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By Wolfgang Depner British Columbia’s housing minister Christine Boyle says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement to build more housing on federal lands is a “good start” but does not include any B.C. projects. Carney said Sunday that the newly created Build Canada Homes agency will oversee plans to build 4,000 homes on six federally owned sites, but none of them are located in B.C. Boyle says in a written statement that B.C. has an “abundance of shovel ready affordable housing projects,” adding that the province looks forward to hearing which projects will eventually receive federal funding. Boyle, who became minister of housing and municipal affairs in July 17 following her role as minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, says she is “glad to see surplus federal land being used for… <\/p>\n

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By Wolfgang Depner British Columbia’s housing minister Christine Boyle says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement to build more housing on federal lands is a “good start” but does not include any B.C. projects. Carney said Sunday that the newly created Build Canada Homes agency will oversee plans to build 4,000 homes on six federally owned sites, but none of them are located in B.C. Boyle says in a written statement that B.C. has an “abundance of shovel ready affordable housing projects,” adding that the province looks forward to hearing which projects will eventually receive federal funding. Boyle, who became minister of housing and municipal affairs in July 17 following her role as minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, says she is “glad to see surplus federal land being used for... <\/p>\n

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