Wynne’s housing plan a potpourri of politics

The greatest failing in Kathleen Wynne's 16-point plan is not her fault. It is that the real cause of skyrocketing home prices—low, low interest rates—is outside the provincial government's control.

If there is more at play than pure speculation in Toronto's frenzied real estate market, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's plan is unlikely to make much difference, writes Thomas Walkom.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

April 24, 2017

TORONTO—Ontario's new Fair Housing Plan is a potpourri of politics with a few good ideas mixed in. If Toronto and surrounding areas are indeed caught up in an irrational real estate bubble, the measures announced Thursday may well burst it. As the Dutch discovered during the tulip craze of the 17...

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