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Chris Spoke

By Chris Spoke

Chris Spoke is a real estate investor and the founder of August, a Toronto-based agency that designs and builds digital products.

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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP.
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To Mars and beyond: Conservatives must embrace an abundance agenda

A common sense, supply-side abundance agenda is necessary to streamline, deregulate, and enable us to build an ambitious and innovative future.

Chris Spoke - Posted on August 9, 2022
A framer works on a new house under construction in Airdrie, Alta., Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press.
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Ontario needs to build 2.75 million homes by 2030—Here's how to do it

To restore 2003-04 levels of housing affordability, we would need to see 2.75-million homes built by 2030—not even a decade away. Here’s how to make that happen.

Chris Spoke - Posted on July 21, 2022
Framers work on a new house under construction in Airdrie, Alta., Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press.
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The federal government can and should tackle the housing crisis head-on

The housing affordability crisis could in theory be resolved by municipal governments. But it hasn’t. There are solutions the federal government can pursue that don’t require bigger government.

Chris Spoke - Posted on May 9, 2022
In this photo taken using a drone, homes under construction are seen in a new suburb, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 in Ottawa.  Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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It's no wonder housing is so expensive. We don't build anything

Unlocking “missing middle” housing development is necessary to revive the dream of homeownership for young, middle-class, and immigrant families.

Chris Spoke - Posted on April 5, 2022
Home under construction are seen in a new subdivision in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, on Friday, July 30, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Five excellent recommendations from Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force report

Recommendations in a report are fine but what we really need is legislative and regulatory action to ensure they are enacted.

Chris Spoke - Posted on February 10, 2022
A visitor takes a photo of the Aeromobil, a flying car from Slovakia, during the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo.
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Why the future we were promised never arrived

How do we get out of this predicament and kickstart a return to the future?

Chris Spoke - Posted on January 28, 2022
Builders work on the roof of a home in a new subdivision in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, on Friday, July 30, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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This election is an opportunity for Ontario to get serious about housing

Allowing for more development of missing middle housing is key to addressing the province’s housing affordability crisis.

Chris Spoke - Posted on December 14, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives on a construction site in Toronto on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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Doug Ford's path to victory this election? Housing

A clear and compelling campaign theme is emerging for the Progressive Conservatives: It’s time to build.

Chris Spoke - Posted on November 1, 2021
Canadians spend too much money and time on infrastructure and people spend more time in traffic, two things that stifle growth. J.P. Moczulski/The Canadian Press.
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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?

Chris Spoke - Posted on August 4, 2021
Construction cranes feature on the skyline in Toronto on July 5, 2017. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press.
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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 - Posted on July 22, 2021
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