Fueled by demand from first-time homebuyers and millennials alike, condos are an extremely popular category within the real estate market, especially in cosmopolitan cities like Toronto. In fact, among major cities, Toronto is ranked as the…

When land is publicly owned, it can be used to build the kind of housing the market is unwilling, or unable, to build. (Shutterstock) Brian Doucet, University of WaterlooOn Jan. 25, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to “ensure”…

Smaller cities can offer the amenities of larger ones, combined with authentic charm and history. (Shutterstock) Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation and Daniel Merino, The ConversationDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the demographics of…

Generating a staggering $141 billion in GDP for Canada in 2020, the construction sector is integral to Canada’s economy, but the benefits of construction go far beyond just dollars. Construction creates the infrastructure that connects us,…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening of parts of the Greater…

Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Ellen D. Russell, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityThe Bank of Canada…

Conserving nature in cities can help protect the biodiversity within them. (Unsplash) Emma Despland, Concordia UniversityThe climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable. The…

People protest outside the Tendercare Living Centre long-term-care facility in Scarborough, Ont. during the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020. This LTC home was hit hard by the second wave of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette…

Some years ago, an apocryphal tale circulated about Stornoway, official residence of the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. The deck had been appropriated by a family of skunks, and a government work crew was duly dispatched, but the…

Many of the world’s biggest problems are being pushed down to cities—they are on the frontlines of every crisis from affordable housing to climate change and mental health issues caused by isolation and social division due to digital…