Olivia Chow wollte die Wohnungskrise nie lösen
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/olivia-chow-was-never-going-to-solve-the-housing-crisis/article_581b628f-8300-4e0a-9c09-2b6dd9aa5186.html
Olivia Chow wollte die Wohnungskrise nie lösen
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/olivia-chow-was-never-going-to-solve-the-housing-crisis/article_581b628f-8300-4e0a-9c09-2b6dd9aa5186.html
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Everyone knew this.
Downtowners just wanted a Mayor that was progressive and would make „them“ pay. „Them“ turned out to be the people that voted for her.
No mayor can. They’re just a glorified councillor in our system.
It’s funny how there was a former mayor in a very expensive city who said that mayors did not have the ability to fix the housing crisis, and that was for the federal government to fix.
That former mayor is now the Minister for Housing, Infrastructure & Communities: [Gregor Robertson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Robertson_(politician))
Related to this, see here: https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/06/zoning-sun-belt-housing-shortage/683352/
Very interesting article there.
I had thought that the problem was principally a zoning one. Apparently that’s not quite it. Even places without zoning rules (they do exist) are also running into housing issues.
What exactly the fix is, is unclear, but it’s almost certainly not, in Canada, to be found solely at the municipal level. Nor solely at the federal level. Some serious fundamental rejigging is required, and likely required at a cultural level and in the general populace’s thinking about housing as well.
In short, probably this is unfixable for decades to come and things are facked up something fierce and unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.
:-/
If anyone thought one woman as mayor was going to ‘solve the housing crisis’ I have some magic beans to sell them.