Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Monday morning at a breakfast even hosted by Ottawa's mayor with a menu of announcements including more details on what the federal housing plan will mean for Ottawa.

The Liberals launched the Build Canada Homes agency in September, promising a $13-billion fund to help construct affordable housing across the country. Among the first sites is a vacant federal government campus on Heron Road .

On Monday, Carney told an audience at Ottawa's Rogers Centre that the city and the federal government will spend $400 million to build up to 3,000 new units in residential buildings that will be rated either partly or entirely affordable.

The city will help by cutting fees and property taxes for projects on federal lands, while Canadian building materials will

See Full Page