OTTAWA — Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, the federal Liberals’ social-development minister concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care are still facing serious cost crunches. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is doing likewise, pledging to kill the Liberals’ carbon tax and remove federal sales tax on home heating. And their platform-crafters have gone around shopping more spending on housing to boost supply and, they hope, bring down prices nationwide. Duclos said there are options for making life more affordable for families, but didn’t go into detail. Duclos has ticked off many, but not all, of the check boxes in his mandate letter.

Source: National Post June 23, 2019 13:52 UTC