Canada finally has a plan. Through a variety of policy changes and billions of dollars in new spending, the federal government has charted a course to boost home construction in a big way. The goal is to build 3.9 million new homes – two million more than projected – by 2031, an infusion of supply for our way-too-expensive housing market.
But as Canada tries to double construction overnight, it raises a simple question that threatens to dash any hopes of an imminent fix: Who is going to build all these homes?
The construction industry is among the loudest in talking about labour shortages and, indeed, it can be tough
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