thePodcast: Andy Yan ponders housing minister Gregor Robertson's legacy as Vancouver mayor during the city's real estate crunch

May 18, 2025 00:30:17
thePodcast: Andy Yan ponders housing minister Gregor Robertson's legacy as Vancouver mayor during the city's real estate crunch
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thePodcast: Andy Yan ponders housing minister Gregor Robertson's legacy as Vancouver mayor during the city's real estate crunch

May 18 2025 | 00:30:17

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Show Notes

For the week of May 18, 2025: He came into the Vancouver Mayor’s Office promising to end homelessness. A decade later, Vancouver real estate prices were some of the world’s most-expensive as foreign investors snapped up luxury condos.  Does rookie Liberal MP and newly sworn-in Minister of Housing Gregor Robertson stand any chance of solving what became a national crisis? This week’s guest on thePodcast is Andy Yan, director of the Simon Fraser University city program and longtime analyst of Vancouver’s housing market. Did Prime Minister Mark Carney choose the wrong man for the job?  As usual, Pacific Rim and […]

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