To: Housing affordability observersFrom: Peter WeltmanDate: May 21, 2025Re: Unpacking Ontario’s Ambitious New Housing Acceleration Bill On May 12, the Government of Ontario tabled Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025. It has a long title and proposes a suite of changes to multiple statutes with the stated goal of removing unnecessary barriers […]
Balancing Canada’s Population Growth and Ageing Through Immigration Policy Canada faces twin demographic pressures: an ageing population and rapid population growth driven by immigration. The report argues that immigration levels must strike a careful balance – sufficient to offset some effects of low fertility and an ageing workforce, but not so high as to outpace […]
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
The Study in Brief Mortgage interest costs can undergo large swings during tightening and/or loosening cycles by the Bank of Canada. Although they have a weight of only around 5 percent in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI), they can significantly affect movements in the latter as a result of these large swings. The year-over-year […]
Tackling Canada’s housing crisis requires actionable strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply. This report draws together insights from leading experts in the field, including policymakers, researchers, and builders.
February 4, 2025 – Tackling Canada’s housing crisis requires actionable strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. A special policy conference report based on the Institute’s November 2024 conference, “Housing Policy for a Growing Canada,” draws together insights from leading experts in the field, including […]
Paul Beaudry, co-author of a new C.D. Howe Institute on housing, speaks to Global News about why governments should help mid-sized cities grow larger as a way to help increase the availability and reduce the cost of homes.Â
Strengthening mid-sized cities like Kitchener/Waterloo, London, and Kamloops – by improving infrastructure, encouraging local business growth, forging university partnerships, and making it easier to build – can reduce in-migration into our big cities, mitigating price pressures there, and help lower costs for everyone.
January 21, 2025 – Canada cannot solve its housing affordability crisis simply by adding more homes in major centers like Toronto and Vancouver, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Instead, the report urges policymakers to target a small set of mid-size cities and support them in becoming thriving, larger hubs which […]
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To: Housing affordability observersFrom: Peter WeltmanDate: May 21, 2025Re: Unpacking Ontario’s Ambitious New Housing Acceleration Bill On May 12, the Government of Ontario tabled Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025. It has a long title and proposes a suite of changes to multiple statutes with the stated goal of removing unnecessary barriers […] 
Balancing Canada’s Population Growth and Ageing Through Immigration Policy Canada faces twin demographic pressures: an ageing population and rapid population growth driven by immigration. The report argues that immigration levels must strike a careful balance – sufficient to offset some effects of low fertility and an ageing workforce, but not so high as to outpace […] 
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide. 
The Study in Brief Mortgage interest costs can undergo large swings during tightening and/or loosening cycles by the Bank of Canada. Although they have a weight of only around 5 percent in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI), they can significantly affect movements in the latter as a result of these large swings. The year-over-year […] 
Tackling Canada’s housing crisis requires actionable strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply. This report draws together insights from leading experts in the field, including policymakers, researchers, and builders. 
Paul Beaudry, co-author of a new C.D. Howe Institute on housing, speaks to Global News about why governments should help mid-sized cities grow larger as a way to help increase the availability and reduce the cost of homes. 
Strengthening mid-sized cities like Kitchener/Waterloo, London, and Kamloops – by improving infrastructure, encouraging local business growth, forging university partnerships, and making it easier to build – can reduce in-migration into our big cities, mitigating price pressures there, and help lower costs for everyone.