B.C. Housing Minister risks seeing progress undone in high-stakes election

Ravi Kahlon’s campaign office in Delta, B.C., doesn’t have a large sign out front. Instead, it has a large decorative steel frame that outlines the shape of a house. That’s an accident of strip-mall architecture, but the branding works fine: Mr. Kahlon is Minister of Housing in the current New Democratic Party government, and his portfolio is top-of-mind for voters ahead of the Oct. 19 election.The stakes are high. Mr. Kahlon has helped David Eby’s government lead the way on housing policy in Canada. They’ve significantly increased housing starts, helping slightly drive rents down; added social housing; and made savvy policy shifts to deliver better homes.