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"Canadians are closer than ever to having high-speed rail, but questions remain: Will it be accessible like Spain’s network, or will the cost of private financing price it out of reach for many?"

#alto #hsr

And if you prefer to read your podcasts, here's the transcript.

www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/grading-pr...

To find out which provinces are doing well, and which one have some serious catching up to do, watch today's episode of the Missing Middle podcast on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsH6...

And as always, you can read about it here:
www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/how-canada...

Watch the full episode here: How Canada Fell Behind the World on Housing Affordability

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_rK...

And for those who prefer to read rather than listen or watch, here's the episode's transcript.
www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca?r=z9xf&utm_c...

What happens when one city councillor gets Toronto council to vote in favour of “studying” garden suites on a single block, potentially undoing years of zoning reform? @meredithmartin.bsky.social and @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social discuss. Watch the full episode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVQ4...

Thank you!

The New Year's Mail Bag episode is up! Tune in to hear @MikePMoffatt, @carastern & I answer viewer questions that were collected throughout the year. Thank you to our *amazing* audience, you sent us some really thoughtful ones, it's been so much fun going through them all!

youtu.be/8GcwswauU3Q

And the solution doesn't have to be US-style healthcare. It could be investing in more capacity, and getting enough hospital staff to match our population growth.

What a brutal, terrifying story.

When I produced for @tvotoday.bsky.social, she was one of the guests I liked to book most on housing because she understood it firsthand as a middle-class millennial...but I also felt like she could be a proxy for my frustrations, so it feels so natural to have her fill in!

Can't wait to watch!