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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

When asked by reporters if he thinks home prices need to go down, he told reporters: “No, I think that we need to deliver more supply, make sure the market is stable.”

Robertson said his work as housing minister will focus on building up supply of affordable housing in Canada.

“We need to be delivering more affordable housing. The Government of Canada has not been building affordable housing since the ’90s and we’ve created a huge shortage across Canada,” he said.

He sure did say a lot more than "No" didn't he Global News?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Should home prices go down? "No...we need to...make sure the market is...huge" says Canada's new housing minister

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is your plan to fix the housing crisis that does not include building houses?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You correctly pointed out that the headline takes the quote out of context so I parodied the headline by taking the quote even more out of context. It's a joke!

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jokes are usually humourous. :P

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

lol ouch!

Though, in OP's defence, their sarcasm points out that the cabinet minister can't think outside the box for finding solutions to help with the housing crisis.

I, myself, am disappointed because Carney said that the government should get back in the business for building affordable housing. I was hopeful he would hold on to that idea. However, it looks like they will keep relying on the greedy private real estate industry to keep building cheap inhumanly small deluxe condo units in huge buildings instead.

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