Canada needs a major housing investment to ensure health, climate, job security

Canada learned a stark and horrifying lesson through COVID-19 that the lives of some of our most vulnerable are intrinsically tied to the design and health of their residences.

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured during a presser at West Block in 2020. Even before the pandemic, the building sector was the third biggest contributor to carbon pollution in Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TOM-PIERRE FRAPPé SéNéCLAUZE, DR. ANJALI HELFERTY, AND JAY NORDENSTROM

March 15, 2021

This month marks a sombre first anniversary for Canada. On March 16, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the decision to close our borders. If you need to come home, said Trudeau, do it now. Stay safe, we were told, stay healthy. Stay home.

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