On Point With Alex Pierson

Canada's housing market has become our national obsession, and with good reason. Years of skyrocketing prices are now meeting surging mortgage rates, and the result is some of the least affordable housing in the world. What's driving that affordability crisis, and what comes next? On this episode of Free Lunch by The Peak, we speak with Mike Moffatt, a Senior Director at the Smart Prosperity Institute and Assistant Professor at Ivey Business School. Mike argues that a lack of supply is the key driver of expensive housing in Canada—we get into the details of why that is and some of the ways our dysfunctional housing market warps our economy. Click the link to hear more - https://link.chtbl.com/freelunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Dr. Sarah Eaton, a professor at the University of Calgary and an academic integrity expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Leanne Mathewson, Couponer and saving expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jane Meadus, elder law and health lawyer with the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and member of the technical committee that wrote the standards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jeremy Eckert Devine, a psychiatry resident at McMaster University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Leilani Farha, human rights lawyer and global director of The Shift, an international initiative that advocates for the right to housing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Trevor Townsend, organizer with Be RationalTO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Betty Vavougios, president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Noah Shack, VP at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Catherine Swift, President of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada and former CEO of the CFIB   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Dr. Shawn Whatley, Former President of the Ontario Medical Association, practicing physician and author of “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: David Dodge, former Bank of Canada governor and deputy finance minister and report author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Tomas Morana, Owner of Bar Volo & Birreria Volo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: John Lawford, Executive Director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John DiNino, national president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Canada, about safety concerns for both workers and transit riders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Stu Johnson, member of the search and rescue group Team Chelsea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices