Fact of the matter is that he is currently receiving benefits paid for by tax dollars that he is not qualified for, which is an issue.

I would go so far to say ALL plastics need to be banned … with exceptions made for medical, military and space applications.

This is why hyperbole is meaningless.

To properly quote the Minister.

“No, I think that we need to deliver more supply , make sure the market is stable.”

Getting the government back into the business of directly building affordable housing is one effective way to accomplish that.

Is this not the plan?

Jokes are usually humourous. :P

It’s centrally important and means that they are still in denial. Real prices must come down — as you say, due to basic principles of supply and demand — if the problem is going to be solved. But they cannot be allowed to come down, because that’s another financial crisis waiting to happen. It’s quite a dilemma.

Can you elaborate?

What is your plan to fix the housing crisis that does not include building houses?

It is only important if one wishes to ignore the basic economic principle of “Supply and demand”. More supply, less demand, lower price.

Keeping prices high is consistent with the policy the LPC proposed during the election.

Which policy exactly is consistent with keeping prices high?

The consolation prize of “more affordable housing” is unclear. Affordable means different things to different people, and I haven’t seen an explanation of who will get access to it.

Well if what we have currently is “unaffordable” I think it is safe to assume that “Affordable housing” means less than market.

Who do you believe will get access to it?

As someone who is trying to figure out how to afford a home, this isn’t the answer I wanted to hear.

As someone who has never had a hope of owning a home in their lifetime, you can get in line behind the people without a place to live and wait with the rest of the middle class.

When asked by reporters if he thinks home prices need to go down, he told reporters: “No, I think that we need to deliver more supply, make sure the market is stable.”

Robertson said his work as housing minister will focus on building up supply of affordable housing in Canada.

“We need to be delivering more affordable housing. The Government of Canada has not been building affordable housing since the ’90s and we’ve created a huge shortage across Canada,” he said.

He sure did say a lot more than “No” didn’t he Global News?

I was in the workforce at the age of 10 and can read at a post secondary level so I am unsure what this has to do with literacy rates.

I was pointing out why they were wrong, not that it cannot happen elsewhere.

What happened to abolishing all domestic trade barriers since Carney cannot get a trade with any country?

Inform yourself before stating an opinion.

21% of the country is clinically illiterate. In the remaining 79%, 54% read at or below a 6th grade level. This means that about 75% of US adults are functionally or clinically illiterate.

This impacts their ability to think critically because they cannot comprehend the “facts” they are told to read because the language is above that of a 6th grader allowing propaganda to flourish.

Not every country has an illiteracy rate of 75%, so it isn’t a shock that US citizens were wrong about something.

Literally being worked on right now.

You should read his book if you believe he does not have Climate Change on the mind. Should help with the rest of the misconceptions you have as well.

The irony is progressives always say “look at the evidence” only to ignore the mans numerous accomplishments in the public and private sectors demonstrating his word can be trusted. They sound like the Conservatives attacks on Singh about his watch at this point.

He is most certainly capable, highly qualified, and even if he makes a mistake at least we know he will own it. His back ground as a central banker has made him almost too honest to be a “real politician” and it is refreshing.

Originally from El Salvador, they had been living undocumented in New Jersey and decided to take the risk of exposure and make an asylum claim in Canada, to escape the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that had injected fear into their everyday lives.

We have legal process’, and it is clear they arrived before Trump was elected in the US. The “anchor relative” has absolutely been taken advantage of in this case while also raising a very important question:

Why didn’t you come to Canada immediately if you had family here?

I am sick and tired of Canada being used as a country of last resort.

I am so happy that Prime Minister Carney is Prime Minister right now. I cannot think of many better people to be leading Canada at this moment in time.

I remember watching his interviews and press conferences throughout the years hoping he would make a run at politics one day, and I really hope he isn’t held back from achieving his very big goals for Canada.