The last 10 years has been a non-stop parade of attempts to find any other explanation, any other solution, than the horror of allowing enough homes to exist in the places people want to live.

Setting more reasonable immigration quotas is faster than building houses.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ircc-immigration-housing-ca...

> Federal public servants warned the government two years ago that large increases to immigration could affect housing affordability and services, internal documents show.

> Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada analyzed the potential effects immigration would have on the economy, housing and services, as it prepared its immigration targets for 2023-2025.

> The federal government ultimately decided to increase the number of permanent residents Canada welcomes each year to 500,000 in 2025, a decision that drew considerable attention and scrutiny. That means that in 2025, Canada will welcome nearly twice as many permanent residents as it did in 2015.