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‘Nobody has the right to own a home’

Pushing shoebox skyscrapers over family rentals

Nobody has the right to own a home.

I can’t shake this comment from an Ottawa mandarin, made during an unguarded moment at a Bay Street event where it spilled into a casual conversation about affordable homes for families.

As Canadians do, I grinned, walked away with a drink in hand and stewed. What can families expect for the billions of taxpayer dollars being spent on housing by all levels of government?

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