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Tag Archives: housing

Make no mistake, housing is far from tax-free: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Adding an income tax on top of all the other levies could make a principal residence the most heavily taxed asset in Canada,...

 

September 15, 2020 at 5:30 pm read more

Keeping people in their homes during and after COVID-19: Jane Londerville for Inside Policy

While many people are housebound, they are also worried about paying mortgages and rent. Recent government moves should help homeowners, but the renters...

 

March 26, 2020 at 8:50 pm read more

Should Canada ban non-residents from buying homes? No: Philip Cross in the Toronto Star

Unfortunately, taxing or even banning non-residents from buying homes hardly addresses the real reasons behind soaring house prices and in practice is not...

 

December 10, 2019 at 6:37 pm read more

Jury’s still out on whether housing strategy will result in enough affordable units: Jane Londerville in the Hill Times

The rollout of funds and production of units has some housing specialists concerned, writes Jane Londerville. By Jane Londerville, April 10, 2019 The...

 

April 10, 2019 at 2:44 pm read more
Philip Cross

Weak housing and financial sectors dampen economic growth: MLI's Leading Economic Indicator

Weakness in housing and financial sectors suggests economic slowdown will continue into 2018, says Philip Cross, author of MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator. OTTAWA,...

 

May 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm read more
Jane Londerville

No help for would-be homeowners in Canada’s new housing strategy: Londerville in The Conversation

There's very little in Ottawa's new national housing strategy for Canadians trying to buy  their first homes in high-priced markets, writes Jane Londerville...

 

December 1, 2017 at 5:25 pm read more
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MLI report authors Speer and Londerville are available to comment on Ottawa's national housing strategy

OTTAWA, ON (Nov. 22, 2017): Today, the federal government will announce its national housing strategy. Toronto and Vancouver are now among the least...

 

November 22, 2017 at 11:31 am read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

Building a housing agenda from the bottom up: Jane Londerville and Sean Speer for Inside Policy

What principles and priorities should guide the government’s National Housing Strategy? Jane Londerville and Sean Speer offer several recommendations based on their recent...

 

November 20, 2017 at 11:46 am read more

New National Housing Strategy should prioritize affordable and responsible homeownership: MLI report by Speer and Londerville

Authors Sean Speer and Jane Londerville recommend that Ottawa’s pending National Housing Strategy promote and support homeownership by encouraging savings, reducing mortgage insurance...

 

November 15, 2017 at 9:50 am read more

MLI's Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer on Ottawa's national housing strategy

Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer discusses Ottawa's national housing strategy on BNN with Jon Erlichman.

 

November 15, 2017 at 9:00 am read more
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     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

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    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Sarah Teich, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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