"Reagan and Thatcher quite consciously set out to roll back social democracy. In Canada, this thinking led to the 1995 federal budget, which slashed federal spending on housing, among other things, and ultimately cut the full array of federal housing programs. Not only was responsibility for delivery downloaded to provincial and municipal governments, but it also prompted governments to increasingly treat homes as investment vehicles – financial instruments disconnected from the needs of people." Ed Broadbent https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-if-we-really-want-freedom-for-the-majority-then-we-must-support-social/
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