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Deputy PM Freeland brings promise of ‘housing, housing, housing’ to B.C.

Freeland, who is also finance minister, met with Premier David Eby Monday in Victoria
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Premier David Eby met with Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday afternoon prior to next month’s federal budget. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday said “housing, housing, housing” will dominate the upcoming federal budget prior to an afternoon meeting with B.C. Premier David Eby.

But she didn’t offer any specific details.

“I think that (housing) is the centre of the concerns of so many Canadians,” she said. “I think we really need to work hard as country to get more homes built faster,” she added.

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Wolf Depner

About the Author: Wolf Depner

I joined the national team with Black Press Media in 2023 from the Peninsula News Review, where I had reported on Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula since 2019.
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