Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson says the lack of long-term rental housing has reached a crisis point and the aim of the changes is to get at least 1,000 housing units back on the market.
Expect some to raise questions about Carney’s housing pick, after he took out Toronto’s Nate Erskine-Smith in favour of rookie MP and former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, who was a star candidate for the Liberals in B.C. There hasn’t been a lot of stability in the housing minister role federally.
Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson says the lack of long-term rental housing has reached a crisis point and the aim of the changes is to get at least 1,000 housing units back on the market.
Expect some to raise questions about Carney’s housing pick, after he took out Toronto’s Nate Erskine-Smith in favour of rookie MP and former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, who was a star candidate for the Liberals in B.C. There hasn’t been a lot of stability in the housing minister role federally.
Already, a reporter from Global News raises Robertson’s time as mayor, when housing prices went up in the city. Carney says part of his priority is to have the federal government get municipalities to lower regulations and red-tape to allow more housing to be built. And he praises Robertson’s experience dealing with the issue.
“Ultimately it’s a question of supply,” he said.
Mark Ramzy is a federal politics reporter in the
Toronto Star’s Parliament Hill Bureau. Reach him via email:
mramzy@thestar.ca
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