Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said cabinet helped millions of Canadians with the National Housing Strategy (NHS), according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “We are going to continue as we have done it,” said Trudeau at a press conference. “There is no moment to stop.”Trudeau pledged the Canadian government will continue “to invest in working in even better partnerships with municipalities and provinces across the country.” “We put in place a National Housing Strategy in 2017 that delivered for millions of Canadians as we moved forward into difficult years,” he said. “Following the pandemic, the housing challenges really exploded across this country and we needed to do even more.”Records show the NHS did not create millions of homes. Cabinet said in an inquiry of ministry tabled in the House of Commons in May 106,377 housing starts were financed under the NHS.Figures were released at the request of Conservative MP Marty Morantz (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley, MB), who asked how many residential units constructed through the NHS have been completed. The province with the most homes completed was Quebec at 32,598 units. After Quebec was Ontario (27,643 units). This was followed by British Columbia (22,540), Alberta (6,917) and Saskatchewan (4,085). “It is not clear the National Housing Strategy will reduce the prevalence of housing need relative to 2017 levels,” said the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). Parliament passed the National Housing Strategy Act (NHSA) in 2019 to enshrine a right to adequate housing into federal law. The PBO said the NHSA “does not create any enforceable individual rights that would give rise to statutory spending.”Figures published in May showed the NHSA financed the construction of 106,000 homes since 2019.READ MORE: Trudeau's National Housing Strategy failed to build enough housingHowever, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said there is an estimated shortage of 400,000 homes per year and builders are not meeting the demand.“This figure does not represent the total number of homes built, as it only encompasses those formally funded under the National Housing Strategy,” said the CMHC..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said cabinet helped millions of Canadians with the National Housing Strategy (NHS), according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “We are going to continue as we have done it,” said Trudeau at a press conference. “There is no moment to stop.”Trudeau pledged the Canadian government will continue “to invest in working in even better partnerships with municipalities and provinces across the country.” “We put in place a National Housing Strategy in 2017 that delivered for millions of Canadians as we moved forward into difficult years,” he said. “Following the pandemic, the housing challenges really exploded across this country and we needed to do even more.”Records show the NHS did not create millions of homes. Cabinet said in an inquiry of ministry tabled in the House of Commons in May 106,377 housing starts were financed under the NHS.Figures were released at the request of Conservative MP Marty Morantz (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley, MB), who asked how many residential units constructed through the NHS have been completed. The province with the most homes completed was Quebec at 32,598 units. After Quebec was Ontario (27,643 units). This was followed by British Columbia (22,540), Alberta (6,917) and Saskatchewan (4,085). “It is not clear the National Housing Strategy will reduce the prevalence of housing need relative to 2017 levels,” said the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). Parliament passed the National Housing Strategy Act (NHSA) in 2019 to enshrine a right to adequate housing into federal law. The PBO said the NHSA “does not create any enforceable individual rights that would give rise to statutory spending.”Figures published in May showed the NHSA financed the construction of 106,000 homes since 2019.READ MORE: Trudeau's National Housing Strategy failed to build enough housingHowever, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said there is an estimated shortage of 400,000 homes per year and builders are not meeting the demand.“This figure does not represent the total number of homes built, as it only encompasses those formally funded under the National Housing Strategy,” said the CMHC..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
