Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
National

Liberals Look To Build Positive Frame Around Billions In Housing Spending

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Nov, 2018 12:47 PM
    OTTAWA — The first details from the Liberal government's decade-long housing plan show early spending has helped keep some 14,000 households in affordable units.
     
     
    The national housing strategy is only a few months old, with many parts of the plan having launched in April and more to roll out in the coming months.
     
     
    The Liberals have yet to fulfil a promise to enshrine the strategy, its goals and its spending into law.
     
     
    Today, the Liberals will use "National Housing Day" to talk about $5.7 billion in social spending that the government says has helped more than 775,000 households since they came to office.
     
     
    Background documents show the spending figure includes money budgeted annually for housing programs and dollars the Liberals set aside in their first budget in 2016.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Jury Finds Calgary Couple Guilty In 2013 Death Of Toddler Son

    Jury Finds Calgary Couple Guilty In 2013 Death Of Toddler Son
    A jury has convicted a Calgary couple in the death of their 14-month-old son who never saw a doctor until the day before he died in hospital of a staph infection.

    Jury Finds Calgary Couple Guilty In 2013 Death Of Toddler Son

    ArcelorMittal Canada Given Up To $49.9 Million By Ottawa For Plant Modernization

    ArcelorMittal Canada Given Up To $49.9 Million By Ottawa For Plant Modernization
    HAMILTON — ArcelorMittal Canada Inc. is being given up to $49.9 million from a federal fund to help large steel and aluminum producers deal with the impact of U.S. tariffs.

    ArcelorMittal Canada Given Up To $49.9 Million By Ottawa For Plant Modernization

    Majority Of First-Time Buyers Maxed Out Budgets To Buy A Home: CMHC

    Majority Of First-Time Buyers Maxed Out Budgets To Buy A Home: CMHC
    TORONTO — The country's real estate market may be taking a breather, but a new survey suggests the vast majority of recent homebuyers are maxing out their budgets to purchase their first homes.

    Majority Of First-Time Buyers Maxed Out Budgets To Buy A Home: CMHC

    Police Lay Charges Against 37-Yr-Old BC Man David Weaver Accused Of Jumping Naked Into Shark Tank

    TORONTO — A British Columbia man is facing charges in two separate but related incidents in Toronto, including one where he's accused of jumping naked into a shark tank at an aquarium.

    Police Lay Charges Against 37-Yr-Old BC Man David Weaver Accused Of Jumping Naked Into Shark Tank

    Canadian Moose Hunter Accused Of Illegally Entering The United States

    Canadian Moose Hunter Accused Of Illegally Entering The United States
    JACKMAN, Maine — U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested a Canadian citizen who they say illegally entered the U.S. and hunted moose.

    Canadian Moose Hunter Accused Of Illegally Entering The United States

    'Not Trying To Be On The Front Page:' Toronto Mayor John Tory On Re-Election Bid

    'Not Trying To Be On The Front Page:' Toronto Mayor John Tory On Re-Election Bid
    TORONTO — Headlines and TV highlight clips are overrated, Mayor John Tory is saying at a Toronto diner shortly after he took his mother to vote in front of photographers ahead of Monday's municipal election.

    'Not Trying To Be On The Front Page:' Toronto Mayor John Tory On Re-Election Bid