Rob Morrison, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, has announced the creation of a Housing Task Force.

Over the course of the coming weeks and months, MP Morrison and his Conservative Party colleagues will be hosting meetings from coast-to-coast-to-coast to hear from British Columbians who are struggling to afford rent or an affordable place to live, builders, and labour groups, to find solutions to the housing crisis.

“Housing prices have skyrocketed since Justin Trudeau took power,” said Morrison. “Instead of fixing the housing affordability crisis that Kootenay-Columbians are facing over the last six years, the Liberals have doubled-down on a failing system that favours foreign buyers.”

Since the Liberals formed government in 2015, the average price of a home in Canada has doubled — from $434,500 to $868,400. In the last year alone, the average price of a home has jumped by a staggering 29.2 per cent. This is making the dream of home ownership unattainable for families and young people across Canada and is driving the sky-high rent costs we are seeing in cities across Canada, Morrison noted in a media release.

“Kootenay-Columbians simply can’t afford anymore of Justin Trudeau’s failures,” said Morrison.

“As the voice of British Columbians left behind by the NDP-Liberal government, Conservatives will continue to fight for families and young people across Canada who are struggling to afford rent and are giving up on home ownership. We’ll bring people together to find solutions to the housing crisis and work tirelessly to present common-sense solutions,” he said.

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