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Mike Moffatt
Publishing · On our record since 2010
Where this writer stands
Housing8 pieces
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“If Ontario and Canada are serious about solving the housing crisis, the only viable pathway is to reduce the cost of construction. That means tackling the stack of taxes and fees that add tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.” Read the piece
Immigration1 piece
Higher permanent intakeLower intake
“This should raise concerns for anyone who believes robust immigration is beneficial to Canada's social, economic and cultural fabric.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford aren’t saying it. But even homeowners know their homes are too expensiveOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 13, 2026
- This is how we could fix a problem Canada has been overlooking for decadesOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 8, 2026
- Corporations buying homes? This is why it might be a good ideaOpinion · Toronto Star · May 21, 2026
- Doug Ford and Mark Carney have bought Ontario some time. But the hard choices lie aheadOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 2, 2026
- This is why we’re delaying having families, sitting in traffic and stifling our economyOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 5, 2026
- Our expensive homes are making us all poorerOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 4, 2026
- How the government can free up affordable family-sized homes and help young people reach their home ownership dreamOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2026
- This is how the government can get single family homes out of the hands of investorsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 2, 2026
- This one factor is a key reason people are having fewer children. It’s also a problem governments can help fixOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 29, 2025
- Mark Carney’s promise on housing was to build, build, build. What happened?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 10, 2025
- Ontario’s housing crisis is, somehow, about to get even worse. This is how we can fix itOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 28, 2025
- There is a way to increase housing supply. Does Gregor Robertson have the will?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 26, 2025
- Opinion: Canada can’t solve its housing crisis without the provincesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 5, 2025
- Why are the leading parties’ housing plans all so unambitious?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 26, 2025
- Wealthy enough to stay, or too poor to leave: Lack of affordable housing sparks exodus of GTA’s future middle classOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 15, 2025
- Doug Ford is failing to deliver on housing. Here’s what needs to change after Thursday’s electionOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 22, 2025
- Ontario’s housing crisis is more like three housing crises in a trench coatOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2025
- One of Justin Trudeau’s most vital ministers quit this week. Canada is going to miss him. (That’s right, him)Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2024
- These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2024
- Don’t listen to the critics, Canada’s new mortgage rules will make housing more affordable — eventuallyOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 22, 2024
- Limits on the TFW program aren’t good enough. Part of it needs to goOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 28, 2024
- Justin Trudeau’s government radically transformed Canada’s temporary foreign worker program. Young people and low wage workers are paying the priceOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 15, 2024
- Olivia Chow wants us to commute downtown. She should know betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 14, 2024
- Opinion: Housing is a national problem – and the federal government has every right to make reformsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 3, 2024
- Opinion: Canada is failing the grade on housing. Fixing that starts with international students, but it shouldn’t end thereOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 1, 2024
- Opinion: Governments in Canada are finally taking aim at one of the housing crisis’s highest-priority issuesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 17, 2023
- Opinion: The NDP’s solution to Canada’s housing crisis would do more harm than goodOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 24, 2023
- Opinion: How Canada can create more rental housingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 30, 2023
- Opinion: Governments seem to be missing the point on Canada’s housing crisisOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2021
- Opinion: The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stayOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: We aren’t restarting the economy. We’re climbing a mountainOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 23, 2020
- Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 20, 2012
- Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 13, 2011
- Shelley Fralic’s Parisian foodfest...Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 13, 2011
- Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 15, 2010