1. No there's no room. Many of the existing urban centres are pretty much "built out" and no more McMansions for everyone. Maybe we could build an apartment for

1. No there's no room. Many of the existing urban centres are pretty much "built out" and no more McMansions for everyone. Maybe we could build an apartment for everyone, and a townhouse for many. This is the core reason why prices have spiked up so much. 2. There's actually not a lot of lumber. Mills are closing and lumber towns are dying. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives-bc-logs-1.6419399 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-cen... https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/18/Running-Empty-BC-Forestry-Crash/ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/18/Running-Empty-BC-Fore... 3. People and the courts have come to realize that the "massive amounts of government land" are not actually the government's to give away. In many cases these lands are unceded by indigenous First Nations who are wrestling back control of their title and natural resources. All of this means that future use of the land is more complex than it may seem.