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.
The Missing Middle Podcast
Latest Episodes
The War Over Upzoning Just Escalated
Cities across Canada are backing away from upzoning. After agreeing to allow fourplexes and other missing middle housing, municipalities like Calgary, Toronto, Markham, and Windsor are scaling back — or reversing — reforms altogether. What’s be...
Carney’s Canada After 1 Year: What’s Working (and What’s Not)
One year after Mark Carney’s stunning rise to power, how is his government actually performing?In this episode, we break down the biggest political upset in recent Canadian history, from the collapse of a presumed Conservative victory t...
Did Housing Affordability Kill Climate Action?
Climate change isn’t topping Canadians’ priority lists anymore, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped caring.New polling shows only 13% of Canadians now rank climate change as a top personal issue, down sharply from 2019. With affor...
Rents Are Dropping… So Why Expand Rent Control?
Rents are finally falling across Canada. But will it last? In this episode of Classonomics, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt break down new data from the CMHC showing rising vacancy rates, record rental supply, and the f...
What’s Making Young Canadians So Unhappy? The Data Is Brutal
Young Canadians are now less happy than seniors, and the gap is getting worse.The latest World Happiness Report shows Canadians under 30 have fallen to 71st in the world for life satisfaction, while Canada’s overall ranking has dropped f...
