Smart Growth strategies that seek to contain urban development and encourage population concentration are responsible for increasing housing prices four times higher than in markets with less restrictive land use regulations.
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A sobering message to control debt
UK and Canadian PMs call for debt control on the same day that coincidentally the markets had the worst day this year.
Peak Water – Maybe…
Gwynne Dyer has penned an op ed that claims the world is running out of water required to produce food.
Vancouver housing strategy misses the mark
A new housing and homelessness strategy came before Vancouver City Council July 26th. Its stated goal is no less than to eradicate homelessness by 2015. Aside from the impossibility of the goal, lumping general housing affordability and homelessness together into one...
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Timeless Wisdom – The Politics of Successful Structural Reform
It’s a well-known pattern in public policy – profligate politicians damaging their economies with out-of-control spending, massive borrowing and higher taxes – inevitably leading to fiscal crisis, sharp declines in growth and ultimately rapidly falling currency value...
Canada’s National Hysteria in the 21st Century
Mass hysteria is the spontaneous manifestation of a particular behaviour by many people. There are numerous historical examples: Middle Age nuns at a convent in France spontaneously began to meow like cats; at another convent, nuns began biting one another. In...
Media Release – Defining Poverty
Canadians and particularly journalists are constantly bombarded with statistics about poverty, in this media release about a new Policy Series Paper David Seymour looks at where the numbers come from.
The Definition of Poverty
A Frontier Policy Series paper on the challenge of properly measuring poverty.
Poverty Measures Need Measuring
A look behind the wall of numbers that represent the modern poverty debate.
It’s No Longer Cheap to Live in Regina
Regina is no longer one of the most affordable places to live, according to a new survey. On Wednesday the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) released the 5th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, which rated housing affordability in 34...
Housing Affordability Falls
Housing affordability has eroded dramatically in Saskatchewan's two major cities during the last two years, says an international survey released by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Saskatoon is classified by the centre as seriously unaffordable, with a survey...
5th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
The 5th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey expands coverage to 265 markets in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Media Release – 5th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
After a year of unprecedented turbulence in world housing markets, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a survey comparing the price of housing to incomes in 265 cities worldwide, including 34 from Canada. The 5th annual Demographia International Housing...
Canadian Cities Lead World Housing Affordability – Again
Dramatic differences exist amongst affordability levels in Canadian cities. The median house in Cape Breton costs 2.1 years’ income, whereas residents of Vancouver require 8.4 years’ income.
Manitobans’ Tax Burden Too Much For Tories
Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives used the backdrop of a candy store and a small bag of gum balls Friday to showcase how little the Doer government is doing to lower the personal tax burden on Manitobans. Stefanson said as workers received their first paycheque of the new year the NDP’s tax cut is $1. “This is what it amounts to — a handful of gum balls,” she said. “Unbelievable.”