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Affordability, U.S. election to top agenda as federal cabinet meets in Montreal

The meetings come one week before the House of Commons resumes sitting following the holiday break
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks past members of his cabinet after speaking to reporters during the Liberal Cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. The federal cabinet will hear from a range of experts on housing, economics and Canada-U.S. relations over three days of meetings in Montreal next week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Federal cabinet ministers meeting in Montreal next week to prepare for the upcoming parliamentary sitting will be told that they simply cannot be too bold when it comes to solving Canada’s housing crisis or preparing for the impact of the next U.S. election.

“There’s no going too bold, there’s no action that it is too much. Absolutely, housing is in a crisis,” said Western University economics professor and housing expert Mike Moffatt, about what he plans to tell the cabinet in a presentation on Monday.

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