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News // ‘Our biggest challenge is labour’: Reaction to Ottawa’s ambitious plan to build millions of homes

‘Our biggest challenge is labour’: Reaction to Ottawa’s ambitious plan to build millions of homes

From CTV News: “The Liberals laid out a strategy Tuesday [April 16] to add almost four million homes by 2031.

“The Construction Association of Nova Scotia is happy to see such a focus on housing in the budget, but its president and CEO says keeping up with demand is almost impossible.

“Our biggest challenge is labour, of course, and having the people to build all the housing. It could be single family, it could be multi-residential. It’s just a people game right now,” said Duncan Williams.

“We’re doing a great job bringing new people into Canada. We need to do a much better job at bringing people into Canada who have construction-related experience,” said Williams.”

Read more: Click here for the full story from CTV News.

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