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Canadian policymakers need to focus on the real issues and create an economic environment to rapidly expand the supply of purpose-built rental apartments.

Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen arrives at West Block for the cabinet meeting on May 10. With a rental vacancy rate of only 3.1 per cent in 2021, increasing rental operating costs, and ambitious immigration targets, Canada has a difficult problem that remains unanswered, writes Michael Brooks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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