Poilievre takes aim at Housing Accelerator Fund despite representing a city that’s already received $44-million from it

A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.

At a news conference in Kanata, Ont. on Oct. 28, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a future CPC government would remove sales tax from new homes sold under $1-million. He says he would cut the federal Housing Accelerator Fund to partly cover for his proposed tax changes.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SOPHALL DUCH

November 17, 2024

The Housing Accelerator Fund has disbursed about $1.17-billion so far to municipalities and First Nations across Canada, including $44-million to the city represented by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has vowed to cut the program if he forms gover...

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