Interviewer: Do you accept that immigration is inflaming the housing crisis?
Pierre Poilievre: It’s very simple math. If you have more families coming than you have houses for them it’s going to inflate housing prices.
Text on screen: The math doesn’t show what Pierre Poilievre says.
In cities across Canada, rents are soaring even where immigration is low.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 2023
No. of immigrants: 1,224
Population increase: 0.4%
Rent increase: 8%
Moncton, New Brunswick, 2023
No. of immigrants: 3,500
Pop. increase: 2%
Rent: 22.4%
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 2023
No. of immigrants: 700
Pop. increase: 3.6%
Rent increase: 8.6%
Red Deer, Alberta, 2023
No. of immigrants: 1,300
Pop. increase: 1.2%
Rent increase: 35%
Quebec City, Quebec, 2023
No. of immigrants: 18,494
Pop. increase: 2.1%
Rent: 18.9%
Blaming immigrants for housing unaffordability distracts from its real culprits: corporate landlords and investors.
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Poilievre comes across as very unqualified, just like the other party leaders