Foreign purchase tax ignores crucial source of housing unaffordability
A tax on foreign buyers may seem like an easy fix but it ignores the fact the housing supply is not keeping up with demand
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Author: Ken Green
A simple solution to the high cost of housing
Cutting local red tape will increase housing stock and reduce prices in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond
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Local GTA governments have tools to increase housing supply, affordability
Urban constraints to affordable housing could eventually push Toronto’s information economy to where housing is cheaper
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Local regulations limit Metro Vancouver housing supply, affordability
Reforming the minutiae of the building permit process might not be fashionable, but it can encourage homebuilding and affect prices
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Federal carbon tax a cash grab that could damage the economy
Carbon taxes largely function as energy taxes to generate a new source of revenues for cash-hungry governments
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