Listen "Low rates not enough to boost home construction to what we’ll need"
Episode Synopsis
After catching you up on the news of the week, Amanda Lang speaks with Aled ab Iorweth, deputy chief economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, to check in on the pace of Canadian home construction and whether it will meet our future housing needs. After years out of favour, nuclear power is ramping up again around the world, including Canada. Amanda Lang speaks with John Gorman, the head of the Canadian Nuclear Association, and Jeff Binns with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization for an update on what is driving the demand, and what the plans are to handle the relatively small amount of waste it will produce.
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