Ottawa is building homes hands over fists. The problem is that the houses are out in the (distant) suburbs and the jobs aren't. They're downtown or in the northwest suburbs... So, as nobody permits WFH, the commute is going to start looking like a parking lot for a bunch of hours each day.

And I doubt they want affordable 300 sq ft condos or 1200 sq ft houses. These kinds of things were one of the reasons housing was cheap "back then". 6x inflation since the early 70's and 2-3x house size makes a big number.