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New townhomes and condo buildings are seen in Delta, B.C., with Mount Baker in Washington state in the distance, in July 2024. Community land trusts could be a game-changer in Canada’s affordable housing crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Turning houses into homes: Community land trusts offer a fix to Canada’s housing crisis

Alexandra Flynn, University of British Columbia

Canada treats land as a tradeable asset, forgetting it’s the foundation for homes, communities and stability. If the country is serious about solving the housing crisis, it must change that.
Tents at an encampment in Crab Park, Vancouver, in August 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

British Columbia’s proposed bill on ‘alternative shelter’ risks doing serious harm to unhoused people

Stepan Wood, University of British Columbia; Alexandra Flynn, University of British Columbia, and Estair Van Wagner, University of Victoria

If passed, B.C.’s Bill 45 will trample over the constitutional rights of unhoused people by ignoring shelter barriers, Indigenous rights and the need for daytime shelter
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a visit to an apartment complex under construction in Hamilton, Ont., on July 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

Housing is a direct federal responsibility, contrary to what Trudeau said. Here’s how his government can do better.

Carolyn Whitzman, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Alexandra Flynn, University of British Columbia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments about housing not being the primary responsibility of the federal government miss the mark.
Chief Archie Waquan responds to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on whether the government has a duty to consult Indigenous people on legislation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken

Let Indigenous treaties – not the duty to consult – lead us to reconciliation

Alexandra Flynn, University of Toronto and Clara MacCallum Fraser, York University, Canada

Rather than the duty to consult, governments should proactively engage with Indigenous treaties or other locally relevant treaties, agreements, laws and relationships at all stages of law-making.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford returns to the provincial legislature during a midnight session to debate the bill that cut the size of Toronto city council from 47 representatives to 25 in September 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Toronto must keep fighting Doug Ford – for the good of democracy

Estair Van Wagner, York University, Canada and Alexandra Flynn, University of Toronto

City council is a level of government deserving of recognition and autonomy. That’s why Toronto must continue to fight Ontario’s attempt to exert its will over the city.

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