Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals fall pathetically short of their own housing-start goals

Edmonton Journal17 October 2026, 11:00 UTCCanada

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CHMC) — the federal Crown corporation in charge of monitoring and financing housing in this country — reported that Ottawa fell well short of its goal of assuring 500,000 new housing units in by 2030. Indeed, at 259,000, just a little under 52 per cent of the target promised […]

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