CMHC tracks housing starts and construction costs nationally, and that cost pressure is exactly the kind of input that shows up in whether a conversion or new-build project pencils out at all for a developer.
Joel Dyck, a REALTOR® with Real Broker SK Ltd. in Saskatoon, notes the counterargument matters too: supporters of a mandate say it protects wages and training standards, and any such requirement here would be a developer's own contracting choice or tied to a specific public incentive, not a blanket City of Saskatoon rule.
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