Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson was in Toronto to announce federal funding for the city’s sewer infrastructure and the first Build Canada Homes project

The federal housing minister wouldn’t commit Tuesday to a Liberal election campaign promise to push cities to cut the fees that help fund local infrastructure.

In Toronto for an announcement, Housing Minister Gregor Robertson did not answer directly when asked whether the Liberals are still committed to their promise to cut municipal development charges in half to lower the cost of homebuilding.

“Development charges are a significant challenge for the cost of building across Canada, and that’s why we made a commitment to reduce those charges,” Robertson said.

“We initially were looking at 50 per cent reduction

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