Minister insists ‘it all adds up’ as Ontario tables bill with housing, transit tweaks

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11751929/ontario-housing-transit-bill-2026/

Ontario finance minister says HST rebate won’t be extended: ‘This is a one-year sale’

Ontario’s finance minister is shutting down any talk of extending the province’s $1.4 billion home buyers tax credit,…
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Ontario’s battered housing sector revises its projections down again

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11747370/ontario-housing-budget-2026/

Ford government planning to waive HST on new homes for 1 year

Potential buyers across Ontario are poised to receive a significant tax discount on newly-built homes, but only for…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/451681/

On Ontario's housing crisis:

"The Ontario housing system does not have a supply problem. It has a
political system that has been deliberately designed to prevent supply
from responding to demand, in order to protect the financial interests
of existing property owners."

Homeowners vote in higher proportions than renters. Homeowners benefit from
scarcity. Every party knows this. None has fully acted against it.

Full analysis →

https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/ontarios-political-economy-a-critical

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Ontario records consecutive months of improving housing starts
New data released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows housing starts in the province increased year-over-year for the second month in a row.
#Canada #Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariohousing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11733570/ford-government-housing-starts-february-2026/
Ontario records consecutive months of improving housing starts
New data released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows housing starts in the province increased year-over-year for the second month in a row.
#Canada #Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariohousing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11733570/ford-government-housing-starts-february-2026/
Ontario records consecutive months of improving housing starts
New data released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows housing starts in the province increased year-over-year for the second month in a row.
#Canada #Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariohousing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11733570/ford-government-housing-starts-february-2026/
Ford government poised to waive HST on all new homes as sector struggles
Ontario's finance minister is expected to announce that the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax will be removed for anyone buying a newly constructed home to spur sales.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariohousing #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11732017/ontario-hst-waived-housing-construction/