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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
Sure, in theory we probably could ramp up construction sufficiently to meet demand (in much the same way that we could mobilize an entire society to beat the Axis in WWII) but it would take a massive, coordinated effort and centralised reallocation of labour and resources and reorientation of our economy to one primary focused on the construction of homes. Which then begs the question of: why? What do we actually gain from extreme population growth, and is it worth allocating a disproportionately high amount of resources just to house that growth?
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I wonder not just about why, but whether Canada has the capacity to do this right now. This country is struggling with inflation and a general difficulty building new housing and infrastructure. The immigration rate is much easier to fix with government policy levers than the housing supply and infrastructure.
After WW2 Canada did have the government and private capacity to quickly and efficiently execute large housing projects.
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