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New polling numbers suggest a majority of Canadians believe the federal government should limit the number of immigrants it accepts — a public opinion trend that Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he finds concerning.

As Toronto and Vancouver struggle to keep housing affordable for anyone but the wealthy, Montreal says its new, first-on-the-continent development model will help it succeed where other big cities have failed.

The NDP is proposing a package of measures to combat climate change, ranging from subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles to easier access to employment insurance for workers in industries threatened by the move away from fossil fuels.

The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for dirty money, says the lead writer.

The British Columbia government introduced legislation on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, aimed at preventing tax evasion and money laundering by shining a spotlight on anonymous real estate owners hiding behind shell and numbered companies.

New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will use his new position as a member of Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to take action on the affordable housing crisis in British Columbia.

The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-infested housing has sparked a health crisis, according to a framework agreement signed on Thursday, February 21, 2019.

British Columbia Finance Minister Carole James spent Family Day highlighting the family focus of the budget she will present on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Everyone seems to agree the housing crisis – both the high cost of buying a home and the shortage and expense of rentals – is contributing to Vancouver’s acute labour shortage.

The Trudeau government is looking for ways to make home-buying more affordable for millennials, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, as he held pre-budget public events in the Toronto suburbs.

Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city's shortfall.

A group of housing rights activists from across Quebec walked 500 kilometres from Ottawa to Quebec City to push for concrete commitments to affordable housing from the federal and Quebec governments.

As election campaigns kick off across British Columbia its largest city is facing a race unlike any other, experts say.

The camping area of a provincial park near Victoria was closed to the public on Thursday, September 20, 2018, as a group of homeless people were allowed to stay indefinitely while the British Columbia government tries to find them alternate housing options.

After a year of power sharing with B.C.'s NDP government, Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver says he’s excited about a new economic plan, but doesn’t believe environmental targets can be met if a planned LNG project goes ahead.