Selling Sunset, Buying Stress

01/16/24 • 45 min

Lack of investment in affordable rental units, increased financialization of housing, soaring land prices, and jacked-up mortgage rates are just some of the reasons behind the rental and housing crisis we find ourselves in. But how the hell do we get out of this crisis while still being able to sip on our $5 coffees?

Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Jen St. Denis, Tanya Burkart

Background reading:

Fact Checking Poilievre’s ‘Housing Hell’ Video - The Tyee
Why Can’t We Build Like It’s the 1970s? - The Tyee
People love living in co-ops — so why did Canada kill the program? - Ricochet
To solve Canada’s housing crisis, make renting great again - National Observer
Housing Hell - Pierre Poilievre

Sponsors: Rotman, AG1

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Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Jen St. Denis, Tanya Burkart

Background reading:

Fact Checking Poilievre’s ‘Housing Hell’ Video - The Tyee
Why Can’t We Build Like It’s the 1970s? - The Tyee
People love living in co-ops — so why did Canada kill the program? - Ricochet
To solve Canada’s housing crisis, make renting great again - National Observer
Housing Hell - Pierre Poilievre

Sponsors: Rotman, AG1

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Previous Episode

2023 Was the Year of Political Nonsense

This year has been one hell of a political rollercoaster. Host, Mattea Roach, sits down with Riley Yesno, Nick Taylor-Vaisey, and Kyle Duggan to make sense of key political moments of this year, and to make predictions of their future implications. They unpack everything from Canada’s foreign interference problem and the controversial carbon tax, to the housing crisis and the NDP-Liberal confidence agreement.

Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Riley Yesno, Kyle Duggan

Background reading:

Secret files show CSIS worried Canada has 'no consequences' for foreign state interference – The Toronto Star
Canada to pause carbon tax on home heating oil for three years – Reuters
Housing hell: How we got here and how we get out – Twitter @PierrePoilievre
Liberals say pharmacare bill unlikely to pass this year, despite promise to NDP – CP24

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Next Episode

Could Canada Be Complicit in a ‘Plausible Genocide’?

The ICJ court ruled that Palestinians in Gaza face a “real and imminent risk” of genocide, and laid out the provisional measures Israel must take in order to prevent it. Canada has a legal duty to take steps to prevent genocide - yet their relationship to Israel may compromise their obligations to the Genocide Convention. What will it take for Canada to pivot on its special relationship with Israel? And might Canada be complicit in genocide?

Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Amanda Ghahremani, Farida Deif, Mark Kersten

Background reading:

Ratification of the Genocide Convention
Statement by Minister Joly on South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
Ruling by UN’s top court means Canada and the U.S. could be complicit in Gaza genocide from The Conversation
Claims that Israel is imposing 'apartheid' on Palestinians put new pressure on Trudeau Liberals from CBC News.
South Africa’s legal effort to declare Israel’s actions ‘genocidal in character’ poses dilemma for Canada from The Globe and Mail.
Canada should halt weapons shipments to Israel, arms control advocate says from The Globe and Mail.
International law, not history, holds the promise of protecting life in Gaza from the Toronto Star.

Sponsors: Douglas, AG1

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