Tag: doug-ford
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BC’s housing push paying off with 36% more residential construction jobs than Canadian average
British Columbia is grabbing headlines for setting housing construction records, but the Eby government policies are also creating a lot of paycheques for BC construction workers, Statistics Canada data shows. The BC industry started construction on 87.2 housing units per 100,000 population in March, a rate significantly above every other Canadian province, according to data…
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BC now building 2.5 times more housing than Ontario, adjusted for size
The British Columbia government led by NDP Premier David Eby is now spurring construction of 150% more housing units per resident than Doug Ford’s PC government in Ontario, according to data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. An analysis of CMHC data for March 2024 shows construction started on 87.2 new housing units in British…
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Ford PCs’ housing starts shrink as BC NDP’s new homes soar
Ontario housing starts continued to shrink in February, with the province’s construction workers beginning seven per cent fewer housing units in February 2024 compared to twelve months earlier, data shows The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released its report for February on March 15. Last month’s housing unit starts shrank eight per cent from February…
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