Build Canada Homes was conceived, funded and partially operational under Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland and Sean Fraser
Introduction: The Pattern in Brief
Mariana Mazzucato's work has influenced Build Canada Homes, the Canada Strong Fund, and Carney's broader approach.
Phase 3 Dossier: WEF Young Global Leaders Network and COVID
The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates a marginal effect (2.1% above baseline) while overall federal housing spending falls 56%.
Introduction: The Pattern in Brief
Build Canada Homes will leverage existing resources and expertise within the government's housing toolkit
BCH is structured as a public-private financing vehicle
Mark Carney and the Question of Authorship: A Forensic Audit
The post-1980s Canadian housing market norm has shifted
Phase 3 Dossier: WEF Young Global Leaders Network and COVID
These are things people say about Build Canada Homes that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
"BCH will add just 5,200 homes per year"
"a single Brookfield-affiliated procurement award materially shifts the analysis from "structural conflict" to "documented quid pro quo""
"Building new institutions is a rear-view-mirror response"
"Build Canada Homes is shifting toward state-as-landlord model"
"Build Canada Homes will produce about 26,000 units over five years"
"Build Canada Homes is substantially the Trudeau-era Public Lands for Homes Plan, Canada Public Land Bank, Federal Lands Initiative and Canada Lands Company mandate — rebranded under a single agency name."
"Build Canada Homes is the most ambitious housing plan since the Second World War"
"The state as landlord/financier-of-landlords is now structural Canadian housing policy"