Taking Stock - Will curtailing immigration solve the housing problem? 

Of course it will. Understand basic supply and demand.

Don't even care if it doesn't, I like a quiet Canada not busy Canada

Yes.

It's far too late, and too far down the road to fix it.

Obviously

Fed rates were low for too long due to government spending and thier ability to pay back the debt. It caused the consumer to go on an absolute borrowing spree and caused housing prices to go through the roof which then caused the violent change in interest rates, which actually resembles rates that are backed to a historical normal, have frozen the housing market. Kept people in debt forever and has kept an entire generation on average out of ever owning a home. It’s a scary thing policy needs to come correct.

I Don't think it's such a simple fix and that the problem will get 'solved'... But it'll 100% ease the problem

Breaking up the unions Canada was built on to support monopolies; meanwhile hurting consumers to ensure "fair market pricing" for the U.S. Why don't people see a future for this country, I wonder?

BNN Bloomberg, cool content keep it up bro

Lets do the math, if the Canadian government keepa taxing home construction by 30%+, and it continues to go up, does that solve housing crisis?

yes ❤ PP and MaxBernr

If less immigrants causes a deflation in the value of land in Canada then yes, it may actually solve the housing problem. If land prices stay elevated then no it's not going to fix anything.

Long term planning? Five to ten years? Co-ordination between three levels of government? Until the electorate is consistent for five to ten years in their attitudes, then unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats will be creating the policies because they are not removed every electoral cycle. Since less then 65% of the population does not vote in the election at the federal level due to the tyranny of the majority system, that again, the electorate rejects over other electoral systems to prevent that because those systems are perceived to be too complicated, and the voter turnout rate declines further at the provincial and municipal levels, planning will always be short term and will wax and wane between different policies.

Not when everything continues to cost $1M

building more apartment buildings will surely will

No it wouldn’t, one of the student I knew told me she live in a house with 20 other students and each paying $200 a month. 3-4 people stuck in 1 room. Although it is inhumane but at least that is indeed efficiency and not taken up any rooms which inflates renting market like news blatantly suggests. Renting market is house ownership market is different thing it seems like no one wants to blame people buying investment houses.(I don’t have one, I’m more of a money in the computer people with stocks and stuff, although why these people don’t support our local economy and just buy Canadian stocks, support startups? Why housing market and make its extremely uncomfortable for everyone else? Why is everybody a bad guy in this process?) Also in terms of revenue positive per square foot under inflation these illegal rental are merely following rule of market, it is extremely responsible in fiscal commitment. Why do I post this? Because Canada everybody becomes clown due to everything doesn’t make sense but kept on running anyways. Why it couldn’t be better, “just blame Trudeau we ain’t gonna do sh*t.”😂