‘It’s basically a sin to buy a house in Canada — we have to fix it’: CIBC’s Benjamin Tal

CIBC deputy chief economist

Benjamin Tal

tells the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn that the only thing we tax more than

housing in Canada

is tobacco and alcohol and Ottawa needs to fix this.

Tal also gives his outlook for the economy in 2026 which he says will be a transition year from “something bad” to “something better.”