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The experience of national non-profit organization Generation Squeeze in the Ontario election underscores why anemic turnout should reinvigorate debate about a bill pushed through Ontario’s legislature in June 2021 limiting what’s called “third-party advertising.”  

The ballot question for Ontario is not so much about how the PCs handled the past, but whether they are the preferred party to manage the future

Students and workers early in their careers often face the worst effects of Ontario’s affordability crisis, with home ownership well out of reach for most and steep rents and the rising cost of food, gasoline and other costs squeezing budgets.

The rising cost of housing in Ontario hit renters and wannabe homebuyers harder in the first two years of the pandemic than in any similar time frame in recent Canadian history, a new report says.

Housing experts say it's not the right fix: "This is kind of scapegoating."

What makes this election particularly interesting is that global inflation, coupled with an absolutely bonkers housing market in Ontario, has made the pinch of affordability issues much more acute.

The election promises tied to the latest Ford government budget are worth five times as much to senior voters as those under 45 years old, according to the founder of Generation Squeeze.

Episode 146 of Down to Business podcast

From introducing new measures to stop foreign buyers to helping speed up approvals for new homes, Ottawa hopes to make the dream of ownership a reality – but will it work?

Canada is facing some of the most severe housing affordability issues in the world.