Plans to enlist the private market in military housing provision could help Canada’s department of National Defence reduce a growing shortfall between supply and demand.

The effort to unlock surplus federal land for housing is further away from welcoming new residents than the reported numbers may suggest, but the Auditor General of Canada concludes there has been progress.

A newly released audit of 20 select initiatives in the Canadian government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan concludes that just nine of them are on track to meet their targets.

New Brunswick's Auditor General calls for more clarity on the intended beneficiaries, costs and timelines for achieving promised actions in the provincial housing strategy.