Can our politicians solve our cost of living crisis?

Can our government and politicians solve our cost of living crisis? Or are our politics too broken to function?

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking event where we will delve into two critical and interrelated topics that affect our city and country.

First we’ll tackle the CoL and housing crisis currently impacting not only Toronto but across the country. Can our governments solve it, or will the market work it out? Which levels of government, and what ideas are there? How is this affecting you? What are some solutions that would have the most impact and why haven't we done it already? Here are some sources for information on this topic:
https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2023/08/30/so-what-happened-to-that-recession/
https://policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/cant-afford-rent
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16009687-putting-politics-aside-tackle-housing-crisis-climate-change

Next, we’ll consider general confidence in government and politicians on this and other matters. Do our politics allow politicians to adopt policies that work or are they doomed to forever just virtue signal to their base and carry on as is? Here are some examples of data on current perception of our politicians:
https://angusreid.org/views-of-politicians/#:~:text=The%20latest%20public%20opinion%20survey%20from%20the%20non-profit,than%20a%20genuine%20desire%20to%20serve%20their%20communities
https://www.samaracentre.ca/articles/dont-blame-the-people

We hope to be able to combine small group discussion with some plenary sharing.

Hope to see you there!

Location: Bishop and Belcher, 175 Bloor St. East.