The Ontario Liberals are urging the Ford government to drop its share of the harmonized sales tax on all new homes, pushing a policy Premier Doug Ford briefly flirted with over the summer before abandoning it.

Hot on the heels of the release of new housing data, which shows Ontario has built only 26 per cent of its housing goal so far this year, the Liberals said the province needs to take drastic measures to turn the tide.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation figures, published this week, revealed Ontario is now the only province in the country where housing starts are lower this year than they were in 2024.

“When you’re this far behind, you don’t jog, you sprint,” Ontario Liberal MPP Adil Shamji said.

The policy pitched by the Liberals on Thursday calls for the province to dro

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