Steve Lafleur

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion: Governments shouldn't house the middle classOpinion · National Post · Sep 8, 2023
• Opinion: Canada’s housing policy is failing citizens and newcomers alikeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 27, 2023
• Opinion: Canada’s housing and immigration policies are at oddsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 9, 2023
• Opinion: Tough talk on the housing crisis needs to be followed up with action in 2023Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2022
• Steve Lafleur: Doug Ford is giving urbanists what they want, but they still complainOpinion · National Post · Dec 20, 2022
• Opinion: Toronto's development charge increase will make housing even less affordableOpinion · National Post · Nov 18, 2022
• Opinion: Canada needs more rental housing, but the feds might make it harder to buildOpinion · National Post · Sep 30, 2022
• Opinion: Queen’s Park’s 'strong mayor' reforms pass the buck on housingOpinion · National Post · Aug 18, 2022
• Opinion: To solve Toronto’s housing crisis, we must end restrictive single-family zoning policiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 9, 2022
• Opinion | ‘Inclusionary zoning’ is more likely to kill — rather than create — the construction of much-needed housingOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 24, 2021
• Opinion | Housing or golf? Ford government thwarts development during housing crisis in the GTAOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 31, 2021
• Opinion: Red tape – not greedy companies – is the real cause of Canada’s housing crisisOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 4, 2021
• LAFLEUR: Condo booms still aren’t enough to satisfy housing demandOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 19, 2020
• Opinion: Two proposed projects - one in Ontario, one in B.C. - throw renters a lifelineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2020
• Opinion: Alberta's decade of fiscal pain comes to an endOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 6, 2020
• Opinion: Alberta's decade of fiscal pain comes to an endOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 6, 2020
• Opinion: Alberta's decade of fiscal pain comes to an endOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 6, 2020
• Opinion: Alberta's decade of fiscal pain comes to an endOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 6, 2020
• Opinion: Alberta's decade of fiscal pain comes to an endOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 6, 2020
• Opinion: Even a weakened Alberta props up federal financesOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 20, 2019
• Lafleur: Alberta can't afford to not cut corporate taxesOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 14, 2019
• Opinion: Notley's path to balance budget is far from 'clear'Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 31, 2019
• Opinion: Making Quebec a 'have' province is a worthy goalOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 14, 2018
• Toronto is changing — it might as well be for the betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 7, 2018
• Toronto is changing — it might as well be for the better | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 7, 2018
• Opinion: Restrain gov't worker compensation to help fix Alberta's budgetOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 13, 2018
• Opinion: Blame Alberta's fiscal mess on overspending, not equalizationOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 22, 2018
• Opinion: Restoring Alberta's tax advantage is challenging but vitalOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 22, 2018
• A national inquiry would empower First Nation womenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 16, 2014
• The Beer Store’s faulty argumentOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 14, 2014
• The roots of Toronto’s budget crisisOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 17, 2011