The Canadian government has announced a new infrastructure fund that would provide billions to provinces and territories to build up wastewater treatment capacity and housing.

The money comes with strings that include a pledge to build ,missing middle, housing, which Premier Doug Ford has opposed. The premier says he would rather let municipalities decide what and where to build. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath break down the premier's hesitancy to change course.

Ontario has decided where its allotment of international students will go, and public universities and colleges are the big winners. Private career colleges will see a drop in enrolment and could be the first casualties from this new federal cap.

There's a deadline to call a by-election and the time has come for Lambton Kent Middlesex, the former riding of MPP Monte McNaughton. Steve and John Michael discuss who will be running.

Steve’s column: https://www.tvo.org/article/a-convers...

John Michael’s column: https://www.tvo.org/article/renters-i...

00:00 – Intro
01:32 – Issue 1: Housing
17:08 – Issue 2: International students
20:11 – Issue 3: Byelection update
27:16 – Your Column, My Column
34:25 – Mailbag
44:27 - Outro

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