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Housing Affordability
New Report Highlights Housing Affordability Challenges Across Canada
WINNIPEG Oct 11, 2023 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy's Demographia Housing Affordability in Canada report, released today, cast a spotlight on the pressing issue of housing affordability in Canada. This comprehensive report offers a detailed analysis of...
2023 Edition Of Demographia Housing Affordability In Canada
Supplement to Demographia International Housing Affordability: 2023
2023 International Property Rights Index – News Release
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Traditional Teaching is not Obsolete
Artificial intelligence has come a long way. Unlike the rudimentary software of the past, modern-day programs such as ChatGPT are truly impressive. Whether you need a 1,000-word essay summarizing the history of Manitoba, a 500-word article extolling the virtues of...
Ottawa’s Policies Defeat Its Critical Minerals Push
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a recent rush visit to the Saskatchewan Research Council’s experimental rare earth refining facility in Saskatoon. He touted his government’s efforts to promote rare earth discovery, development, and extraction, along with the...
Canada: Suburbs Dominate Growth – 2021 Census
Canada has released early results of the 2021 Census, with a detailed analysis of growth in Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). Among the 41 metropolitan areas, 77% of the population growth between the 2016 and 2021 censuses was in the suburbs, with 23% in the urban...
Demographia Housing Affordability in Canada 2021 Supplemental
Demographia Housing Affordability in Canada assesses middle-income housing affordability (Section 1) using the Median Multiple,” which is the market rate median house price divided by the pre-tax median household income (gross income). Read the full Report here...
Housing Crisis Solved?
In the middle of October, something astonishing happened: the Government and the National Party held a joint news conference to announce that they had agreed on the way to make housing more affordable. According to many opinion polls, the ludicrous level to which...
Do last week’s housing announcements diminish your property rights?
A long-standing mate stopped me in the street last week. He asked me if I was livid about property rights. I was bemused, I had to ask him what he had in mind. What he had in mind was the joint National and Labour Parties’ statement on housing. People will be able to...
A Conversation with Wendell Cox on Urban Containment Policy and Housing Affordability
Most communities in Canada are experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Indeed, housing affordability is now identified in numerous opinion polls as one of the top issues for Canadians. What do we mean by housing affordability? What are the root causes of...
Thinkers’ Corner – Tackling Canada’s Housing Affordability Crisis
A conversation with Wendell Cox, author of the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey Our Topic: Most communities in Canada are experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Indeed, housing affordability is now identified in numerous opinion...
Canada to Tax Home Equity?
In Canada, where income-adjusted house prices vary more than five times between metropolitan areas, the threat of a federal initiative to tax house equity could be looming. That’s the conclusion columnist Lorne Gunter, writing in The Edmonton Sun, The Winnipeg Sun and...
Urban Containment Policy and Housing Affordability
The city of Ottawa is updating its Official Plan. Under consideration are expanding the urban boundary (urban growth boundary) and strengthening of its intensification (densification)policy. These strategies are components of urban containment policy. This report...
2021 Edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability
How Affordable is Housing in Your City? 2021 Edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability CANADA, February 22, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released the 2021 edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability. The survey...