John Manley appears live on BNN Bloomberg to discuss why recent federal announcements on housing and grocery prices came as the Liberals are feeling the heat over their re-election prospects. The federal government announced it would cut the GST from new rental builds and called on grocery executives to deliver a plan within weeks to stabilize food prices.
John said the shift away from focusing on boosting saving methods to look at boosting housing supply is positive– but he questioned the focus on food prices at the grocery level.