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Globe & Mail: If improved affordability prevents homebuilding, something is broken

Paul Kershaw

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July 05, 2026

Canada appears to have built a housing market that constructs homes only when housing becomes less affordable. The collateral damage falls on younger Canadians.

Globe & Mail, Housing

Globe & Mail: Mark Carney’s economic plan has medium-term goals, but we need affordability now

Paul Kershaw

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June 18, 2026

Building Canada strong will take years. Millions of Canadians are looking for evidence that their government understands the financial pressures they face today, not just the prosperity it hopes to...

Globe & Mail

Globe & Mail: Canada prices carbon far below the damage it causes

Paul Kershaw

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June 04, 2026

The federal government’s own estimates show that large emitters pay far less than the damage carbon pollution causes. Those unpaid costs do not disappear. They are passed on to younger...

Globe & Mail, Climate

Why young Canadians are increasing miserable

Jennifer Fox

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May 27, 2026

While, baby boomers remain relatively happy, the average life satisfaction of Canadians under age 30 is in steep decline. Gen Squeeze founder, Dr. Paul Kershaw unpacks what happiness research is...

Podcast

Canadian of all ages call for responsible reforms to Old Age Security

Generation Squeeze

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May 25, 2026

From the National Press Theatre on Parliament Hill, Gen Squeeze showcased once again that our practical plan to reform OAS embraces a vision of intergenerational solidarity that Canadian of all...

Retirement

Do we really expect young Canadians to wait until 2060 for affordable housing?

Paul Kershaw

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May 22, 2026

The bleak forecast from Canada’s Federal Housing Advocate is that many middle-income Canadians may have to wait until 2060 before adequate housing will be affordable.

Globe & Mail, Housing

Quebec’s 2026 Budget: Rising medical spending crowds out investment in building blocks for health

Paul Kershaw

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May 14, 2026

Quebec’s 2026 budget reveals a growing structural challenge that governments have avoided for decades: failing to prepare revenue systems for the predictable medical costs of population aging.

Budget Analyses, Budgets

Our Asks for the 2026 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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May 14, 2026

Budget 2026 is the time for Ottawa to trim the $17.5 billion in subsidies that go to seniors with six-figure incomes, and build a new and improved National Housing Strategy....

Budgets, Canada, Retirement, Featured Budget Analyses, Budget Analyses, Housing

Globe & Mail: Modernizing Old Age Security would free billions for Ottawa to address affordability

Paul Kershaw

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May 14, 2026

By 2030, Canada will send $17.5-billion/year in Old Age Security income benefits to retirees who live in households with six-figure incomes. Here's how the money could be better spent...

Retirement, Globe & Mail

600 people join us to learn why we’re failing our kids

Generation Squeeze

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May 11, 2026

Provinces across Canada tolerate deteriorating wellbeing for young residents, not because of a lack of data about its scale and impact, but because of the structural ageism baked into our...

Family, Budgets

Ottawa's Spring Economic Statement: Another missed opportunity?

Paul Kershaw

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April 29, 2026

Ottawa prioritizes $17 billion for retirees with six-figure incomes over transformative affordability measures

Budgets, Canada, Budget Analyses, Featured Budget Analyses

Old Age Security: National Poll Reveals Majority of Canadians Want Change

Jennifer Fox

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April 28, 2026

A new national poll shows 3/4 of Canadians, including seniors, support reforming Old Age Security in order to eliminate seniors’ poverty and improve affordability for younger generations.

Podcast, Retirement, Opinion Polling

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Globe & Mail: If improved affordability prevents homebuilding, something is broken

Globe & Mail: Mark Carney’s economic plan has medium-term goals, but we need affordability now

Globe & Mail: Canada prices carbon far below the damage it causes

Why young Canadians are increasing miserable

Canadian of all ages call for responsible reforms to Old Age Security

Do we really expect young Canadians to wait until 2060 for affordable housing?

Quebec’s 2026 Budget: Rising medical spending crowds out investment in building blocks for health

Our Asks for the 2026 Federal Budget

Globe & Mail: Modernizing Old Age Security would free billions for Ottawa to address affordability

600 people join us to learn why we’re failing our kids

Ottawa's Spring Economic Statement: Another missed opportunity?

Old Age Security: National Poll Reveals Majority of Canadians Want Change

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Globe & Mail: Mark Carney’s economic plan has medium-term goals, but we need affordability now

Globe & Mail: Canada prices carbon far below the damage it causes

Why young Canadians are increasing miserable

Canadian of all ages call for responsible reforms to Old Age Security

Do we really expect young Canadians to wait until 2060 for affordable housing?

Quebec’s 2026 Budget: Rising medical spending crowds out investment in building blocks for health

Our Asks for the 2026 Federal Budget

Globe & Mail: Modernizing Old Age Security would free billions for Ottawa to address affordability

600 people join us to learn why we’re failing our kids

Ottawa's Spring Economic Statement: Another missed opportunity?

Old Age Security: National Poll Reveals Majority of Canadians Want Change

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