Meredith Martin 🇨🇦
@meredithmartin
Journalist, funded by philanthropy. Econ nerd 💪🏼🤓. Producer, http://missingmiddlepodcast.com Formerly @TheAgenda, Former President @TVO_CMG. Legit birder 🦆
Weeping with joy 😭😝🥳
Here's one for @meredithmartin - the feds are putting $20 million for better housing-related data.
Win-win “That would save buyers tens of thousands of dollars in interest costs without depriving municipalities of one cent in infrastructure funding.” thestar.com/opinion/contri…
“Since these owners are pretty much always faced on the other side by often storied journalists saying they’re destroying something of great value, you might think that I assume those folks know the right strategy. They don’t.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-is-…
Public service purge? @MikePMoffatt and I break down how government cuts that hit younger workers the hardest could shut an entire generation out of shaping Canada’s future. Watch the new Missing Middle: youtu.be/aJullz0GmGA
"This leaves Canadian developers and condo owners at the mercy of an uncompetitive market, dominated by large manufacturers that insert enough proprietary technology into their elevators that it’s difficult to switch maintenance firms if you’re not satisfied with their service."
Opinion: Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Not sure if the delayed, nonchalant, two-handed bat flip is going to take off - but it's good to see Ernie Clement innovating within the genre.
The Blue Jays sit atop all of Major League Baseball with a 62-42 record 🔥🇨🇦
What a sentence! “ The minimum bar for the next Democratic candidate for president should be the ability to react, live on camera, in a plausibly normal fashion, to the existence of adult baby-diaper lovers.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Beating the Yankees is the BEST!
Yankees’ Aaron Boone, Matt Blake get ejected as tensions boil over in Toronto trib.al/om80gDN
I’m absolutely here for this fight. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus…
New MMI piece: Governments are trying to make housing more affordable while simultaneously increasing housing starts. But recent GTA experience shows that's impossible without substantially lower costs. First place to start: Lowering taxes on new homes. missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/why-lower-co…
Completely bananas. 🍌😢 texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
In the first 6 months this year in the City of Toronto: - Starts are down 62% - Single-family new home sales down 58% - New condo sales down 86% The City failed to implement HAF-required pro-supply reforms, yet the feds may let it slide. Total lack of leadership all around.
📉🚨New condo sales plunged 97% since 2021, costing gov'ts $6.6 billion in lost tax revenue a year! Maybe this will motivate them to get serious on housing? @MikePMoffatt and I break down shocking new data on record-low home sales. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=upsDL5…
New episode! If the GTAs housing crash persists, it will cost the region 41,000 jobs and governments over $6 billion a year in tax revenue. How bad could it get, and what can governments do to fix it? Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=upsDL5…