Affordability, U.S. election to top agenda as federal cabinet meets in Montreal

OTTAWA – Federal cabinet ministers meeting in Montreal next week to prepare for the upcoming parliamentary sitting will be told that they simply cannot be too bold when it comes to solving Canada’s housing crisis or preparing for the impact of the next U.S. election. “There’s no going too bold, there’s no action that it is too much. Absolutely, housing is in a crisis,” said Western University economics professor and housing expert Mike Moffatt, about what he plans to tell the cabinet in a presentation on Monday. Moffatt is one of more than half a dozen experts who will provide advice to the cabinet on cost of living, the middle class and Canada-U.S. relations during a three-day retreat that kicks…