New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh is the only federal politician actively campaigning on the issue of housing affordability. While the Liberal government unveiled a $40-billion national housing strategy last year, it’s mainly focused on tackling homelessness and housing low-income Canadians. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, meanwhile, has sympathized with Canadians concerned about a housing crisis, and made comments to local media about increasing housing supply and helping Canadians save for down payments, but he hasn’t elevated it to a national issue. Still, about 60 per cent of young Canadians across the country think the housing market is deteriorating and want the government to do something. At the end of September, an RBC report declared that Canadian housing affordability was at its worst level in nearly 30 years.

Source: National Post November 26, 2018 22:52 UTC