Mike Moffatt

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These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario

These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario

Ontario is experiencing a host of problems, from rates of homelessness not seen in decades to the net loss of 100,000 residents to other provinces over the past four years. Many of these problems share a root cause: homebuilding that lags the rest of the country. This is not a recent phenomenon. Over the past six years Ontario is in...

The federal Liberals were right to limit the TFW program. Now they need to go farther

The federal Liberals were right to limit the TFW program. Now they need to go farther

Earlier this week, the federal government reversed their 2022 deregulation of the Temporary Foreign Worker program. This means that outside of a few industries, the proportion of temporary foreign workers (TFW) a firm can have has been reduced back to 10 per cent, and firms in urban areas can no longer apply to get a temporary foreign worker if the...

Justin Trudeau’s government radically transformed Canada’s temporary foreign worker program. Young people and low wage workers are paying the price

Justin Trudeau’s government radically transformed Canada’s temporary foreign worker program. Young people and low wage workers are paying the price

If you know a young person who struggled to find a summer job they are not alone. This has been the worst summer on record for youth employment outside of the pandemic. Many factors — from a weak economy to a population boom of young people — are at play with one of the largest being the federal government’s 202...

We’ll stay stuck in this housing crisis until we do these two things

We’ll stay stuck in this housing crisis until we do these two things

Record population growth. Falling housing construction. These are the ingredients of Ontario’s housing crisis, which continues to worsen as rents across the Greater Toronto Area exceed $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment. The impact of population growth can hardly be overstated. In the last 36 months, the province has experienced a decade’s worth of population growth, growing by 1.2 million people...