This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the federal Cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, including its focus on the country’s housing crisis. They also discuss new polling that finds a majority of Canadians believe that Prime Minister Trudeau should step down.
The fight over new housing permissions is ultimately a fight for the future. The strategies and tactics proposed for that fight are critical and should be critically considered, as are the conviction and will of the fighter.
The priority today must be to unblock the restrictions at all levels of government that prevent our private sector from building. That’s it. In many cases, those restrictions come packaged in policies called “green standards” or “sustainable design requirements”, but these all add up to more bureaucracy, more costs, and fewer units of housing getting built.
It’s difficult to see how Israel could settle on a written constitution amid the current turmoil. If the Court invalidates Netanyahu’s reforms, as it is widely rumoured to be inclined to do, it’s difficult to see how Israeli society will recover from the crisis.
After decades of maintaining a relatively harmonious balance between high levels of immigration and social welfare, Canada finally appears to be at the precipice of the Sophie’s Choice-esque dilemma that has long plagued other Western societies.
This episode’s featured guests are the Hub Roundtable’s Rudyard Griffiths, executive director at The Hub, and Sean Speer, editor-at-large. With the series’ host, Amanda Lang, they discuss the Business of Government series’ key takeaways including growing questions about Canadian state capacity, the risks of government complacency, and the need to inject energy and dynamism into Canada’s governments.
When it comes to the housing market, demand matters as much as supply. Indicating to the market that demand via population growth will be lower for the foreseeable future would lower shelter prices today and is a win.
There are common sense improvements to be made to Canada’s licensing system. To accomplish them, however, the government will need to view legal gun owners as allies, not cheap political targets.
Discarding an established and functional energy-delivery system and replacing it in a few short years with something completely new in order to achieve “net zero” is fraught with risk and enormous expense.
Barstool Sports is one of the most successful entertainment platforms in the internet age. It’s popularity, particularly among young men, signals a growing shift in how many are engaging with politics and culture.
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