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Lots of work to be done and details to be ironed out, but at least now everyone understands the problem: “There is a growing consensus on needing to deal with the housing supply shortage,” he says. This represents a “necessary shift,” he says, from five years ago when that was still being debated.

As always, Uytae is a gem, making approachable videos that help explain some of the causes of the housing crisis. Highly recommend to watch if you haven’t yet! Let’s talk a bit more about development costs, Vancouver in particular. Because we do some things right, and other things horribly wrong.

A young American colleague of mine just came back from visiting Japan and he was saying how tired his legs were from walking 15-20k steps a day. NAmerica desperately needs to abolish zoning and make walkable neighborhoods

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

Great video here on housing taxation, particularly those during development. People brought this up on the doorstep while we were knocking in the federal campaign, and Mark Carney mentioned this issue today in Coquitlam. youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo?...

They should be getting it bought for them by our govt honestly. Land back!

Excellent breakdown by Owen!

I really HATE when people claim zoning is to keep pollution/hazards away from our homes. No literally they do the exact opposite

Canadian household formation peaked in 1981. While Quebec City and (until recently) Montreal managed to translate income growth into increased household formation, household formation declined in many other parts of Canada. It's mathematically impossible to reverse that without building more homes.