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Ottawa will revamp a WWII-era housing plan to speed up the pace of home building in Canada, Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced on Tuesday.

Fraser confirmed Global News’ report from Monday that the federal government was dusting off a program nearly 80 years ago run by what was at the time known as Wartime Housing Ltd. to provide standardized housing blueprints to builders. The minister added the variety of homes offered would be built in a cost- and labour-effective way.

“In many instances, these homes were being built in a period of about 36 hours, and we intend to take these lessons from our history books and bring them into the 21st century,” Fraser told reporters in Ottawa. “We are going to be moving forward with a catalogue of pre-approved designs at the federal level.”

Consultations for the program will begin in January 2024.

Plus, other federal ministers spoke at the press conference, including Health Minister Mark Holland, who said the government's dental care plan is important because if left untreated, dental problems could manifest into more severe health outcomes. Apart from personal suffering, they could lead to downtime of people rather than contributing to the economy, he said.

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