Premier Doug Ford’s government will on Wednesday unveil the first phase of its plan to deal with the skyrocketing cost of buying a home in Ontario, CBC News has learned.
The government will table a bill that takes aim at delays in city planning approvals slowing down home construction and driving up prices, said a senior provincial official with knowledge of the legislation.
The bill “lays the foundation” for what the official described as the government’s long-term strategy to address the root causes of Ontario’s housing problem.
While high housing prices are nothing new in the Greater Toronto Area, the cost of buying a
