Imagine a Better World

Reverend Danie has referred to a literary genre called solar punk. In keeping with May’s theme ‘imagination’, here is a great read in the solar punk genre that imagines a liveable, greener future. Imagining a greener future is a needed step in creating one. In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers’s delightful new Monk … Read more

Doug Ford’s budget shows no progress on housing

The latest provincial budget, released last week, is again frustrating for those committed to expanding the supply of badly needed affordable non-profit and co-op housing. The Ontario government remains focused on supporting further expansion of for-profit housing and the budget never mentions non-profit or co-op housing. But even on its own terms, the government isn’t … Read more

Cheaper housing without lower prices?

There’s a political challenge with house prices. They are too high for would-be first-time buyers to buy—average house prices are affordable only with the highest 15 or 20 per cent of incomes. So would-be buyers need lower prices. But the 65 per cent of Canadians who already own a home tend not to want prices … Read more

What the Liberals promised on housing during the election campaign

We have a Liberal government and three of our five local MPs are Liberals—Lisa Hepfner returns on Hamilton Mountain, John-Paul Danko in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, and Aslam Rana in Hamilton Centre, plus Karina Gould returning in Burlington. The Liberals committed to a number of housing proposals: Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency that will develop … Read more