Toronto Housing & LVT Meetup with Eric Lombardi

Written By Ken Yang

On April 8th, 2026, Common Wealth Canada held a Housing and Land Value Tax meetup in partnership with Electric Mind and the Henry George Foundation of Canada.

Eric Lombardi — founder and former president of More Neighbours Toronto, former Chair of Build Toronto, and exploring a run for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership — gave a talk on how Ontario Can Still Win. We were also joined by Dr. Francis Peddle, President of the Henry George Foundation of Canada, and other members hailing from Ottawa.

Ken Yang of Common Wealth Canada opened with a talk on why our core affordability and productivity challenges all have land at the centre, and why key solutions involve reinvesting its value back into the public through tax replacement, land value capture, and dividends.

Among the attendees were some of Canada’s leading housing experts, Georgists, and advocates for intergenerational fairness. Thanks to Andrew Hunter for the camerawork and recording!

Ken’s slides

Eric’s slides

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to talk about how land use shapes Ontario’s economy. Hopefully the first in an “Ontario Can Still Win” series! Special shout out to @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social, @kenjaminyang.bsky.social and the Henry George Foundation for hosting.

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— Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) (@ericlombardi.ca) April 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM

We had a packed house for our Toronto Housing & LVT meetup with @ericlombardi.ca @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social Eric is someone to be paying attention to, for the sake of Canada's future generations. Read more

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— Ken Yang (@kenjaminyang.bsky.social) April 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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