Canada is becoming less of a meritocracy over time, which is causing some major problems. It shouldn't be the case that who your parents are is the biggest determinant of whether you'll be successful, but it's becoming increasingly true. We discuss that today on DemograFix. 1/3

What a lede: Lululemon is embroiled in a corporate power struggle that has destabilized its yoga pants empire. www.nytimes.com/2026...

Not all housing is created equal—and lumping it together hides the real problem. @MikePMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux discuss it on today's Classonomics.

Markham’s mayor is using a tool designed to create housing to block it, and my colleague Sean Foreman made a video about it. 🔥🔥🔥

New short from Sean, on how Strong Mayor powers, a tool that was designed to build housing, is now being used to block it. Watch here:

Fact: Measured by GDP per capita, Canada is poorer than Alabama. All the pearl-clutching in the world will not change the numbers. @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikePMoffatt discuss it on this week's Classonomics.

Without a child I could dance across the sexism of my era, whereas becoming a mother shoved my face right down into it. All Fours, Miranda July

Tomorrow at Noon EST, we'll be hosting a live Answer Period on YouTube. We'll be looking at 2026 housing predictions, and taking predictions and questions from the audience; click on the link to leave a prediction or question. Link: www.youtube.com/watc...

The CMHC housing catalogue would have been awesome if the units were for family-sized homes. But, unfortunately, they weren’t 👎🏼

New short from MMI producer Sean Foreman! He looks at the CMHC housing catalogue and how it's failing to meet families' needs. Watch here: www.tiktok.com/@them...

Someone needs to tell city planners that the polices designed to allow seniors to age-in-place have worked, and therefore, seniors are not snapping up tiny condos and leaving their family-sized homes. Cara Stern & @MikePMoffatt share their thoughts on today's ep. of Demografix.

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What happens when economic indicators like GDP growth paint a rosy picture, while many (young) Canadians are struggling to afford rent and groceries? @MikepMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux get into on this week's Classonomics.

“Marriage and family should not be considered a luxury good,” www.nytimes.com/2026...

“It’s being able to get your head around the idea that people will love and hate you, sometimes simultaneously, and do both things at an unreasonable level.“

Is our inflation data lying to us? How can the price of TVs be 95% less than they were in 2000 but still cost $900? @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikePMoffatt dig into data on Today's Classononomics

Trump’s State of the Union was historic in at least one respect: It was the longest SOTU ever. Was the plan to turn public opinion around by boring America into submission? open.substack.com/pu...

Good read

Inequality has widened in part because we tax income more heavily than wealth. The ultra-wealthy derive most of their resources from assets, report relatively little income, and borrow against their holdings, enabling them to access wealth while limiting taxes.

Good thing all of our national pride doesn’t hang on one sport.

And if you prefer to read, here's the transcript: www.missingmiddleini... 3/3

We talk about loneliness, making friends as an adult, and the death of third places in today's episode of DemograFix on the Missing Middle podcast. Watch the full segment here or listen wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/WYFTsrvwr0o... 2/3

Why does the City of Toronto still give non-means-tested discounts to seniors for rec programs when young Canadians are, on average, poorer, more likely to live in poverty, and report feeling disconnected from their community at higher rates? Might be time for a change. 1/3

Winter is really kicking the shit out of Toronto this year. I hope the rest of the country is enjoying it.

I’m looking forward to AI taking over everything just so we can stop taking about it.

New episode... of Ron Butler's podcast! Ron and I chat about the housing crisis. How we got here and what the future holds. Watch here:

In hindsight having two children was the most patriotic thing I’ve ever done.

Family day is coming up, so on today's DemograFix, @CaraStren & @RM_Transit explore why our transit systems often fail families – and how we can fix them. Hint: Platform doors would be a wonderful safety feature for everyone!

By Oren Cass Mr. Cass, a contributing Opinion writer, is the chief economist at American Compass, a conservative economic think tank, and writes the newsletter Understanding America.

House Backs Rescinding Tariffs on Canada in a Rebuke to President www.nytimes.com/live...

We are inundated by sports betting and crypto ads. Is it any wonder young people are increasingly taking the little earnings they have & making risky bets? On today’s Classonomics, @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikePMoffatt dive into this growing problem and the solutions.

Is this were we leave generalized complaints about how my old dishwasher worked for 25 years and my new dishwasher only lasted 5?

Satisfaction with government action on housing is stuck around 20% across every level. New poll for the Canadian Home Builders Association shows Canadians expect Ottawa to lead but think it’s falling short. abacusdata.ca/unlocking-h...

There used to be this thing called a starter home, but what does that even mean anymore? And what are the consequences of locking a generation out of accessing it? @SabrinaMaddeaux has some ideas.

“…much capital is flowing into the AI sector… But in the rest of the economy, hiring has stopped, wage growth is slowing, prices are rising and consumer confidence is plumbing record lows.”

Canada has an opportunity to learn from policy mistakes of the past. On today’s episode we see how Boom, Bust & Echo predicted our current problems and discuss how we can fix them. 🇨🇦❤️

How can renters become first-time buyers? @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikePMoffatt propose concrete policies that the government could implement right now. (Hint: acknowledge inflation is real)

And then one day you wake up and realize being right is overrated.

The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships are built on reciprocity and respect. It is not Trump’s genius to recognize America’s unused strength; it is his blindness to see that our strength was a function of our restraint.

"In a way the cowards and opportunists enabling Trump are more to blame for where we are than Trump and company themselves: monsters are monsters and can’t help themselves, but the enablers have a choice. And they have chosen, again and again, to accommodate and facilitate evil."

"But those in media who choose to treat propaganda as the story, to begin from lies rather than from events, are also complicit."

New episode! We explore how ownership is quietly disappearing from everyday life, and what that means for consumers, younger generations, and the economy as a whole. Watch "You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy: Is That Our Future?" here: www.youtube.com/watc...

The perception of crime is more important than the actual crime data when it comes to living in a high-trust country like Canada. Today on the pod @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikepMoffatt discuss the rise of transit crime and disorder in our cities and how it impacts public perception.

“… what’s more important is that we realize where we are right now, that we don’t try to sugarcoat and sanewash what’s happening: A petulant, violent and deranged individual is running America.”

USA: Greenland is ours, Venezuelan oil is ours, go ICE! Canada: Have you seen Heated Rivalry? It’s quite popular.

What generation you're born in dictates so much of what kind of life you'll have in Canada. That's the argument @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social makes on the first episode of Demografix, a Missing Middle podcast.

Every prediction the development industry made 20 years ago about the Greenbelt and what would happen to land/home prices has happened. And every prediction the McGuinty government made was wrong. @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikepMoffatt get into it on today's episode of Classonomics.

❤️🇨🇦✌🏽After watching the series “about 15 times”, she feels that her brain has been “rewired – for the better”. “I’m open to dating and love again,” she said. “Thanks, Canada.”

I’ve been rereading Boom, Bust and Echo and I’ve suddenly realized that Canada does not have a productivity problem, it has a wage problem.