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If we don’t plan for infrastructure critical to creating vibrant neighbourhoods from the start, housing projects can face significant delays or may never get off the ground at all, writes Rebecca Bligh. Pexels photograph by Harry Thomas
Opinion | BY BETSY AGAR | September 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson’s Build Canada Homes announcement signalled that Canada is entering a new industrial era, but it left one major gap: retrofitting existing homes and buildings, writes Betsy Agar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BETSY AGAR | September 17, 2025
Opinion | BY BETSY AGAR | September 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson’s Build Canada Homes announcement signalled that Canada is entering a new industrial era, but it left one major gap: retrofitting existing homes and buildings, writes Betsy Agar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 15, 2025
A cyclist rides past the Parliament Hill in downtown in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 15, 2025
A cyclist rides past the Parliament Hill in downtown in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 15, 2025
Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver, arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in the West Block on June 11, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 15, 2025
Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver, arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in the West Block on June 11, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY REBECCA BLIGH | September 12, 2025
Row houses along Queen Elizabeth Drive by the Rideau Canal in Ottawa in June 9, 2025.      The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
Opinion | BY REBECCA BLIGH | September 12, 2025
Opinion | BY REBECCA BLIGH | September 12, 2025
Row houses along Queen Elizabeth Drive by the Rideau Canal in Ottawa in June 9, 2025.      The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised in his election platform that his government would invest $6-billion in the Build Canada Homes initiative. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 7, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised in his election platform that his government would invest $6-billion in the Build Canada Homes initiative. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHAD THIESSEN | December 5, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Nov. 15. The 2022 budget included a 10-year $72-billion commitment to housing, including $1.5-billion over two years to expand the successful Rapid Housing Initiative, writes Chad Thiessen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHAD THIESSEN | December 5, 2022
Opinion | BY CHAD THIESSEN | December 5, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Nov. 15. The 2022 budget included a 10-year $72-billion commitment to housing, including $1.5-billion over two years to expand the successful Rapid Housing Initiative, writes Chad Thiessen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL FENN | November 30, 2022
Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured on Nov. 22. The federal government has historically been reluctant to pledge long-term federal revenues to the municipal sector, whether through programs or directly, writes Michael Fenn. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL FENN | November 30, 2022
Opinion | BY MICHAEL FENN | November 30, 2022
Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured on Nov. 22. The federal government has historically been reluctant to pledge long-term federal revenues to the municipal sector, whether through programs or directly, writes Michael Fenn. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 21, 2022
Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured in a Hill scrum, said, 'Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home,' in an Infrastructure Canada press release on Nov. 15, in response to a report on chronic homelessness released by Auditor General Karen Hogan earlier that day. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 21, 2022
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 21, 2022
Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured in a Hill scrum, said, 'Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home,' in an Infrastructure Canada press release on Nov. 15, in response to a report on chronic homelessness released by Auditor General Karen Hogan earlier that day. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade