The secret to a successful growth agenda? Don't talk about it
Here’s a motivating question to get our policymakers thinking in the right direction: what would it take for Canada to achieve a $200,000 per capita GDP by 2050?
Inclusionary zoning might not be the free lunch we've been promised
As inclusionary zoning becomes law, we should expect to see less land being sold to developers, less development activity, and less new housing being completed every year.
Chris Spoke: Don’t overthink it. The solution to our housing problem is to build more
Some people reject the simple explanation to a simple problem and think that new housing supply will not improve the situation. They think the real problem is that housing has become “financialized.” Don’t buy it.
Chris Spoke: Toronto’s housing problem is becoming a sci-fi nightmare
There are countless Canadians who view big city housing prices as an insurmountable obstacle to participating in these lucrative labour markets.
Chris Spoke: Why does it cost so much to build transit infrastructure in Canada?
We spend a lot of time talking about how to pay for transit in Canada but we don’t spend nearly as much time talking about how to pay less for transit. And maybe we should.