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Intergenerational Fairness Day has arrived
Posted by Andrea Long · November 16, 2023 2:00 AM
Today, November 16, 2023, is the first global Intergenerational Fairness Day. The urgent need to reverse the deteriorating well-being of younger and future generations stretches beyond Canada. Voices from the US, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Nigeria, and Australia as well as United Nations Foundation Next Generation Fellows have joined together to call on governments to preserve what is sacred – a healthy childhood, home, and planet – so that we can all be proud of the legacy we leave for those who follow.
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The Globe & Mail: Fixing the affordability crisis is key to fixing medical care
Posted by Paul Kershaw · November 06, 2023 10:38 AM
Financial security matters more for our health than access to doctors. Whether you are concerned about declining affordability or growing medical care pressures, governments need to better balance spending on medical care with other priorities that are critical to our well-being, such as reducing poverty, the costs of housing and child care, and climate risks.
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CCPA's The Monitor features Get Well Canada
Posted by Megan Wilde · November 01, 2023 10:00 AM
The latest issue of CCPA's The Monitor makes the case for governments to increase their investments in social spending. Check out all the articles by partners in Get Well Canada, an alliance led by Generation Squeeze.
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The Globe & Mail: Protect OAS by eliminating outdated tax shelters for retirees
Posted by Megan Wilde · October 22, 2023 4:00 AM
The sustainability of OAS is under threat as our population ages. Ottawa should review outdated tax shelters for retirees that drain billions in revenue and could otherwise help cover rising OAS costs.
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Five reasons Canada needs a Generational Fairness Task Force
Posted by Andrea Long · October 18, 2023 11:57 AM
We’ll never be able to fix today’s affordability, housing, medical care, and climate crises without understanding and resolving the intergenerational tensions at their core. Here are five impacts a federal Generational Fairness Task Force will have on key decisions made at Cabinet and Treasury tables.
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The Globe & Mail: Trudeau takes first step to break Canada’s addiction to rising home prices
Posted by Paul Kershaw · September 29, 2023 4:00 AM
The Prime Minister recently signalled a clarity of purpose for change in our housing system that has not existed in my lifetime. Housing should be for homes first, and investments second.
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The Conservative Housing Plan: Building homes isn’t enough for affordability
Posted by Andrea Long · September 28, 2023 11:51 AM
The CPC's plan for housing falls victim to ‘silver bullet’ thinking on housing, suggesting that building more homes will solve all of our problems. It’s a nice picture, and it sounds simple enough. The villains are clear — the fault lies with municipal ‘gatekeepers’ who unfairly stand in the way of development, or bureaucrats who line their own pockets while failing to do their jobs well. The rest of us are off the hook. Sadly, the answer just isn’t this easy.
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The Globe & Mail: We need a clear goal for home prices; not just a target for new builds
Posted by Paul Kershaw · September 26, 2023 3:00 AM
While strong majority support should incline politicians to be honest about the need for home prices to stop rising, most dodge the topic. This is a big problem, because we can’t fix the housing crisis until we convince politicians it is politically safe for them to stand by this hard truth.
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Most Canadians know that stalling home prices is the path back to affordability
Posted by Andrea Long · September 19, 2023 11:44 AM
It would be nice if the solution to Canada’s housing crisis were as straightforward as ramping up supply. But it’s not. Happily, most Canadians seem to have a good grasp of what's needed to restore affordability.
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Trudeau: "House pricing can not continue to go up"
Posted by Megan Wilde · 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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