The price of policy: How government shapes affordability

Canada’s affordability crisis has become entrenched. Despite years of concern, the cost of living keeps rising, revealing a deeper structural problem: affordability is not just a symptom to be managed with subsidies and short-term spending, but a predictable result of a persistently underperforming economy.

Join us for a sharp, evidence-based discussion on what’s driving pressure on Canadian households.

Peter Copeland and Philip Cross will examine the policy choices behind decades of weakening productivity and falling purchasing power — from regulatory burden and tax competitiveness to barriers on investment and growth — and how these decisions have made everyday life more expensive.

Building on the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s latest work, this webinar moves beyond diagnosis to solutions, outlining practical, market-oriented reforms to restore productivity, strengthen the dollar, and improve living standards

Join us for a compelling conversation on Canada’s affordability challenge — and what it will actually take to fix it.