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  • Trudeau: "House pricing can not continue to go up"

    Posted by · September 15, 2023 9:58 AM

    The Prime Minister boldly acknowledging that house prices must stall strengthens all other housing policy commitments. Ambitious targets for building more homes do little good if we ignore the prices for which these homes will sell. Without deep subsidies funded by tax dollars, new market units will price in the rising land values that have already soared well beyond what most can afford to rent or buy with local earnings.

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  • "We have an ageist federal government"

    Posted by · September 11, 2023 5:53 PM

    Gen Squeeze supporter Mary Peirson (MD, CCFP) recently wrote to us, “We have an ageist federal government – one that favours older Canadians and retirees in particular.” Here's one brave Baby Boomer's take on policies that prop up generational unfairness.

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  • Globe & Mail: We need a federal task force on generational fairness

    Posted by · September 01, 2023 7:06 AM

    Talk of “youth issues” is distracting, drawing attention from the root causes of the problems, which have less to do with younger generations than their treatment by older ones as a result of past policy decisions. To begin to fix this, Ottawa should launch a general fairness council to investigate why Canada no longer works fairly for all generations.

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  • The policy changes we need for more work-life balance

    Posted by · August 24, 2023 4:55 PM

    Trading shorter work weeks for longer working lives would improve work-life balance for younger generations and ease the massive demographic squeeze on government budgets.

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  • The Globe & Mail: Let’s be open to paying personally to reduce climate change

    Posted by · July 01, 2023 12:00 AM

    The scale of damage caused by extreme weather across Canada signals that paying personally to fight climate change is no longer just a political gesture – or even optional. The questions are how much we will pay – some now, or more later? And which generations will incur the largest burdens?

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  • Alberta is taking a step in the wrong direction

    Posted by · June 21, 2023 12:30 PM

    For people across Canada, there’s reason to be concerned about the trajectory Alberta just locked in for the next four years, especially when it comes to climate.

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  • The Globe & Mail: Stalling prices needs to be part of our national housing strategy

    Posted by · June 09, 2023 6:00 AM

    After a short pause triggered by interest rate hikes, home prices have returned to their relentless, decades-long upward trend, punishing the finances of young people, newcomers and most non-owners. The policy positions of the two main parties in Canada share responsibility for home prices having left behind local earnings. To rejuvenate the ability for young people to pay for housing, version 2.0 of the National Housing Strategy must focus more on the regular market, starting with a clear goal that has wide public support: Home prices should stall.

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  • The Agenda: Do our life milestones need updating?

    Posted by · June 07, 2023 12:00 PM

    Gen Squeeze founder Dr. Paul Kershaw recently joined TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin for a discussion about how life milestone timelines are changing and even disappearing. If the standard life-stage achievements for graduation, career, marriage, children, homeowning, and retirement created predictability and comfort, what happens when people don't meet those marks?

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  • Indigenous Peoples have a rich tradition of thinking like good ancestors

    Posted by · June 05, 2023 2:54 PM

    As we begin National Indigenous History Month in Canada, we have much to learn from Indigenous peoples' rich traditions of intergenerational solidarity. The Gen Squeeze team deeply appreciates the opportunity to publish the following article by Jayla Rousseau-Thomas on how the Indigenous Seven Generations Principle is a key building block for generational fairness.

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  • The Globe & Mail: Key affordability issues ignored by UCP and NDP in Alberta’s election

    Posted by · May 26, 2023 8:00 AM

    Affordability is a top concern for Alberta voters. So it is surprising that the United Conservative Party and the NDP have blind spots on this issue, especially when it comes to younger Albertans. 

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