Labour market performance has been extremely weak since the last recession.
Toronto
April 6, 2017
3:00AM
The price of housing, like anything else, is determined by supply and demand.
December 13, 2016
3:00AM
Per capita municipal debt in Ontario ranged from a low of zero in Whitby to a high of $2,634 in York Region.
November 25, 2016
3:34AM
If tolls get people off the roads, you don’t need the subsidy to subways, too.
October 26, 2016
3:15AM
Cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, with longer and less certain approval timelines, tended to see less growth in housing stock.
October 5, 2016
3:30AM
Residential property taxes are growing faster than real per capita income in many communities.
September 27, 2016
3:30AM
Regulatory red tape is resulting in fewer new homes than there otherwise would be with a growing pool of buyers, contributing to rising prices.
August 8, 2016
3:00AM
Unfortunately the discussion on housing affordability has been dominated by handwringing over foreign homebuyers and low interest rates.
July 18, 2016
3:00AM
Restricting Greater Toronto’s housing supply has consequences beyond the initial impacts on housing affordability.
November 10, 2015
9:15AM
Like most taxes, the land-transfer tax does more than transfer money from homebuyers to the government—it stifles economic activity and makes moving less attractive.