The feds don't really get a say in home building, it's up to the provinces like Ontario who aren't really feeling the pressure to do anything, after rejecting the most impactful recommendations from a recent task force on affordability [1].

The NIMBY mayors of cities such as Mississauga pushed back [2] and the province has effectively backed down.

[1] - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-doug-ford-hou...

[2] - https://twitter.com/BonnieCrombie/status/1507080290602299392

and also build more jobs, nicer neighborhoods and everything else that makes some areas more expensive than others

Problem is urban sprawl has reached its limit so more homes means more apartments. And millennials accustomed to freestanding houses in suburbs will continue to rent houses and ignore the new apartments while claiming there is still a housing crisis.

That only works if people are living in all the homes.