The brand new housing and infrastructure minister – who co-founded the Joyful Planet natural juice firm earlier than transferring into politics in 2005 – is amongst 24 new faces in Carney’s Liberal cupboard unveiled Tuesday.

Carney says Robertson was on the workforce that developed his authorities’s housing coverage, which can take a look at how Ottawa may help get municipal prices down and “regulation out of the best way” so extra homes might be constructed.

Robertson was mayor of Vancouver from 2008 to 2018, after beforehand serving as a member of the B.C. legislature for the provincial New Democrats.

He returns to politics after profitable Vancouver Fraserview–South Burnaby for the Liberals with 52% of the vote

Federal Opposition Chief Pierre Poilievre says Robertson’s report on housing is that costs ballooned throughout his tenure as mayor, giving town the costliest housing costs in North America.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Company information present that in Robertson’s time as mayor of the Metropolis of Vancouver, the typical value of single-family and semi-detached properties rose 179% throughout the broader Metro Vancouver space.

Housing was a key platform level for Carney through the election, together with a promise to double the speed of residential building over the subsequent decade to achieve 500,000 properties per 12 months.

“We’re going to have to vary how we construct. And lots of that experience, not completely, however lots of it has really been developed in British Columbia,” Carney mentioned.

“Minister Robertson may be very aware of it. We’re going to include that, however in a pan-Canadian technique to actually drive this.”

Robertson additionally turns into minister answerable for Pacific financial growth.

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