Canada is facing a housing crisis that is impacting lives and communities across the country. We need to build more homes, faster, to solve today's challenge and meet the demand of a growing Canada.
Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, announced the launch of a consultation to source additional ideas on accelerating innovation and productivity in Canada's homebuilding industry.
The consultation will engage a broad range of stakeholders across the construction sector, academics and community leaders through a series of thematic roundtables, as well as solicit feedback from the general public through online submissions. The goal is to identify avenues to expedite homebuilding, provide new ideas to change the way homes are built and bring down housing costs for Canadians. The online consultation will be open until September 13, 2024.
The consultation will include:
- Enhancing productivity within Canada's housing ecosystem
- Incenting innovation and technology adoption
- Exploring the impacts of access to capital
- Strengthening supply chains
An expert panel, comprising experts from Canada's homebuilding sector, will support the consultation and provide advice to the ministers on how to boost the capacity of the industry. The panel is composed of the following members:
- Isabelle Demers, Vice-President, Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec
- Emma Kozak, Vice-President of Real Estate Lending, Royal Bank of Canada
- Kevin Lee, CEO, Canadian Home Builders' Association
- Bryce Nugent, Director, Modular Housing Association Prairie Provinces
- Carolyn Whitzman, Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa
