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Toronto’s Backyard Problems and Canada’s Productivity Crisis

Toronto’s Backyard Problems and Canada’s Productivity Crisis

Update: 2025-10-30
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John opens with a wild round-up — escaped monkeys, coyotes, and a neighbourhood rat war — before shifting to the serious stuff:




  • Ian Lee, Associate Professor of Management, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, on how Trump’s tariff tactics could yank Ontario’s auto sector and force a Canadian pivot to critical minerals. Sprott School of Business+1




  • Stephen Holyday, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre), on who actually plans a Blue Jays victory parade, why Gardiner work is being sequenced, and City Hall travel optics. toronto.ca+1




  • Stephen Tapp, CEO & Chief Economist, Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS), on a decade of rising public-sector headcount and falling productivity — and what that means for taxpayers’ ROI






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Toronto’s Backyard Problems and Canada’s Productivity Crisis

Toronto’s Backyard Problems and Canada’s Productivity Crisis

AM640 / Curiouscast