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The Missing Middle with Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux
Welcome to the Missing Middle, a podcast about why the middle class in Canada is disappearing. We hope to help you understand why life is becoming unaffordable for so many in this country, and what can be done to reverse course.
Podcasting since 2023 • 117 episodes
The Missing Middle with Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux
Latest Episodes
Broken Zoning: Why We Can’t Fix the Housing Crisis Without a Map
In this episode of The Missing Middle, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt are joined by urban planner Alex Beheshti for a deep dive into one of the most overlooked barriers to solving Canada’s housing crisis: zoning data. Alex makes the...
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Episode 117
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How Cities Keep Screwing up Multiplex Housing
Why aren’t we seeing more multiplexes in Canadian cities—even after zoning reforms? In this episode of The Missing Middle, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt dig into the surprising roadblocks holding back infill housing. From bizarre b...
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Episode 116
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Canada’s GST Rebate is Based On 1991 Home Prices-WTF!?!
In this episode, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt tackle how GST rebates are affecting new homebuyers, tracing the history of these incentives and how inflation has quietly eroded their value. With fresh rebate structures now on the table—espe...
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Episode 115
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Politicians vs. Millennials: The Battle for Housing Affordability
In this episode of the Missing Middle podcast Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt discuss the lack of clear housing goals from political parties, including the Liberals' national housing strategy's focus on low-income earners and the NDP's ineffe...
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Episode 114
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From 40 to 100 million: How will immigration impact Canadian wages?
In this episode of the missing Middle podcast conservative pundit Sabrina Maddeaux and economist Mike Moffatt discuss the current state of immigration in Canada. Together they examine a Bank of Canada report that focuses on the implications of ...
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Episode 113
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