When Kyle Knoeck was in university, the Toronto planner lived in the very kind of housing that has now ensnarled Canadian politicians into a multi-billion-dollar dispute — the admired or admonished fourplex.
It’s the type of housing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to lure provinces and territories into mandating, this week offering access to a $6-billion infrastructure fund if a province requires its municipalities to allow fourplexes as a right — a move Ontario Premier Doug Ford has roundly rejected.