City council could ask province to impose home speculation tax in response to soaring real …

“If you look at the foundation of all the policies we’ve adopted in terms of trying to improve the availability of housing, including affordable housing, a lot of it has been with a view to placing first the notion that people are to live in homes and homes or for people to live in,” Mayor John Tory told reporters during a briefing at city hall on Tuesday.

“TRREB strongly believes that public policy targeted at the housing market should be evidence-based.

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