Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is dismissing concerns that her government’s ambitious plan to spend billions of dollars to increase the supply of housing across the country is unrealistic or unsafe.
Ms. Freeland spoke to reporters in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, on April 24 and was asked how Ottawa expects to build 10,000 homes per year in Newfoundland and Labrador when the province’s home builders association says just 3,300 homes were built in the best year of construction.
