Generation Squeeze

Generation Squeeze's Hard Truths

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Gen Squeeze's Hard Truths brings you the untold story about why basic life milestones – like owning a home, raising a family, and living on a habitable planet – are slipping out of reach for younger Canadians and explores how we can make this country work more fairly for all generations. Learn more at https://www.gensqueeze.ca/

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Bonus: How can Canada stop skyrocketing home prices? 05.04.2022 55:13

Unaffordable housing is a symptom of generational unfairness that most young Canadians know all too well. Across Canada, it’s a hard and obvious truth that our housing system is completely broken for those of us wanting to buy a home, settle in our communities, and achieve some financial security and autonomy. But for people who own homes, the housing system is actually working fabulously well, ma...

Generational fairness? What the #$@!% is that? 18.03.2022 34:22

Paul Kershaw and Angie Chan confront Gen Squeeze's first Hard Truth: Canada has a generational fairness problem. If you've never heard the term, you probably know the symptoms of this systemic disease: unaffordable housing, low wages, unaffordable child care, climate change. Listen and learn what generational fairness means and why it matters so much to the lives of y...