Canada's housing villains? Look in a mirror - with Max Fawcett

In this episode, Max and Paul tackle:

• The complicity of home owners in our housing affordability crisis

• Why building more supply is not a silver bullet

• How baby boomers are at risk of being remembered for leaving young people in an impossible situation

• Pension plan politics in Alberta

• Pollution pricing

"If there's going to be a meaningful response to this issue that makes housing affordable, it's going to affect all of us probably a little bit negatively. And that's okay, because it's been affecting those of us who own homes very disproportionately in the positive sense. And that comes at a cost. It's not like that just sort of falls out of the sky. That money, that is sort of building up in the walls of our houses, is in some sense being taken out of the pockets of young people. And that's not fair."

-- Max Fawcett

Max's columns mentioned in this episode:

• ⁠Homeowners are the true gatekeepers in our housing debate ⁠

• ⁠Pierre Poilievre’s housing prescription doesn’t add up⁠

• ⁠Danielle Smith’s pension plan politics could backfire⁠

• ⁠To solve Canada’s housing crisis, make renting great again

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