Deputy Prime Minister Downplays Report on Immigration Impacting Housing Affordability

Published on January 12, 2024

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is downplaying a 2021 report that said large immigration increases would impact housing affordability and services, arguing that immigrants are a “real driver” of Canada’s economic growth. “Canada is probably the country in the world, which is the most welcoming of new Canadians,” Ms. Freeland said during a press conference on housing in Toronto Jan 11. “And as finance minister, I have to say, that is a huge economic strength. It is a real driver of our country’s economic growth, and at a time when all of the industrialized countries in the world are facing huge demographic challenges.”...

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