Don Wright
Don Wright: PPF Fellow, senior counsel at Global Public Affairs, and former Deputy Minister to the Premier and head of the B.C. public service (2017–2020).
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Oct 17, 2026
Edward GreensponHOST
Has that situation changed significantly enough to have a material difference on your thinking?
Don WrightGUEST
There's multiple reasons for housing prices escalating the way they did, but it comes down to supply and demand.
Don WrightGUEST
And we were just trying to bring too many people into the major metropolitan areas in too quick a time.
Don WrightGUEST
Right now, we're in a bit of a peculiar position because very few houses are selling in the Torontos and the Vancouver's of the world.
Don WrightGUEST
And that's because the typical buyer is not prepared to pay what the typical seller thinks their house is worth.
Edward GreensponHOST
Don, your impressions of where we are, and particularly, I guess, from a Canadian perspective, looking in.
Don WrightGUEST
I read a great line this morning that said, Trump is a wrecking ball and it's impossible to predict which way it's going to swing next.
Don WrightGUEST
A little bit surprised that there wasn't anything explicit in his inaugural address about tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Don WrightGUEST
But then he managed by the end of the day to say, oh no, we're going to bring them in on, or he's thinking of bringing them on February 1st.
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