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AJ Marini discusses the deeper issues behind Canada's housing affordability crisis, focusing on costs and government responses.

Send us Fan Mail AJ Marini joins the show to argue that Canada’s housing problem is no longer just about supply. He says the deeper issue is cost: land, labor, materials, infrastructure, debt, and wages no longer line up. The episode also explores why condos and pre-construction are under pressure, how governments may be missing the real problem, and what AI could mean for jobs and business going forward. The conversation also expands into inflation, wages, consumer prices, government polic...

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Hosts: Alex Pang, Alex Shanks

Guest: AJ Marini

Topics covered

• housing affordability
• cost of living
• government policy
• AI impact
• inflation
• consumer prices

Keywords

• housing problem
• land costs
• labor costs
• materials
• infrastructure
• debt
• wages
• condos
• pre-construction
• inflation

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Places: Canada

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