Housing advocates wary of funding plan after praising Poilievre’s GST pledge

Scrapping Liberal funding for housing projects to pay for a tax cut on some new homes 'doesn't make a lot of sense,' says Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness head.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have been butting heads in Question Period over housing policy.

While housing advocates have welcomed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s proposal to axe the goods and services tax on newly built homes, his plan to pay for it is making them nervous that a potential Tory government won’t be willing to use all the tools at its dispo...

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