No, not Premier David Eby — we’re talking about his federal doppelganger, Housing Minister Sean Fraser. Fraser has been on a run of reforms since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed him to the housing portfolio in July. In British Columbia, though, the federal minister’s breakneck housing pace has earned a few chuckles from the New Democrat administration. It may end up being the most ambitious public-sector housing construction plan in provincial history. Eby has been urging the feds to get back into the game of building federal housing, like they did decades ago.

Source: CBC News December 18, 2023 16:46 UTC