Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁<p>The Vancouver Sun (Postmedia) fact checks a deceptive Conservative claim that housing starts fell under the Liberals:</p><p>“The fine print in a Tory graphic shows the figures only cover housing starts from January to March 2025, which industry observers note is a result of economic uncertainty caused by a global trade war started by the U.S.”</p><p><a href="https://vancouversun.com/news/federal-election-fact-check-conservatives-say-housing-starts-fell-under-liberals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vancouversun.com/news/federal-</span><span class="invisible">election-fact-check-conservatives-say-housing-starts-fell-under-liberals</span></a></p><p>There was actually a 50% jump under the Liberals compared to the Harper Government™.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ConservativeLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservativeLies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a></p>