Barbara Yaffe: Liberals decline to seriously address affordability crisis

Facing overwhelming public pressure to introduce a budget that would tackle the Lower Mainland’s housing affordability crisis, B.C.’s finance minister surprised many on Tuesday by doing very little on that front. Responding to reporters’ questions before delivering his budget, minister Mike de Jong said he was not inclined to act in a way that would depress housing prices or discourage people from moving to B.C.

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