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James HardwickCanadian Dimension |


Why your bank account feels the squeeze while GDP rises

The next crisis will be blamed on debtors, but it was engineered by speculators and their allies in government

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

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

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

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

A critical examination of the federal parties’ housing promises

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canada’s emerging housing oligopoly
