Reporters are grumpy because the story is already out but that turns out to be the least of Trudeau’s worries. As he launches into his sales pitch for his new housing plan, he is heckled aggressively by a young man in a red t-shirt. “You had six years to do something. You’ve done nothing,” the protester bellowed, knocking the Liberal leader off-stride with his boisterousness. “These houses are worth $1.5 million. Are you going to help us pay $1.5 million? Are you, buddy?”
The man was surrounded by Liberal supporters and eventually persuaded to leave by the cops, his point made and that of the press conference forgotten momentarily.
The incident was noteworthy from several angles.
It’s all well and good for Trudeau to say that the housing market has been afflicted by instability and uncertainty, and that “it’s time for things to change”. But the statute of limitations on blaming the Harper Conservatives for soaring house prices when you have been running the country for the past six years appears to be running out. Demand has exceeded supply for years, with very little response from Ottawa.
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