A weekly round-up of insight and analysis in the media from Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers, Armine Yalnizyan.

Canada is poised for a pivot in how we value home ownership, Armine said on CBC’s The Current. “We’ve been living under the ethos of home ownership as the best thing. The ownership society concept was brought in about 40 years ago,” leading to the view that not being able to buy a home is somehow failing to be an adult. “But adulting doesn’t require home ownership to be successful.” she affirmed. (March 30, 2021)