The long-awaited Federal Budget has arrived, and Canada’s housing crisis is the star of the multi-billion-dollar show. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons; front and centre are ways to address soaring housing prices throughout the country, boost supply, and tackle investor speculation.

The federal Liberal government has closed the door to foreign homebuyers for two years — and the move has left industry experts shaking their heads. As CTV broke yesterday, the Liberal’s 2022 budget allegedly includes a commitment to make it illegal for foreigners to buy any residential properties in Canada for the next two years.

A group of seven Toronto residents’ associations don’t want garden suites in their (or their neighbours’) backyards, thank you very much. At least, they don’t want what they claim is a one-size-fits all approach that they say characterizes the City of Toronto’s recent decision to allow garden suites on properties of all types across the city.