"Building more units didn't solve the city's housing crisis, says Ren Thomas, an associate professor at Dalhousie University, who argues the vast majority of housing is market-driven and the boom prioritized high-profit units that many residents couldn't afford."
#Shocker! And also seditious heresy.
Canada's mid-size cities are growing like big ones — and running into the same fights https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mid-size-canadian-cities-building-more-apartments-fewer-houses-9.7175938

Cities of driveways and yards are adding density, but not without pushback | CBC News
CMHC data suggests Canada's mid-size cities are growing denser. From Halifax to Kelowna, apartments and other multi-unit housing now make up more new construction — even as residents, experts and developers disagree on how to address the crisis and who new housing should serve.



