by Emma Caplan-Fisher | Apr 18, 2024 | News
On April 12, the federal government announced its new housing plan. The plan will be supported by investments from Budget 2024, announced Tuesday. “Canada can and will solve the housing crisis, and we’re going to do it by getting every home builder,...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 16, 2024 | News
On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced several housing affordability measures intended to help Canadians buy their first homes and help current homeowners afford what they have. Affording a down payment ...
by Kunal Sawhney | Apr 22, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
A budget, which is a financial statement that sets out how a government seeks to raise its revenues and spend the collected money, is the single most dominant policy measure in any fiscal year. For Canada, even a cursory glance at Budget 2022 can give you an idea...
by Chris Seepe | Aug 24, 2021 | Featured
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a federal election for Monday, September 20, in the middle of various COVID-19 lockdowns to force millions of Canadians to go out to the polls to vote, or perhaps in anticipation that many citizens wouldn’t go out to vote....
by Christopher Alexander | Oct 30, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
From a housing perspective, it was an interesting and enlightening 40 days leading up to Canada’s 2019 federal election. Justin Trudeau’s new mandate was far from a landslide win, resulting in a Liberal minority government at the helm. This means Liberals will need...