Goal set to see 72.5% of Canadians be homeowners by 2020, up from 69%, thus supporting demand curve further and increasing net worth of Canadians
VAUGHAN, Ont. — Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper continued his bid for the middle class electorate on Tuesday, declaring home ownership “one of the most unmistakable marks of economic success” and vowing to increase the number of Canadian homeowners by 700,000 by 2020.
The end goal, according to the Conservative Party, is to push Canada’s homeownership rate to 72.5 per cent, up from 66 per cent in 2001, and 69.0 per cent in 2011.
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