Budget day: The sky-rocketing cost of living in Canada, and what needs to be done about it
Budget day: The sky-rocketing cost of living in Canada, and what needs to be done about it

Budget day: The sky-rocketing cost of living in Canada, and what needs to be done about it

Maria Nsue

73 min
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On budget day, we look at how life in Canada has gotten more expensive, from finding a place to live, to getting around, to what we eat. Inflation is putting seniors under extra pressure as the price of daily necessities skyrockets. We talk to Terri Gilpin, a senior in Ottawa, and Karen McDonald, executive director of Sage Seniors Association. Then, we look at how ever-increasing rents, a hot market and being priced out of a place you can call home. In Nova Scotia, Dayle Crouse is converting a school bus to live in; while Kevin Simonar and Tina Gentile had to move their young family across the country to find a place they could afford. Brian Doucet, an associate professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, discusses how governments could help make housing more affordable. Plus, former Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz looks ahead to today's budget, why it needs to address a new economic reality, and an economic situation that is only going to get more volatile. And the great Canadian composer Boris Brott was killed this week in a hit-and-run in Hamilton, Ont. We hear from those who remember him both for his accomplishments, and how he made them feel.

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