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Michael Bourque

Michael Bourque is president and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada. 

What to do about housing price inflation?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured at a June 2021 affordable housing announcement in Ottawa. We can’t tax our way out of a housing supply shortage, nor should we pump the brakes on immigration driving population gains that help grow our economy. The only answer is to dramatically increase housing supply across the entire housing spectrum at a rate that meets demand, writes Michael Bourque of the Canadian Real Estate Association. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured at a June 2021 affordable housing announcement in Ottawa. We can’t tax our way out of a housing supply shortage, nor should we pump the brakes on immigration driving population gains that help grow our economy. The only answer is to dramatically increase housing supply across the entire housing spectrum at a rate that meets demand, writes Michael Bourque of the Canadian Real Estate Association. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured at a June 2021 affordable housing announcement in Ottawa. We can’t tax our way out of a housing supply shortage, nor should we pump the brakes on immigration driving population gains that help grow our economy. The only answer is to dramatically increase housing supply across the entire housing spectrum at a rate that meets demand, writes Michael Bourque of the Canadian Real Estate Association. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | January 26, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured at a June 2021 affordable housing announcement in Ottawa. We can’t tax our way out of a housing supply shortage, nor should we pump the brakes on immigration driving population gains that help grow our economy. The only answer is to dramatically increase housing supply across the entire housing spectrum at a rate that meets demand, writes Michael Bourque of the Canadian Real Estate Association. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | April 12, 2021
Houses on a street in Toronto. There is a shortage of housing in Canada. This has contributed to soaring prices, multiple offers and disheartened consumers in real estate markets from Maple Ridge to Moncton, writes Michael Bourque. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | April 12, 2021
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | April 12, 2021
Houses on a street in Toronto. There is a shortage of housing in Canada. This has contributed to soaring prices, multiple offers and disheartened consumers in real estate markets from Maple Ridge to Moncton, writes Michael Bourque. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | September 11, 2017
Canada's federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | September 11, 2017
Opinion | BY MICHAEL BOURQUE | September 11, 2017
Canada's federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times file photograph