The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
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Julianna BeckettReverend 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
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
Canada’s new federal housing minister, Gregor Robertson, had barely been sworn in when he was asked a simple question: Do you think prices [for homes] need to go down? He said, “No, I think that we need to deliver more supply, make sure the market is stable, it’s a huge part of our economy. We … Read more
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
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