Ottawa, ON – Today, the Ethics Committee Chair confirmed that Conservatives had secured a meeting to discuss investigating the conflicts of interest arising from Carney’s plan to bail out developers and bankers with taxpayer dollars by purchasing unsold condominium units in British Columbia. 

On Sunday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for an ethics investigation into the condo bailout that will preserve high prices for developers, rather than lowering them for buyers. It’s another handout, bailout, carve-out to the Liberal club, who get all the benefits while Canadians are stuck holding the bill.

His call comes as Canadians are desperate for solutions that will actually build homes and lower prices after more than a decade of Liberal housing policies. While asking rents may have eased from their record highs in some markets, renters are still struggling to find a place they can afford. 

This was confirmed by Rental.ca’s Spring 2026 Renter Preference Survey, which found that affordability remains the number one challenge facing renters across the country. The survey paints a bleak picture: 70 per cent of renters say high rent prices are the biggest challenge in their housing search, far outweighing concerns about low supply or unsuitable listings. 

Nearly half of respondents earn less than $50,000 a year, making it even harder for them to absorb years of Liberal policies, taxes and inflation that drove up housing costs. Canadians are not moving because they want to; they are moving because they have to. The survey found 40 per cent of renters are looking for a new place to rent so they can afford it.

The gap between what Canadians can afford and what the market offers remains staggering. 42 per cent of renters are searching with a monthly budget below $1,500 per month, while the national average asking rent is $2,029 per month. In Vancouver, the average asking rent is $2,712, while renters in Toronto are paying an average of $2,512. 

Canadians are losing confidence that things will ever improve. Only about 25 per cent of renters expect rental prices to decline over the next six months. Most expect rents to remain high or rise even further. 

Carney promised to build half a million homes per year, but his own housing agency predicts homebuilding will decline 18 per cent as Canada is building only half what Carney promised. After pricing a generation of Canadians out of the housing market, we need more than Liberal illusions to restore the dream of ownership to millions of young Canadians. 

Canadians do not need more announcements that privatize the benefits for the Liberal club and socialize the losses onto young Canadians looking for a place to call home. It’s clear only Conservatives will restore affordability by removing gatekeepers, speeding up permitting and reducing red tape to get the housing we need built.