The federal government is committing a staggering 13 billion dollars to a new national housing initiative while builders warn that pre-sales are collapsing in Canada’s largest markets.
Excellent overview of the 45th Parliament's pressing files—from housing bottlenecks to AI risks and defense reforms. Your focus on human impacts elevates this beyond mere reporting, underscoring the urgent need for accountability in Ottawa's high-stakes deliberations.
While you may have more information, what I have seen in the news is that the market in tiny high rise condos is collapsing. This was a greedy market error on the part of developers. People who cannot afford homes are often young families who need more than 600 square feet of space.
The federal data counts a "housing start" simply as a new unit. It does not matter if that unit is a shoebox or a three-bedroom home.
I was reading transcripts from the House of Commons housing committee recently. Witnesses warned MPs that current incentives encourage these micro-units because they boost the supply numbers quickly. The government gets to say they built more homes. But families still have nowhere to put a crib.
As always, the Canadian government’s bureaucracy is struggling to implement. So are the Provincial bureaucracies. There is a huge chasm between the clerks who are responsible for doing the work, but have no authority to make changes needed to do the work, and the executive level administrators who have the needed authority but refuse any responsibility to see the work done.
We will need to break this cultural stasis in the bureaucracy. I know that people bring voice recorders to meetings and will do only what they are explicitly told to do, no more, no less. And if their directions are incomplete, so is the work done. In the age of agile work, they only hop together, and ask how high, when we almost need them doing a fast jitter bug step.
The one outcome I hope for from Carney’s government is that he unleashes the government’s ability to inspire, educate and coordinate efforts to build the economy, defend our borders and distribute the wealth of the land fairly. A tall order, but Carney has demonstrated that he and those around him understands the situation.
A good summary of what goes on behind the scenes and how these high-stakes decisions, made under a multitude of competing pressures and priorities, need to be understood in their full context.
Lots of bugs to fix, it’ll come. A bit on Carney’s plate to say the least but he’s the BEST man for the job. Get those houses started in Alberta!!! Edmonton to be exact!
Excellent overview of the 45th Parliament's pressing files—from housing bottlenecks to AI risks and defense reforms. Your focus on human impacts elevates this beyond mere reporting, underscoring the urgent need for accountability in Ottawa's high-stakes deliberations.
While you may have more information, what I have seen in the news is that the market in tiny high rise condos is collapsing. This was a greedy market error on the part of developers. People who cannot afford homes are often young families who need more than 600 square feet of space.
The federal data counts a "housing start" simply as a new unit. It does not matter if that unit is a shoebox or a three-bedroom home.
I was reading transcripts from the House of Commons housing committee recently. Witnesses warned MPs that current incentives encourage these micro-units because they boost the supply numbers quickly. The government gets to say they built more homes. But families still have nowhere to put a crib.
As always, the Canadian government’s bureaucracy is struggling to implement. So are the Provincial bureaucracies. There is a huge chasm between the clerks who are responsible for doing the work, but have no authority to make changes needed to do the work, and the executive level administrators who have the needed authority but refuse any responsibility to see the work done.
We will need to break this cultural stasis in the bureaucracy. I know that people bring voice recorders to meetings and will do only what they are explicitly told to do, no more, no less. And if their directions are incomplete, so is the work done. In the age of agile work, they only hop together, and ask how high, when we almost need them doing a fast jitter bug step.
The one outcome I hope for from Carney’s government is that he unleashes the government’s ability to inspire, educate and coordinate efforts to build the economy, defend our borders and distribute the wealth of the land fairly. A tall order, but Carney has demonstrated that he and those around him understands the situation.
Nous nous souviendrons.
We are Canadian.
A good summary of what goes on behind the scenes and how these high-stakes decisions, made under a multitude of competing pressures and priorities, need to be understood in their full context.
Lots of bugs to fix, it’ll come. A bit on Carney’s plate to say the least but he’s the BEST man for the job. Get those houses started in Alberta!!! Edmonton to be exact!