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Provincial governments bottlenecking homebuilding, ‘report card’ says

By The Canadian Press

Updated: May 29, 2025 at 11:55AM EDT

Published: May 29, 2025 at 6:03AM EDT

A new report card gives poor grades to Canada's provinces on encouraging quality home construction. New housing construction is shown in Markham, Ont. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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