Not gonna happen with Doug Ford and many other premiers (Eby in BC is trying).
Ford’s busy being funded by developers (under the names of groups like “Ontario Strong”) to sell off the Greenbelt to build McMansions, banning fourplexes, build Amazon warehouses on protected marshlands, build a highway near his donor families’ land holdings, on and on.
“They recognize that for every new affordable rental home that is built in their province, four more are lost to investors, to conversions, to demolition, and to rent increases,” Trudeau said.
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How do we protect something we don’t already have?
They should actually build some public housing, instead of just handing more money to developers through third party non-profits.
Build more public housing.
Neo-liberalism’s a hell of a drug, and governments everywhere are deep in the throws of addiction.
Not gonna happen with Doug Ford and many other premiers (Eby in BC is trying).
Ford’s busy being funded by developers (under the names of groups like “Ontario Strong”) to sell off the Greenbelt to build McMansions, banning fourplexes, build Amazon warehouses on protected marshlands, build a highway near his donor families’ land holdings, on and on.