Lots of people claim Canada's housing crisis is really a global issue. But turns out: It is, in fact, made in Canada.

Today on the Missing Middle podcast, we compare Canada’s record to other OECD countries (spoiler: it’s not flattering).

Toronto's garden suite reforms have only produced 143 units since 2022. It's mind-blowing, considering the city's housing crisis, and it's time to fight back. @meredithmartin.bsky.social would like to see some housing advocates attend the council meeting on Oct. 22 to fight for progress.

I've been finding the narrative around the GST holiday fixing a "vibecession" incredibly offensive. It feels like our governments, economists and academics are gaslighting us when they say it's just perception.

We need to rethink how we talk about and measure the economy.

There are lots of provinces in Canada that aren't great at getting homes built, but Ontario is uniquely terrible at it.

We talk about what makes Ontario so bad at it. And yes, it's a lot of policy choices. It doesn't have to be this way!

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Whatever you think re: the necessity of Canada Post, this kind of fight is what's needed to stop what is basically the enshittification of work.

Standing up for future generations, despite paying for it now, is huge and something that a lot of people wouldn't do. Love to see it.

Today on the Missing Middle, we go over the four pathways to fixing the housing crisis that @MikePMoffatt unveiled in his latest research report.

These are actions that politicians could take right now if they want to fix cost of homes.

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The way we see it, any innovation that can get housing built faster is a win.

Today on the Missing Middle, we spoke to Nicholas Renzetti here at the Smart Prosperity Institute about the opportunities that mass timber provides for homebuilding and jobs.

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The housing crisis in many American cities helped Trump get elected.

It doesn't matter how well GDP or the stock market is doing. If people can't afford sufficient shelter, they're not going to believe you.

We talk about it on the Missing Middle today.

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On this week's Missing Middle podcast, we spoke to
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social's Eric Lombardi about Canada's soft corruption problem. Here, he talks about the cost of building transit per km, here vs. in Europe. The difference is staggering!

Infrastructure and homes in Canada are expensive and constantly going over their budgets.

@MoreNeighbours' founder @EricDLombardi says the problem is soft corruption. He outlines the issue and potential solutions in today's Missing Middle podcast.

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There's long been the idea of seniors living in poverty in Canada, and @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social explains that's the history of having so many programs geared towards giving seniors money. Some, they've paid into, but others, like Old Age Security, they haven't -- and aren't well-targeted at all.