Ottawa Housing & Land Meetup — Blog Recap (June 24, 2026)
Source: https://www.commonwealth.ca/blog/ottawa-meetup-2026 Posted: June 30, 2026 (Ken Yang shared in commonwealth) Event Date: June 24, 2026
Summary
Common Wealth Canada held a Housing and Land Value Tax meetup in Ottawa on June 24, 2026. Liam Wilkinson and Ken Yang debuted a Monopoly-themed interactive presentation (see Google Slides link in commonwealth).
Organizing Partners
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Common Wealth Canada (commonwealth.ca) — Advances policy ideas turning publicly created wealth into broad public benefit: land value return, sovereign wealth funds. Focuses on capturing economic rents from land, natural resources, technology, and finance.
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Henry George Foundation of Canada (earthsharing.ca) — Promotes ideas of economist Henry George: land value taxation, public capture of economic rent. Connects land, tax reform, and shared prosperity.
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Ottawa Community Land Trust (oclt.ca) — Non-profit preserving/increasing affordable housing in Ottawa. Acquires rental properties, secures land for future housing, partners with local groups.
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Make Housing Affordable (makehousingaffordable.ca) — Pro-housing advocacy group in Ottawa. “Six Big Moves” platform: more homes, fight sprawl, practical housing solutions.
Key Reference
Colin Bruce Anthes (Community Wealth Candidates founder) penned an article in Canadian Dimension: “In Canada’s housing policy circles, the land crisis remains unmentionable” — https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/in-canadas-housing-policy-circles-the-land-crisis-remains-unmentionable
Connection to Brain
- Builds on the Ottawa meetup event prep (see meetings/2026-06-23 and meetings/2026-06-25)
- Monopoly presentation concept first shared in commonwealth on June 22
- Partners: Ottawa CLT (Frank Peddle board connection), Henry George Foundation, Make Housing Affordable
- Colin Bruce Anthes is a new contact to track — Community Wealth Candidates founder