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Trudeau announces new affordability measures, including dropping GST from construction of rental housing

Ontario — as well as B.C. and Newfoundland and Labrador — announced that it would drop the provincial portion of the HST from purpose-built rental housing construction.

Published Sep 14, 2023 at 9:08pm

By
Davis Legree and Marco Vigliotti
Trudeau announces new affordability measures, including dropping GST from construction of rental housing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the construction site of an affordable housing project in London, Ont. on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. (Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press)

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