynamics of both provincial and local governments, writes Douglas Jarvis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS JARVIS | May 22, 2024
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS JARVIS | May 22, 2024
Each political party will have to present a national policy approach to housing, meaning the federal government will inevitably have a greater place in the internal dynamics of both provincial and local governments, writes Douglas Jarvis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 22, 2024
Real estate investment trusts own and operate approximately 120,000 rental housing units, representing roughly three per cent of Canada's overall housing market. Rather than paying corporate taxes, a REIT's profits are distributed to individual shareholders who are taxed individually. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 22, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 22, 2024
Real estate investment trusts own and operate approximately 120,000 rental housing units, representing roughly three per cent of Canada's overall housing market. Rather than paying corporate taxes, a REIT's profits are distributed to individual shareholders who are taxed individually. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 15, 2024
Canadians are angry and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s central argument that government can be a force to help the public solve its problems seems to be increasingly going unheard, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 15, 2024
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 15, 2024
Canadians are angry and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s central argument that government can be a force to help the public solve its problems seems to be increasingly going unheard, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN | May 13, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
The funding in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget is not nearly enough to fulfill the infrastructure gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous communities, write David Flood and Candace Larsen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN | May 13, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN | May 13, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
The funding in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget is not nearly enough to fulfill the infrastructure gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous communities, write David Flood and Candace Larsen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROB RICHARDS | May 1, 2024
While this year's budget can be commended for efforts to create more affordable rental housing, there must be more action on attainable homeownership from Housing Minister Sean Fraser and the federal government, writes Rob Richards. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROB RICHARDS | May 1, 2024
Opinion | BY ROB RICHARDS | May 1, 2024
While this year's budget can be commended for efforts to create more affordable rental housing, there must be more action on attainable homeownership from Housing Minister Sean Fraser and the federal government, writes Rob Richards. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 1, 2024
Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Minister Sean Fraser speaks to reporters as he arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 1, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 1, 2024
Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Minister Sean Fraser speaks to reporters as he arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
The 2024 budget announced $458-million to provide low-interest loans and grants for energy-efficient affordable housing retrofits, and $800-million over five years to launch a new Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program to support the direct installation of energy efficiency retrofits for Canadian households with low- to median-incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
The 2024 budget announced $458-million to provide low-interest loans and grants for energy-efficient affordable housing retrofits, and $800-million over five years to launch a new Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program to support the direct installation of energy efficiency retrofits for Canadian households with low- to median-incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 17, 2024
Facing possible political devastation, Housing Minister Sean Fraser and the Trudeau government have decided to take on the national housing crisis in a full-bore, government-wide fashion, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 17, 2024
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 17, 2024
Facing possible political devastation, Housing Minister Sean Fraser and the Trudeau government have decided to take on the national housing crisis in a full-bore, government-wide fashion, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade