Canada must end reliance on cheap foreign labour, minister says
Canada’s immigration minister is taking steps to curb the country’s dependence on temporary foreign labour and international students, prompting pushback from business groups that say there aren’t enough domestic workers available to sustain parts of the economy.
Marc Miller introduced a limit on foreign student visas last month, cutting them by 35 per cent for this year. He will announce further changes soon to restrict students’ off-campus work hours and he’s also reviewing the country’s temporary foreign worker program.
Miller said.
Statistics Canada estimates there are more than 2.5 million non-permanent residents, over six per cent of the population, and they play a key role in filling the labour-force gaps left by an aging population.
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Canada’s immigration minister is taking steps to curb the country’s dependence on temporary foreign labour and international students, prompting pushback from business groups that say there aren’t enough domestic workers available to sustain parts of the economy.
Marc Miller introduced a limit on foreign student visas last month, cutting them by 35 per cent for this year. He will announce further changes soon to restrict students’ off-campus work hours and he’s also reviewing the country’s temporary foreign worker program.
We have gotten addicted to temporary foreign workers. Any large industry trying to make ends meet will look at the ability to drive down wages. There is an incentive to drive labour costs down. It’s something that’ll require a larger discussion.
Miller said.
Statistics Canada estimates there are more than 2.5 million non-permanent residents, over six per cent of the population, and they play a key role in filling the labour-force gaps left by an aging population.
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🍺Ontario brewery slammed with negative reviews, abusive calls after hosting Trudeau
An Ontario brewery that hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s been inundated with hundreds of hateful messages since then.
Trudeau visited the Brewer’s Pantry in Bowmanville, Ont. on Thursday to show support for Robert Rock, the Liberal Party candidate for the Durham federal byelection.
The brewery posted a picture from the event and said it was flooded with dozens of negative Google reviews, offensive emails and phone calls at all hours of the night.
#Ontario #Trudeau
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An Ontario brewery that hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s been inundated with hundreds of hateful messages since then.
Trudeau visited the Brewer’s Pantry in Bowmanville, Ont. on Thursday to show support for Robert Rock, the Liberal Party candidate for the Durham federal byelection.
The brewery posted a picture from the event and said it was flooded with dozens of negative Google reviews, offensive emails and phone calls at all hours of the night.
#Ontario #Trudeau
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📈Conservatives open up a 19-point lead over the Liberals
From February 1 to 7, 2024, Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 2,398 adults exploring several topics related to Canadian politics and current events.
Conservatives lead by 19 over the Liberals, tied for the largest national lead Abacus Data have ever measured for the Conservatives.
If an election were held today, 43% of committed voters would vote Conservatives with the Liberals at 24%, the NDP at 18% and the Greens at 4%. The BQ is at 34% in Quebec.
Since the last survey, the Conservatives are up 3, the Liberals down 1, the NDP down 2 and the Greens down 1.
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From February 1 to 7, 2024, Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 2,398 adults exploring several topics related to Canadian politics and current events.
Conservatives lead by 19 over the Liberals, tied for the largest national lead Abacus Data have ever measured for the Conservatives.
If an election were held today, 43% of committed voters would vote Conservatives with the Liberals at 24%, the NDP at 18% and the Greens at 4%. The BQ is at 34% in Quebec.
Since the last survey, the Conservatives are up 3, the Liberals down 1, the NDP down 2 and the Greens down 1.
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Pharmacare deadline: Minister 'confident' will table legislation by March 1
Health Minister Mark Holland says he has “every confidence” his government can deliver pharmacare legislation by the promised March 1 deadline, and that the Liberals are “not pulling the fire alarm” on their confidence-and-supply deal with the NDP over the issue.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said this week there will be “repercussions” if the Liberals don’t table a sufficient piece of pharmacare framework legislation by next month, and signalled he’ll consider a missed deadline to mean they’ve “walked away” from their confidence-and-supply agreement.
The pact sees the NDP prop up the Liberals until 2025 in exchange for progress on key priorities, including pharmacare, for which the parties have already extended the deadline once before.
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Health Minister Mark Holland says he has “every confidence” his government can deliver pharmacare legislation by the promised March 1 deadline, and that the Liberals are “not pulling the fire alarm” on their confidence-and-supply deal with the NDP over the issue.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said this week there will be “repercussions” if the Liberals don’t table a sufficient piece of pharmacare framework legislation by next month, and signalled he’ll consider a missed deadline to mean they’ve “walked away” from their confidence-and-supply agreement.
The pact sees the NDP prop up the Liberals until 2025 in exchange for progress on key priorities, including pharmacare, for which the parties have already extended the deadline once before.
#healthcare
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💊Opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl detected in Quebec City region
A synthetic opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl has made its way to the Quebec City region, where public health officials reported Saturday they have detected the dangerous compound in pale green tablets that mimic the appearance of other prenoscription opioids.
The Quebec City regional public health authority warned the compound, protonitazepyne, presents a high risk of overdose, which may require several doses of the life-saving medication naloxone.
Health Canada first detected the substance in 2023 and would go on to positively identify it in a total of 25 drug samples by the end of the year. Public health officials working in the Quebec City-area now say it has been increasingly found in the Montreal area since the beginning of 2024.
#Quebec
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A synthetic opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl has made its way to the Quebec City region, where public health officials reported Saturday they have detected the dangerous compound in pale green tablets that mimic the appearance of other prenoscription opioids.
The Quebec City regional public health authority warned the compound, protonitazepyne, presents a high risk of overdose, which may require several doses of the life-saving medication naloxone.
Health Canada first detected the substance in 2023 and would go on to positively identify it in a total of 25 drug samples by the end of the year. Public health officials working in the Quebec City-area now say it has been increasingly found in the Montreal area since the beginning of 2024.
#Quebec
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🍺Another ‘beer tax’ increase is coming on April 1, amid calls to cancel it
On April 1, a federal tax increase on alcohol sometimes known as the “beer tax” is scheduled to come into effect, meaning Canadians could soon pay more for their alcoholic beverage of choice.
The alcohol excise tax is set to go up by 4.7 per cent, which Kelowna-Lake Country MP Tracy Gray says will cost Canadians about $100 million extra in 2024-25.
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On April 1, a federal tax increase on alcohol sometimes known as the “beer tax” is scheduled to come into effect, meaning Canadians could soon pay more for their alcoholic beverage of choice.
The alcohol excise tax is set to go up by 4.7 per cent, which Kelowna-Lake Country MP Tracy Gray says will cost Canadians about $100 million extra in 2024-25.
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12 Ontario men, 1 American arrested in Niagara for trafficking young people: police
Thirteen men have been arrested at a Niagara Falls hotel and charged in connection with human trafficking of young people, police say.
The suspects, who range in age from 20 to 60 years old, face charges related to child luring, obtaining sexual services and inviting sexual exploitation of a young person, say Niagara police.
The arrests took place between Jan. 31 and Feb. 3, and come after the Niagara Regional Police Service's human trafficking unit connected online with young people believed to be offering sexual services for money.
#Ontario
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Thirteen men have been arrested at a Niagara Falls hotel and charged in connection with human trafficking of young people, police say.
The suspects, who range in age from 20 to 60 years old, face charges related to child luring, obtaining sexual services and inviting sexual exploitation of a young person, say Niagara police.
The arrests took place between Jan. 31 and Feb. 3, and come after the Niagara Regional Police Service's human trafficking unit connected online with young people believed to be offering sexual services for money.
#Ontario
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🏘 Housing minister denies he ignored warning about immigration levels and housing supply
Housing Minister Sean Fraser said he didn’t ignore warnings as immigration minister about the number of new Canadians the country was accepting exceeding the number of houses the country was building.
The Canadian Press reported last month that an internal report produced two years ago warned that the number of new immigrants was outpacing Canada’s home construction industry, which would strain supply and push prices higher.
Fraser said he didn’t ignore the warning about housing issues, but rather looked at other aspects of the immigration question, including the industries that would run short of people if they didn’t have new Canadians arriving.
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Housing Minister Sean Fraser said he didn’t ignore warnings as immigration minister about the number of new Canadians the country was accepting exceeding the number of houses the country was building.
The Canadian Press reported last month that an internal report produced two years ago warned that the number of new immigrants was outpacing Canada’s home construction industry, which would strain supply and push prices higher.
Fraser said he didn’t ignore the warning about housing issues, but rather looked at other aspects of the immigration question, including the industries that would run short of people if they didn’t have new Canadians arriving.
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🚙 Police seize 53 stolen vehicles at Port of Montreal
Quebec provincial police and specialized teams have seized 53 stolen vehicles from the Port of Montreal. 26 containers were searched at the port, leading to the massive seizure.
The police operation was carried out in connection with the overseas export of stolen vehicles, police said.
A new mixed police squad dedicated to vehicle theft, the Escouade régionale mixte vol de véhicules (ERM), was introduced last week and took part in the operation.
Last week, the federal government promised $28 million in new money to help fight the export of stolen vehicles by giving the Canada Border Services Agency more capacity to detect and search containers with stolen vehicles inside.
#Quebec
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Quebec provincial police and specialized teams have seized 53 stolen vehicles from the Port of Montreal. 26 containers were searched at the port, leading to the massive seizure.
The police operation was carried out in connection with the overseas export of stolen vehicles, police said.
A new mixed police squad dedicated to vehicle theft, the Escouade régionale mixte vol de véhicules (ERM), was introduced last week and took part in the operation.
Last week, the federal government promised $28 million in new money to help fight the export of stolen vehicles by giving the Canada Border Services Agency more capacity to detect and search containers with stolen vehicles inside.
#Quebec
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💸 Gaps in oversight of ArriveCan app are ‘completely unacceptable’
Canada Border Services Agency president Erin O’Gorman said inadequate oversight of government spending is “completely unacceptable” and vowed to fix the issue after the Auditor-General sharply criticized her department over its poor management and record keeping as the cost of the ArriveCan app grew to nearly $60-million.
Auditor-General Karen Hogan’s Monday report raised several strong concerns.
Hogan stated.
The report also raised red flags about agency employees involved with the ArriveCan project being invited to dinners and other activities by private vendors.
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Canada Border Services Agency president Erin O’Gorman said inadequate oversight of government spending is “completely unacceptable” and vowed to fix the issue after the Auditor-General sharply criticized her department over its poor management and record keeping as the cost of the ArriveCan app grew to nearly $60-million.
Auditor-General Karen Hogan’s Monday report raised several strong concerns.
I have to say that I am deeply concerned by what this audit didn’t find. We didn’t find records to accurately show how much was spent on what, who did the work, or how and why contracting decisions were made. And that paper trail should have existed.
Hogan stated.
The report also raised red flags about agency employees involved with the ArriveCan project being invited to dinners and other activities by private vendors.
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Most immigrants with deportation letters are still in Canada
Most people living in Canada who have been sent deportation letters in the past eight years are still in the country, according to official figures disclosed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The figures show that 14,609 people were sent letters informing them they are facing deportation between 2016 and May last year.
But 9,317 of those were still living in Canada last year, including 2,188 people sent deportation letters in 2016 and 2017.
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Most people living in Canada who have been sent deportation letters in the past eight years are still in the country, according to official figures disclosed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The figures show that 14,609 people were sent letters informing them they are facing deportation between 2016 and May last year.
But 9,317 of those were still living in Canada last year, including 2,188 people sent deportation letters in 2016 and 2017.
#immigration
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Court says Trudeau, justice minister 'failed' Canadians by letting judicial vacancies build up
A scathing Federal Court decision says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal justice minister have "failed" Canadians seeking timely justice by letting the number of judicial vacancies reach a state of crisis.
The case, brought forward by human rights lawyer Yavar Hameed, sends a clear message to the federal government about the urgent need to reduce the number of vacancies.
Last spring, Chief Justice Richard Wagner sent Trudeau a letter warning of an "untenable" situation in Canadian courtrooms.
Richard Wagner said.
#Trudeau
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A scathing Federal Court decision says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal justice minister have "failed" Canadians seeking timely justice by letting the number of judicial vacancies reach a state of crisis.
The case, brought forward by human rights lawyer Yavar Hameed, sends a clear message to the federal government about the urgent need to reduce the number of vacancies.
Last spring, Chief Justice Richard Wagner sent Trudeau a letter warning of an "untenable" situation in Canadian courtrooms.
It is imperative for the Prime Minister's Office to give this issue the importance it deserves and for appointments to be made in a timely manner …The government's inertia regarding vacancies and the absence of satisfactory explanations for these delays are disconcerting.
Richard Wagner said.
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🩺 Feds offer loan forgiveness for some doctors, nurses
In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it's increasing forgivable loans for some students.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities.
Boissonnault said up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family medicine resident, and up to $30,000 for a nurse or nurse practitioner with a Canada Student Loan.
An estimated 3,000 doctors and nurses will benefit from the program this fiscal year, Boissonnault said.
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In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it's increasing forgivable loans for some students.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities.
Boissonnault said up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family medicine resident, and up to $30,000 for a nurse or nurse practitioner with a Canada Student Loan.
An estimated 3,000 doctors and nurses will benefit from the program this fiscal year, Boissonnault said.
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💰Toronto city council approves 9.5% property tax hike, along with $20M police budget increase
Toronto city council approved the city's largest property tax hike in more than 25 years on Wednesday, along with a $20-million increase to the police budget.
At a special budget meeting on Wednesday, council voted in favour of a 9.5 per cent residential property tax hike, a rate proposed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.
Chow told reporters.
#Ontario
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Toronto city council approved the city's largest property tax hike in more than 25 years on Wednesday, along with a $20-million increase to the police budget.
At a special budget meeting on Wednesday, council voted in favour of a 9.5 per cent residential property tax hike, a rate proposed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.
Eighty cents extra a day, folks can afford it. Those that cannot will have a tax cancellation and tax deferral program to assist them.
Chow told reporters.
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🏠📈 Rent hits another record high in January as average asking price reaches $2,196
The average asking price for rent in Canada reached $2,196 in January, a 10 per cent increase from this time last year — marking another record high amid a deepening rental crisis.
According to data released Wednesday, the average asking price of rent went up by 20 per cent (or $373 per month) compared to rental prices from January 2020, two months before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began.
🔹Vancouver had the highest average asking price for one-bedrooms at $2,683, with Burnaby, B.C., close behind at an average asking price of $2,551, followed by Toronto at $2,511. Saskatoon was the least expensive city for a one-bedroom rental, with an average asking price of $1,192.
#housing
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The average asking price for rent in Canada reached $2,196 in January, a 10 per cent increase from this time last year — marking another record high amid a deepening rental crisis.
According to data released Wednesday, the average asking price of rent went up by 20 per cent (or $373 per month) compared to rental prices from January 2020, two months before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began.
🔹Vancouver had the highest average asking price for one-bedrooms at $2,683, with Burnaby, B.C., close behind at an average asking price of $2,551, followed by Toronto at $2,511. Saskatoon was the least expensive city for a one-bedroom rental, with an average asking price of $1,192.
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👨Immigration surge fuels male population boom in Canada
An influx of new immigrants is shifting Canada’s gender ratio, as a higher share of male newcomers helps squeeze the female majority to its smallest margin in decades.
The population of adult men grew 3.4 per cent over the past year, while women rose 2.9 per cent, making the spread between the growth of the two groups the widest in nearly 50 years of records.
The gap is even larger in the 25-to-44 age group, in which men have seen a 4.8 per cent jump and women a 3.9 per cent increase. There are 141,000 more men than women in this age bracket as of January, compared with a long-run average difference of zero.
The figures highlight the country’s changing demographic trends due to its liberal immigration policy.
#immigration
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An influx of new immigrants is shifting Canada’s gender ratio, as a higher share of male newcomers helps squeeze the female majority to its smallest margin in decades.
The population of adult men grew 3.4 per cent over the past year, while women rose 2.9 per cent, making the spread between the growth of the two groups the widest in nearly 50 years of records.
The gap is even larger in the 25-to-44 age group, in which men have seen a 4.8 per cent jump and women a 3.9 per cent increase. There are 141,000 more men than women in this age bracket as of January, compared with a long-run average difference of zero.
The figures highlight the country’s changing demographic trends due to its liberal immigration policy.
#immigration
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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada spends another $60M for Ukrainian F-16 training
Canada is cutting another cheque for $60 million to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Wednesday as allies gathered in Brussels ahead of NATO ministerial meeting.
The contribution follows the federal government's announcement last month of a $15 million donation to pay for civilian pilot instructors from Montreal-based Top Aces Inc.
The F-16s are being donated by Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Canada does not operate the U.S.-manufactured warplane but they are used by Top Aces, a private company that offers a wide range of fighter jet instruction.
#Ukraine
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Canada is cutting another cheque for $60 million to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Wednesday as allies gathered in Brussels ahead of NATO ministerial meeting.
The contribution follows the federal government's announcement last month of a $15 million donation to pay for civilian pilot instructors from Montreal-based Top Aces Inc.
The F-16s are being donated by Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Canada does not operate the U.S.-manufactured warplane but they are used by Top Aces, a private company that offers a wide range of fighter jet instruction.
#Ukraine
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Activists storm Freelands's office demanding climate laws for banks
Climate activists barged into Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government announce climate-related regulation for banks in its 2024 budget.
Greenpeace activists carrying sleeping bags staged a sit-in protest in Freeland's office, while the minister was not in her office.
Greenpeace Canada's senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said in a letter addressed to Freeland that the organization is concerned that the federal government is delaying or rolling back long-promised climate policies and not advancing new ones to achieve the Liberal government's 2050 net zero goals.
The letter also demanded no more delays or "watering down of the regulations" related to oil and gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
#Freeland
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Climate activists barged into Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government announce climate-related regulation for banks in its 2024 budget.
Greenpeace activists carrying sleeping bags staged a sit-in protest in Freeland's office, while the minister was not in her office.
Greenpeace Canada's senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said in a letter addressed to Freeland that the organization is concerned that the federal government is delaying or rolling back long-promised climate policies and not advancing new ones to achieve the Liberal government's 2050 net zero goals.
The letter also demanded no more delays or "watering down of the regulations" related to oil and gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
#Freeland
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🪖Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work towards NATO spending target
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies."
He made the comment Thursday in response to a question about his position on NATO's military spending targets, as ministers from the military alliance meet in Brussels.
The Conservative leader's office says a future Poilievre government "will work towards meeting Canada's NATO spending commitment" of two per cent of its GDP.
#Poilievre
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies."
He made the comment Thursday in response to a question about his position on NATO's military spending targets, as ministers from the military alliance meet in Brussels.
The Conservative leader's office says a future Poilievre government "will work towards meeting Canada's NATO spending commitment" of two per cent of its GDP.
#Poilievre
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🏠 Investors account for 30 per cent of home buying in Canada, data show
Investors have become more prevalent in Canada’s housing market, accounting for 30 per cent of all residential real estate purchases in the first part of this year, according to new data.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, investor buying has grown as soaring home prices ramped up interest in residential properties as an asset class.
Investors were responsible for 30 per cent of home purchases in the first three months of the year, according to data released by the Bank of Canada. That is up from 28 per cent in the first quarter of last year, and 22 per cent in the same period in 2020.
The central bank defines an investor as a buyer who took out a mortgage to buy the property while maintaining a mortgage on another home.
Meanwhile, the percentage of first-time homebuyers shrunk to 43 per cent in the first quarter of this year from 48 per cent in the same three months in 2020. Similarly, repeat buyers fell to 27.5 per cent from 30 per cent over the same period.
#housing
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Investors have become more prevalent in Canada’s housing market, accounting for 30 per cent of all residential real estate purchases in the first part of this year, according to new data.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, investor buying has grown as soaring home prices ramped up interest in residential properties as an asset class.
Investors were responsible for 30 per cent of home purchases in the first three months of the year, according to data released by the Bank of Canada. That is up from 28 per cent in the first quarter of last year, and 22 per cent in the same period in 2020.
The central bank defines an investor as a buyer who took out a mortgage to buy the property while maintaining a mortgage on another home.
Meanwhile, the percentage of first-time homebuyers shrunk to 43 per cent in the first quarter of this year from 48 per cent in the same three months in 2020. Similarly, repeat buyers fell to 27.5 per cent from 30 per cent over the same period.
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