New, Mike-less episode! Cara and Sabrina answer your questions on housing affordability, immigration, downsizing, social isolation, wage stagnation, the Greenbelt, and why building more βmissing middleβ housing is so difficult in Canada.
Watch here: https://t.co/rJk7KNe15P
@coopincanada@ToddStottlemyre I had forgotten about the June draft. Took me a minute, as I was thinking "how on earth did the Jays have a 3rd overall pick in 85?"
@jfb_nott Thanks - to be clear (and I probably didn't state it as clearly as possible), I think the same political forces that created these deferral programs makes a progressive property tax unlikely.
It's a political challenge, not an economic one.
A fun, wonky episode today! We talk about why primary residences are exempt from capital gains taxes. The logic behind the exemption, the history behind it, and how similar exemptions exist in most (but not all) countries.
Watch here: https://t.co/hnQxRvWALl
We're prepping for tonight's live podcast event tonight at the National Club in Toronto on 303 Bay St. Come join us - there's still a few tickets left here:
https://t.co/m26p6J18vK
I was assured that our stagnant GDP per capita was just a statistical artifact from population growth.
Yet now pop growth is stagnant, so is GDP growth.