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Back to SearchHow Pre-Approved Home Designs Could Help Affordability
Season 1 Episode 14
In a throwback to the post-war era, Trudeau's federal government is looking into creating a catalogue of pre-approved home designs that they hope wil…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why You Should Care About (and Understand) Bond Yields
Season 1 Episode 13
Canadian bond yields have been fairly volatile in recent weeks...but what does that even mean, and why does it matter to anyone outside of the financ…
2 years, 6 months ago
How the BC Housing Minister is Going Big on Housing Supply
Season 1 Episode 12
British Columbia's Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon joins Mike and Cara to talk about the big plans his government has to make it easier for developers t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Trudeau Liberals' Fall Economic Statement Earns a C- Grade
Season 1 Episode 11
Justin Trudeau's government released its Fall Economic Statement this week, introducing what Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland called meaty measures…
2 years, 7 months ago
Green Leader Mike Schreiner on Fixing Housing in Ontario
Season 1 Episode 9
Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner joined Mike and Cara to talk about his two private member's bills that aim to increase housing supply, as w…
2 years, 8 months ago
Is Ontario Setting Up Cities to Fail Their Housing Targets?
Season 1 Episode 10
The provincial government has set the target of 1.5 million homes in the province over a 10-year period. That involves major increases in the rate of…
2 years, 8 months ago
How Realistic is this Housing Plan Anyway?
Season 1 Episode 8
The Ontario NDP and Olivia Chow both recently released their housing plans. They're both big budget projects, but with wildly different calculations …
2 years, 8 months ago
Are Development Charges Fair to Millennials and Gen Z?
Season 1 Episode 7
A lot of politicians say that development charges are paid for out of the pockets of big developers, and save taxpayers from footing the bill for inf…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ontario Towns and Cities Debate Zoning for Multiplexes
Season 1 Episode 6
When the Ontario government put together a Housing Affordability Task Force to advise them on housing policy, they got the advice to up-zone the whol…
2 years, 8 months ago
How the Left and Right Approach Economics These Days
Season 1 Episode 5
Since Mike Moffatt has advised Justin Trudeau, and Sean Speer has advised Stephen Harper, we thought it would be fun to get them in a (virtual) room …
2 years, 9 months ago