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James Hardwick

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What if productivity isn’t the problem?

Canada’s pampered private sector has stalled progress for decades. It’s time to rewrite the rules of the economy

16.08.2025 2

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Mark Carney is no wartime homebuilder

The PM’s market-oriented solutions bear little resemblance to the wartime housing policies he claims are his inspiration

17.06.2025 10

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What we really mean when we talk about solving the housing crisis

Despite billions spent, the housing crisis persists. It’s time to ask what problem our politicians are really trying to solve

07.06.2025 6

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The supply and demand myth of housing

Simply building new homes isn’t enough to solve the housing crisis—what we build and for whom matters a lot more

20.05.2025 10

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Federal housing plans keep us trapped in a no-win situation

A critical examination of the federal parties’ housing promises

06.05.2025 4

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Rent control goes a long way to solving the housing crisis

Canada’s history shows rent control works—it’s time to bring it back

12.04.2025 4

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Why landlords need to be regulated

No power in the country can stop a landlord from being a landlord. It’s time to change that

05.04.2025 5

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I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to

Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term

18.03.2025 30

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Zoning deregulation won’t fix the housing crisis

Single-family detached zoning is a problem, but real estate profiteers are not the solution

14.01.2025 8

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Decriminalization is only half the story

Drug liberalization reduced overdose rates in Europe. Why isn’t it working here?

10.12.2024 3

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Safer supply is under attack when we need it most

This vital form of harm reduction is a centuries-old public health initiative that saves lives. We need it now more than ever

04.12.2024 4

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Involuntary treatment is a policy fad destined to failure

Legislated sobriety doesn’t do much for people experiencing addiction, but it works wonders for private health care companies

04.11.2024 2

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Why the National Housing Strategy failed

Under the Liberal’s housing plan prices are set at what rentiers can charge—not what renters can afford

22.10.2024 10

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We’ve solved the housing crisis before. We can do it again

Pierre Trudeau made housing an instrument of economic justice. Fifty years later his son remade it as an engine of inequality

08.10.2024 3

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Your debt is their asset

How federal housing policy has turned our mortgage system into an engine of inequality

23.09.2024 3

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Boomer landlords are holding housing hostage

Inadequate pensions are driving a generational contest for Canada’s housing stock

05.09.2024 1

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‘Mom-and-pop’ landlords are risking everything—including the economy

Our homes must once again be places where we live. They can no longer be sites of exploitation

21.08.2024 20

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The REIT-ification of housing

Canada’s emerging housing oligopoly

07.08.2024 3

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