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Canada's home ownership tax shelter

Generation Squeeze

April 24, 2023

Our deep dive into a $10-billion policy that fuels housing unaffordability.

Housing

The Globe & Mail: ‘Fiscal restraint’ in federal budget is impossible when generational tension ignored

Paul Kershaw

Apr 15, 2023

Originally published in The Globe & Mail on April 8, 2023 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland emphasized the need for “fiscal restraint” in her recent budget. But that’s not what she delivered...

Budgets, Globe & Mail

Change is in the air

Kareem Kudus

Apr 05, 2023

Watching the natural world transform around us is a welcome reminder that change is possible, especially during precarious times. This spring has brought with it a wave of interest in...

Budgets, Housing

The Globe & Mail: Boomers didn’t live within their means. And younger generations will pay the price.

Paul Kershaw

Mar 20, 2023

Finances for younger Canadians would be much better had boomers lived within their means. But the data show otherwise. It’s time for boomers to own up to this part of...

Globe & Mail, Retirement

Housing Policy Solutions Framework

Generation Squeeze

January 04, 2023

There's no single path to fixing Canada's dysfunctional housing system. Our Housing Policy Solutions Framework is a map to reach our goal of making housing affordable for all Canadians.

Housing

The Globe & Mail: The Home Ownership Tax Shelter is unfair to Prairies, Quebec and Atlantic Canada

Paul Kershaw

January 02, 2023

A five-decades-old federal tax shelter gives an unfair boost to homeowners in hot markets while shafting residents of the Prairies and Atlantic Canada.

Globe & Mail, Housing

Celebrating our 10th anniversary - part two

Generation Squeeze

December 18, 2022

We continue the 10th anniversary discussion we began in the previous episode — chatting about we've been up to, some of the lessons we've learned along the way, and what...Read More

Podcast, Foundational Works

Celebrating our 10th anniversary - part one

Generation Squeeze

December 07, 2022

We registered gensqueeze.ca as our website in November 2012, which we're considering our birthday. So this episode features a look back at the origins of Gen Squeeze, how we've changed...Read More

Podcast, Foundational Works

Straddling the Gap 2022: Celebrating Stalling Prices for Canadian Homes

Generation Squeeze

November 23, 2022

Gen Squeeze’s latest housing affordability analysis of the gap between home prices and earnings confirms that our primary goal should be that home prices stall for many years ahead –...

Housing

Poll: Majority of Canadians support a price on housing inequity

Generation Squeeze

November 14, 2022

Only 10% of Canadians who own million-dollar homes would pay levy

Housing, Opinion Polling

The Globe & Mail: Statscan failed young Canadians by underestimating the effect of housing inflation

Paul Kershaw

November 01, 2022

Amid all the talk of inflation, it’s easy to forget that a generation of young Canadians are shut out of home ownership in part because Statistics Canada failed to sound...

Housing, Globe & Mail

The Globe & Mail: Young Canadians go to school longer for jobs that pay less, and then face soaring home prices

Paul Kershaw

September 30, 2022

It is a cliché now to suggest that young people today drink too many lattes and eat too much avocado toast, so can’t afford their major costs of living. As...

Globe & Mail, Housing

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Canada's home ownership tax shelter

Generation Squeeze

April 24, 2023

Our deep dive into a $10-billion policy that fuels housing unaffordability.

Housing

The Globe & Mail: ‘Fiscal restraint’ in federal budget is impossible when generational tension ignored

Paul Kershaw

April 15, 2023

Budgets, Globe & Mail

Change is in the air

Kareem Kudus

April 05, 2023

Watching the natural world transform around us is a welcome reminder that change is possible, especially during precarious times. This spring has brought with it a wave of interest in...

Budgets, Housing

The Globe & Mail: Boomers didn’t live within their means. And younger generations will pay the price.

Paul Kershaw

March 20, 2023

Finances for younger Canadians would be much better had boomers lived within their means. But the data show otherwise. It’s time for boomers to own up to this part of...

Globe & Mail, Retirement

Housing Policy Solutions Framework

Generation Squeeze

January 04, 2023

There's no single path to fixing Canada's dysfunctional housing system. Our Housing Policy Solutions Framework is a map to reach our goal of making housing affordable for all Canadians.

Housing

The Globe & Mail: The Home Ownership Tax Shelter is unfair to Prairies, Quebec and Atlantic Canada

Paul Kershaw

January 02, 2023

A five-decades-old federal tax shelter gives an unfair boost to homeowners in hot markets while shafting residents of the Prairies and Atlantic Canada.

Globe & Mail, Housing

Celebrating our 10th anniversary - part two

Generation Squeeze

December 18, 2022

We continue the 10th anniversary discussion we began in the previous episode — chatting about we've been up to, some of the lessons we've learned along the way, and what...Read More

Podcast, Foundational Works

Celebrating our 10th anniversary - part one

Generation Squeeze

December 07, 2022

We registered gensqueeze.ca as our website in November 2012, which we're considering our birthday. So this episode features a look back at the origins of Gen Squeeze, how we've changed...Read More

Podcast, Foundational Works

Straddling the Gap 2022: Celebrating Stalling Prices for Canadian Homes

Generation Squeeze

November 23, 2022

Gen Squeeze’s latest housing affordability analysis of the gap between home prices and earnings confirms that our primary goal should be that home prices stall for many years ahead –...

Housing

Poll: Majority of Canadians support a price on housing inequity

Generation Squeeze

November 14, 2022

Only 10% of Canadians who own million-dollar homes would pay levy

Housing, Opinion Polling

The Globe & Mail: Statscan failed young Canadians by underestimating the effect of housing inflation

Paul Kershaw

November 01, 2022

Amid all the talk of inflation, it’s easy to forget that a generation of young Canadians are shut out of home ownership in part because Statistics Canada failed to sound...

Housing, Globe & Mail

The Globe & Mail: Young Canadians go to school longer for jobs that pay less, and then face soaring home prices

Paul Kershaw

September 30, 2022

It is a cliché now to suggest that young people today drink too many lattes and eat too much avocado toast, so can’t afford their major costs of living. As...

Globe & Mail, Housing

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