How can a huge country, largely comprised of undeveloped wilderness, experience one the most profound housing affordability crisis in living memory? Rhys and Jesse wander through the bizarre political landscape that has seen a nation sleepwalk into a manufactured, avoidable crisis, maintained by an unwillingness by leaders to take bold action. And other stuff.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Towns_Act_1946

https://www.statista.com/statistics/198040/total-number-of-canadian-housing-starts-since-1995/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/06/19/How-Developers-Sway-Vancouver-Elections/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/04/03/investigations/developers-ties-ford-government-benefit-highway-413

https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/industry-innovation-and-leadership/industry-expertise/affordable-housing/about-affordable-housing/affordable-housing-in-canada

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