Re-framing housing issue could offer Liberals a return to ‘sunnier ways,’ says policy expert who spoke at cabinet retreat

There has been a shift in priorities for millennial and Gen Z voters, and the Liberals are ‘not really hitting the mark on what issues young people care about,’ said Oksana Kishchuk of Abacus Data.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters at Rideau Hall after the July 26 cabinet shuffle. At the cabinet retreat in Charlottetown from Aug. 21-23, housing emerged as a major focus, as well as issues facing millennial and Gen Z voters more broadly.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

August 30, 2023

A policy expert who spoke at the recent Liberal cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, P.E.I. says when it comes to issues like housing affordability, governments should use a “generational frame,” as opposed to seeing them exclusively as a youth issue.

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