Lindsay Blair: Building rural key to solving Canada’s housing crisis

Lindsay Blair: Canada’s housing crisis is national, but solutions too often focus on big cities alone. Rural and small-town Canada also face urgent housing shortages, compounded by aging infrastructure, inherently less capital spending ability, and a limited rental supply which took a large hit during COVID-19. These communities can deliver more housing, faster, and at far less cost per unit than urban builds if given the funding to do so…