The Missing Middle Podcast
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 • 150 episodes
The Missing Middle Podcast
Latest Episodes
AI is Killing Entry-Level Jobs: The 13% Drop Nobody is Talking About
Yesterday, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Mackem warned that early evidence shows AI is reducing the number of entry-level jobs available. Are we heading toward a future of mass unemployment, or is AI just the latest "calculator" to c...
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Season 1
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Episode 149
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19:48
Canada’s Starter Home Is Dead
Canada’s housing ladder is broken. In this episode of Missing Middle, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt explain why the starter home no longer works and how an entire generation has been locked out of moving up.They compare buying a deta...
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Season 1
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Episode 148
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25:11
Canada’s Demographic Time Bomb: What Boom, Bust & Echo Got Right
Canada’s housing crisis. Youth unemployment. Immigration debates. A broken healthcare system.What if we told you a book published in 1996 predicted almost all of it?In this episode of The Missing Middle, Cara Stern and Mike Moffat...
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Season 1
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Episode 147
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26:01
These Changes Can Help Make Homes Affordable for Young People
In this episode of The Missing Middle, Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux dig into why homeownership for Canadians under 40 has fallen off a cliff. Spoiler: it’s not just zoning, NIMBYs, or avocado toast. The federal government plays a much bigg...
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Season 1
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Episode 146
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24:41
You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy: Is That Our Future?
Do you actually own the things you pay for anymore?In this episode of the Missing Middle Podcast, economist Mike Moffatt and Cara Stern explore how ownership is quietly disappearing from everyday life—and what that means for con...
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Season 1
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Episode 145
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23:16
