Earlier today, the Conservative Party of Canada made the following housing policy announcement. If elected this fall, they would (copied verbatim from here):

• Fix the mortgage stress test to ensure that first-time homebuyers aren't unnecessarily prevented from accessing mortgages and work with OFSI to remove the stress test from mortgage renewals to give homeowners more options.

• Increase amortization periods on insured mortgages to 30 years for first-time homebuyers to lower monthly payments.

• Launch an inquiry into money laundering in the real estate sector and work with our industry partners to root out corrupt practices that inflate housing prices.

• Make surplus federal real estate available for development to increase the supply of housing.

There aren't a lot of details here, but Andrew Scheer did say that his party would eliminate the financing "

Earlier today, the Conservative Party of Canada made the following housing policy announcement. If elected this fall, they would (copied verbatim from here):

• Fix the mortgage stress test to ensure that first-time homebuyers aren't unnecessarily prevented from accessing mortgages and work with OFSI to remove the stress test from mortgage renewals to give homeowners more options.

• Increase amortization periods on insured mortgages to 30 years for first-time homebuyers to lower monthly payments.

• Launch an inquiry into money laundering in the real estate sector and work with our industry partners to root out corrupt practices that inflate housing prices.

• Make surplus federal real estate available for development to increase the supply of housing.

There aren't a lot of details here, but Andrew Scheer did say that his party would eliminate the financing "