Canada’s Deficit Plan Has Less Than 1% Chance of Success: PBO
Tiffany Greene, June 4, 2026 Ottawa is boasting of fiscal anchors, but the latest stress test is about to give taxpayers that sinking feeling. This morning, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released its 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, reviewing Ottawa’s fiscal projections and the probability of meeting them. The non-partisan agency found the federal plan stands up on paper, but it hasn’t quite developed its sea legs, pegging the odds of success at less than one percent. To Infinity,...
read moreOntario and Canada launch $8.8 billion development charge reduction program to boost housing supply
June 4, 2026 The Ontario and federal governments have opened applications for a new multi-billion-dollar program aimed at lowering the cost of building homes and accelerating housing development across municipalities. The Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP), announced by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, is part of an up to $8.8 billion joint federal-provincial funding initiative designed to support housing-enabling infrastructure over a 10-year period. Under the program,...
read moreWEEK OF JUNE 8, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of June 8, 2026 2026 FRPO Women in Rental Housing Luncheon – RHPNS Webinar – NAIOP REX Awards Gala – ARLA Breakfast Meeting – ARLA BBQ – 2026 Buildings Show – The Brott Music Festival –– 2026 HDAA Golf – 2026 Greenwin Cares Golf Classic – 2026 FRPO Charity Golf Classic – LPMA Golf – 2026 RHPNS Golf Tournament – 2026 Breast Ball Charity...
read moreOntario’s frozen property taxes are disconnecting from the CRE market
Commercial property owners have been overtaxed for a decade Paul Sullivan, June 6, 2026 GUEST SUBMISSION: Ontario’s property assessment freeze began as a temporary pandemic-era measure intended to provide stability during a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Six years later, that temporary pause has effectively become government policy, despite a commercial real estate market that looks nothing like it did when assessments were last updated. Today, Ontario commercial property...
read moreWhat the latest tariff chaos could mean for the Canadian mortgage market
New US forced-labour duties target Canada and the implications for mortgage rates could be significant By Liezel Once, 03 Jun. 2026 A new round of proposed United States trade measures threatens to add fresh uncertainty to Canada’s mortgage market, with the Trump administration announcing plans to impose a 10% tariff on Canadian exports over allegations the country has not done enough to prohibit goods made with forced labour. The announcement, made by US Trade representative Jamieson...
read moreRegulatory Issues Hold Back Canadian Housing Starts
By: Monte Stewart, May 29, 2026 Regulatory barriers and structural factors have constrained Canada’s housing-supply responsiveness for almost two decades, according to new analysis from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. As result, housing starts have not kept pace with demand, and the roadblocks have contributed to higher home prices, CMHC Chief Economist Mathieu Laberge wrote in the report. CMHC found that if Canada’s housing industry had been as responsive as the U.S. housing...
read moreWEEK OF JUNE 1, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of June 1, 2026 2026 FRPO Women in Rental Housing Luncheon – RHPNS Webinar – NAIOP REX Awards Gala – ARLA Webinar – ARLA Breakfast Meeting – LandlordBC Webinar – The Brott Music Festival –– 2026 HDAA Golf – 2026 Greenwin Cares Golf Classic – 2026 FRPO Charity Golf Classic – LPMA Golf – 2026 Cohen Highley Charity Golf – 2026 Breast Ball Charity...
read moreMore evidence that increasing new housing supply improves affordability
The real risk isn’t overbuilding but underbuilding, leading to exclusion, overcrowding and declining affordability By Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis, Published May 29, 2026 Building enough housing to keep pace with population growth is vital for affordability. Critics of supply-side solutions say new homes often cost more and don’t meet the needs of low- to middle-income households. But new research shows that even the supply of mid- to high-priced homes initiates a chain of...
read moreCMHC multi-unit insurance jumps 30% as securitization volumes rise
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation insured 71,733 multi-unit residential units in Q1, far outpacing traditional homeowner insurance as its securitization activity also climbed. Written by CMT Team, May 29, 2026 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation saw a sharp increase in multi-unit mortgage insurance activity in the first quarter, with volumes far outpacing transactional homeowner insurance as the agency continued to expand its role in rental housing finance. CMHC insured 71,733...
read moreIs a technical recession enough to spur the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates?
Markets are still calling for a rate hike this year, but economists say the GDP miss makes a hold or cut more likely By Gigi Suhanic, Published May 29, 2026 Canada’s gross domestic product unexpectedly contracted for the second consecutive time to trigger talk of recession, but some economists don’t think the situation is as dire as the headline number suggests. The economy shrank 0.1 per cent annualized in the first quarter following a contraction of one per cent in the fourth quarter last...
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