Generation Squeeze's Hard Truths

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Generation Squeeze's Hard Truths

Gen Squeeze's Hard Truths brings you the untold story about why basic life milestones – like owning a home, raising a family, and living on a habitable planet – are slipping out of reach for younger Canadians and explores how we can make this country work more fairly for all generations. Learn more at https://www.gensqueeze.ca/

  1. BC Election: Deficits & Taxes with Marc Lee

    OCT 17

    BC Election: Deficits & Taxes with Marc Lee

    For our last election bonus, we dip into the sexiest of ballot issues: deficits and taxes. Our guest is Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in BC. Deficits and medical budgets are ballooning across Canada, as there are fewer workers to support more and more retiring baby boomers. How do BC parties propose to balance spending and revenue, while meeting the needs of both young and old British Columbians? To learn more, check out our BC Voters Guide! Please note that we recorded this interview shortly before the Conservative Party of BC released its costed platform, so the Voters Guide has our most up-to-date analysis and report card on deficits.

    19 min
  2. BC Election: Housing with Thom Armstrong

    OCT 15

    BC Election: Housing with Thom Armstrong

    As election day approaches, housing affordability and access are top of mind for many British Columbians. The BC NDP, Green, and Conservative parties acknowledge the severity of the crisis, but they offer very different plans to tackle it. We spoke about those differences with Thom Armstrong, CEO of BC’s Cooperative Housing Federation. We also dig into a few of the key strengths and weaknesses in housing platforms that matter most for younger and future generations. Dig deeper Our BC Election Housing Report Card Housing Central’s BC Election Platform Analysis Our full BC Voters Guide

    18 min
  3. BC Election: Child Care with Rita Chudnovsky

    OCT 12

    BC Election: Child Care with Rita Chudnovsky

    We dig into what the BC NDP, Conservatives and Green parties are promising on child care. Our guest Rita Chudnovsky serves on the board of the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and has spent three decades advocating for child care with organizations across Canada. The conversation should interest all Canadians concerned about supporting families with affordable child care. Learn more: Our Good Ancestor Report Card on Child Care $10aDay's BC Election Platform Analysis from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators of BC Generation Squeeze's non-partisan ⁠BC Voters Guide⁠ with our election analyses on child care, housing, deficits, climate, and health.

    21 min
  4. Fixing parental leave - with Lisa Wolff

    SEP 27

    Fixing parental leave - with Lisa Wolff

    Canada's outdated, underfunded parental leave system is failing too many families. UNICEF's Lisa Wolff explains why one in three infants is falling through the cracks in this system, and how we can give all children a good start in life, by giving their parents adequate time off and income to care for them. Dig Deeper UNICEF Canada's parental leave campaign Generation Squeeze's family policy solutions "Helping our kids thrive is a shared responsibility" by Andrea Long, Gen Squeeze Senior Director of Research & Knowledge Mobilization

    35 min
  5. Minister Chrystia Freeland on restoring Canada's promise to Millennials & Gen Z

    JUL 8

    Minister Chrystia Freeland on restoring Canada's promise to Millennials & Gen Z

    Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke with Gen Squeeze founder Paul Kershaw and our supporters about the federal government's plans to deliver on its budget's promise to restore "Fairness for Every Generation," through investments in housing, child care, climate action, and economic growth. They also tackle the imbalance in spending on older and younger Canadians. This is a recording of a live town hall in Vancouver on June 20. Dig Deeper Event slides with budget infographic and more ⁠Support our call for an Act to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Present and Future Canadians⁠ ⁠Our take on Budget 2024⁠ Previous Hard Truths episodes with Prime Minister Trudeau, ⁠NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh⁠, and ⁠Green Party Leader Elizabeth May⁠

    55 min
  6. Prime Minister Trudeau: How do we not let younger Canadians down?

    JUN 28

    Prime Minister Trudeau: How do we not let younger Canadians down?

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down with Gen Squeeze Founder Paul Kershaw for a live show with our supporters and allies in Vancouver. They delved into the 2024 Budget's focus on "Fairness for Every Generation," as well as housing, child care, climate change, deficits, and the challenge of protecting healthy retirements without sacrificing the wellbeing of younger and future Canadians. Dig Deeper Slides from the event with graphics ⁠Prime Minister Trudeau's budget announcement video, which ends with a plea to older generations: "We can't let them down."⁠ Support our call for an Act to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Present and Future Canadians Our take on Budget 2024 Leger x Post Media report that found most Gen Z & Millennials agree that politicians are more interested in protecting interests of older generations and that previous generations are ‘rigging the system’.  Previous Hard Truths episodes with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May

    37 min
  7. Easing The Squeeze in England - with Liz Emerson

    MAY 24

    Easing The Squeeze in England - with Liz Emerson

    Younger Canadians are far from alone in feeling squeezed by the rising costs of housing, child care, and higher education. In this episode, we spoke with Liz Emerson, CEO of the UK's Intergenerational Foundation, about the symptoms of generational unfairness harming young people in England, as well as the progress her organization has made calling political attention to their plight and fighting for a fairer deal for young and future generations. Have a minute to help us? Please take our quick survey to help us improve how we keep in touch with our supporters. Dig Deeper "Canada promises generational fairness" by Liz Emerson Hard Truths: Younger Australians aren't getting "a fair go" either

    39 min
  8. Curing Canada's sickness care system - with André Picard

    APR 30

    Curing Canada's sickness care system - with André Picard

    When you think about what makes us healthy, do you think of doctors, medicine, and hospitals? Or do you think of affordable housing, living wages, and quality child care? Our health depends much more on the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age than on the medical care we receive. But for decades Canadian governments have devoted more and more of their budgets to medical care, leaving less money for the social supports that matter more to lifelong wellbeing. This unhealthy imbalance in government spending is a major obstacle in our quest to make Canada work more fairly for all generations. So we spoke with award-winning author and journalist André Picard about how curing our “sickness care system” will require greater investment in the building blocks of a healthy society. ⁠André Picard⁠ has been writing about health for ⁠The Globe & Mail⁠ since 1987 and was appointed to the Order of Canada last year for his dedication to public health journalism. Dig Deeper ⁠Get Well Canada⁠, our alliance pushing Canadian governments to rebalance how they invest in wellbeing "⁠Canada must rethink health spending strategy⁠" by André Picard, The Globe & Mail "⁠Smart health-care policy must include affordable housing⁠" by André Picard, The Globe & Mail ⁠CBC Ideas⁠: "We don't have a health-care crisis, it's an implementation crisis, says André Picard" CCPA's The Monitor featuring Get Well Canada Watch our video about Past Policy Chickens

    39 min
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Gen Squeeze's Hard Truths brings you the untold story about why basic life milestones – like owning a home, raising a family, and living on a habitable planet – are slipping out of reach for younger Canadians and explores how we can make this country work more fairly for all generations. Learn more at https://www.gensqueeze.ca/

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