Affordable housing

What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer condolences on Sunday, September 15, 2019, but little in the way of new ideas to address gun violence in Canada's cities.

Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, the federal Liberals' social-development minister concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care are still facing serious cost crunches.

The federal New Democrats' fiscal plan for the fall election will be shaped by estimates of how much money Ottawa loses out on each year to international tax-avoidance schemes, the party's finance critic says.

Jagmeet Singh issued a call-to-arms against inequality as he sought to put his stamp on the federal NDP on Saturday, February 17, 2018, by taking aim at the Trudeau government and foreign web giants while offering a full-fledged defence of taxes and public services.

The Trudeau government is facing calls to produce its long-awaited plan to help homeless veterans in Canada, after their plight received only a passing mention in the Liberals' new national housing strategy.

About a year after Yi Jiang and her family moved to Ottawa from China, they found themselves sharing a two−bedroom apartment with her parents.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to visit British Columbia next week to assess the damage wrought by wildfires that have ravaged the interior of the province.

No amount of coincidental colour co-ordination or unified political messaging could camouflage the elephant in the room: the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

British Columbia's NDP leader highlighted affordable housing and health care on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as key elements in a minority government deal with the Green party.

Superheated housing market notwithstanding, 81-year-old Ashley Anthony says he has no plans to give up the detached three-bedroom suburban house he has lived in for the past 43 years.

Ontario's first balanced budget in a decade is being released this afternoon and is expected to contain new money to benefit seniors, students, parents, caregivers and patients.

BC NDP MLA David Eby isn't alone in thinking that the province's ruling party, the BC Liberals, are banking on a constituency that is clueless about the influence of big gas and oil money in politics.

Canada's federal housing agency says a sudden rise in interest rates could cause house prices to plummet 30 per cent, according to a stress test it conducted.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says wait lists for social housing are growing, and one out of five renters spends more than half their pre−tax salary on shelter.

Homelessness advocates are asking the federal government to focus billions in available money for housing on those who need it the most.