Housing minister denies he ignored warning about immigration levels and housing supply

Minister Fraser Warns Against Solely Blaming Immigration for Housing Woes

Canada’s rising immigration numbers are not the only factor causing the country’s housing crisis, says Housing Minister Sean Fraser. “One of the things that’s really important for Canada’s social and economic well-being is that we don’t seek to attribute the very real challenges we’re having with housing exclusively to the issue of immigration,” Mr. Fraser said to members of the Standing Committee on Finance Feb. 13. Mr. Fraser’s remarks came in…

Housing minister denies he ignored warning about immigration levels and housing supply

OTTAWA - Housing Minister Sean Fraser said he didn't ignore warnings as immigration minister about the number of new Canadians the country was accepting exceeding the number of houses the country was building.