NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre “not who he pretends to be.”.“He started this housing crisis and Justin Trudeau made it worse,” tweeted Singh on Sunday. .“We can’t trust those who created this mess to fix it.” .He included a graphic from the Economist that indicated real house prices increased $125,000 when Polilevre was a Conservative MP from 2006 to 2015. The Economist said real house prices increased by $100,000 under Trudeau from 2015 to 2022. .Canadian YouTube host Marie Oakes said Singh was being hysterical. .“Lol what?” said Oakes. .Better Dwelling said people “may also find it difficult to trust a politician that implies Pierre was Prime Minister before Trudeau.”.“Classic stalemate,” said Better Dwelling. .The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said in June home prices were on the rise, with the composite price index up 2.1% month over month in May. .READ MORE: THOMAS: National home sales and prices on the rise in May.“The average home price was $729,000 in May — up 3.2% from May last year,” said CREA senior economist Shaun Cathcart. .“This was the first year-over-year gain in this measure in 12 months.”
