The Liberal caucus retreat ended with a bang on Thursday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a suite of measures aimed at helping Canada’s middle class address the country’s affordability crisis.
Among the policy commitments include providing the Competition Bureau with heightened authority to nix anti-competitive mergers, in an effort to stabilize grocery prices, as well as extending the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan repayment deadline by a year, in the hopes of providing relief to small business owners.
However, Trudeau received the most applause from his caucus members when he announced a measure aimed at addressing Canada’s housing crisis — the removal of GST on the construction of rental housing in Canada.