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Home construction must double over next decade to restore 2019 affordability: CMHC

Home construction must double over next decade to restore 2019 affordability: CMHC

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says up to 4.8 million new homes will need to be built over the next decade to restore affordability levels last seen in 2019 based on projected demand.
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Budget officer says he expects ramped-up defence spending to deepen deficit

Budget officer says he expects ramped-up defence spending to deepen deficit

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer said Thursday he expects the federal government's deficit will balloon this year thanks to ramped-up defence spending — but without a spring budget or more clarity from Ottawa, he can't say for sure.
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Downtown office divide grows as 'trophy' towers outperform in Vancouver

Downtown office divide grows as 'trophy' towers outperform in Vancouver

Colliers says Vancouver’s AAA office market ‘improving faster than most major cities’
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Opinion: Treating nature like infrastructure could save the Fraser delta

Opinion: Treating nature like infrastructure could save the Fraser delta

River sediment isn’t waste — it’s a tool for building back wetlands, coastlines and long-term resilience
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'Don't need another plan': Downtown Victoria businesses demand action on street disorder

'Don't need another plan': Downtown Victoria businesses demand action on street disorder

“It’s not dying, but it can’t sustain itself without some significant and bold action,” DVBA chief executive Jeff Bray says of downtown Victoria.
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Why Metro Vancouver companies are expanding to U.K.

Why Metro Vancouver companies are expanding to U.K.

Moves come as politicians encourage diversified trade
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Almost half of B.C. tenants skimping on groceries to afford rent, says survey

Almost half of B.C. tenants skimping on groceries to afford rent, says survey

But Royal LePage report says renters may benefit from improving market conditions
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Carney's contentious major projects bill clears committee

Carney's contentious major projects bill clears committee

OTTAWA — Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is anything if not a magnet for criticism.
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Most Canadian grocers flunk seafood transparency test, finds report

Most Canadian grocers flunk seafood transparency test, finds report

A new watchdog report found almost all major Canadian food retailers are failing to openly report the risks of environmental and human rights abuses in their seafood supply chains.
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Opinion: Manufacturing is Crucial to B.C. economy but policy is falling short

Opinion: Manufacturing is Crucial to B.C. economy but policy is falling short

Subsidies for favoured green industries won’t lift the sector as a whole, and underinvestment is putting long-term growth at risk.
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