The Liberal Housing Plan

The Liberal Housing Plan

La version française de ce billet se trouve ici. On March 31, the Carney Liberals unveiled what they called “Canada’s most ambitious housing plan since the Second World War.” Here are seven things to know: 1. Their plan to eliminate GST on new builds would mostly...

Le plan libéral pour le logement

Le plan libéral pour le logement

An English version of this blog post is available here. Le 31 mars, les libéraux de Mark Carney ont dévoilé ce qu'ils ont nommé « le plan de logement le plus ambitieux du Canada depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. » Voici sept points à retenir : 1. Leur plan visant à...

What lies ahead for community-level homelessness planning in Alberta?

What lies ahead for community-level homelessness planning in Alberta?

La version française de ce billet se trouve ici. On April 9, I gave a keynote address at the University of Alberta’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Research Symposium (my slides are available here). I focused my remarks on community-level homelessness planning in...

Subsidized housing for francophone seniors in minority situations

Subsidized housing for francophone seniors in minority situations

La version française de ce billet se trouve ici. About a year ago, Joel Belliveau and I wrote a report about the feasibility of more subsidized rental housing for francophone seniors in minority situations in Canada (the final report, available in French only, is...