Yet more importantly the Conservatives oppose this entire enterprise as a whole. They’ve previously attacked Build Canada Homes as an unneeded agency that has just added another layer of bureaucracy to homebuilding. While the NDP housing critic Jenny Kwan attacked the bill for not defining the term “affordable housing.” She also notes that the bill:
>Grants extraordinarily broad powers to Build Canada Homes, allowing it to finance and partner with virtually any person or entity, acquire and develop land, own and operate housing and invest in third-party ventures, all with minimal constraints and limited parliamentary oversight.
Mike Moffatt however defended the proposed independence of the new agency, saying that by making it a crown corporation, Build Canada Homes would be able to avoid political interference in its operations.
It should be noted that Parliament, especially in committee, is once again slowing to a crawl. With the Conservatives previously opposing the creation of Build Canada Homes, it’s unlikely that they’ll cooperate with the Liberals in passing this bill.
!ping Can&YIMBY
jamaktymerian on
Table in the American or British sense? Which way does Canada go?
Blondeenosauce on
I mean if the government is actually able to dramatically increase the supply of housing, especially low income housing, that’s fantastic. I don’t blame people for being skeptical though
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Today the government [tabled a bill](https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-20) that [proposes to turn Build Canada Homes into a crown corporation](https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2026/02/the-government-of-canada-introduces-the-build-canada-homes-act.html), with the intent of allowing it to acquire land, [with the backgrounder for the bill saying it will mostly focus on transferring public land to Build Canada Homes](https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2026/02/backgrounder-introduction-of-the-build-canada-homes-act.html), and the ability to work with private developers. Yet this plan has attracted criticism by experts and opposition parties. Experts point to the lack of diagnostic tools, such as quotas, and the lack of listed objectives as weaknesses of the new bill. Housing Minister Gregor Robertson defended this by saying the number of homes built will depend on the amount of private capital they can collect.
Yet more importantly the Conservatives oppose this entire enterprise as a whole. They’ve previously attacked Build Canada Homes as an unneeded agency that has just added another layer of bureaucracy to homebuilding. While the NDP housing critic Jenny Kwan attacked the bill for not defining the term “affordable housing.” She also notes that the bill:
>Grants extraordinarily broad powers to Build Canada Homes, allowing it to finance and partner with virtually any person or entity, acquire and develop land, own and operate housing and invest in third-party ventures, all with minimal constraints and limited parliamentary oversight.
Mike Moffatt however defended the proposed independence of the new agency, saying that by making it a crown corporation, Build Canada Homes would be able to avoid political interference in its operations.
It should be noted that Parliament, especially in committee, is once again slowing to a crawl. With the Conservatives previously opposing the creation of Build Canada Homes, it’s unlikely that they’ll cooperate with the Liberals in passing this bill.
!ping Can&YIMBY
Table in the American or British sense? Which way does Canada go?
I mean if the government is actually able to dramatically increase the supply of housing, especially low income housing, that’s fantastic. I don’t blame people for being skeptical though