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Buyers. Sellers. Real estate porn. With so many Canadians locked out of the market, should the coverage shift to reflect the realities of the housing crisis? 

Sabrina Nanji joins San Grewal to talk about the generational disconnect between homeowners and those who will never own a home. Does Canada have the political will to actually address the housing crisis? 

Host: San Grewal

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Sabrina Nanji

Further reading: 

• Will HST cut on new homes save buyers money? Early look finds 78% of prices are the same or higher - Toronto Star
• PCs tabling bill ‘pulling out all the stops’ to expedite home, road and transit construction - The Trillium  
• Blue Jays star George Springer puts Toronto mansion on the market for $6.4 million - Toronto Sun
•  Canada housing crisis: Who will build 4 million new homes? | CBC.ca [VIDEO]
• B.C. quietly suspends major affordable housing fund, leaving proponents holding the bag | Langley Advance Times
• ‘Trinity Bollwoods’? City installs signs with typo and theatre that no longer exists - Toronto Star
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/video/2026/04/22/the-potential-benefits-of-the-ai-data-centre-in-the-rm-of-sherwood/ 

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