James Moore

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3,438 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Moore-Butts Conversation Encore Episode -- Is Affordability An Issue That Governments Can Even Solve? · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

That that would never happen with the auto sector.

That would it doesn't happen with any other sector, but they are so efficiently and effectively organized that they've done that.

Now there are all kinds of arguments about the economics of it, but but there are certain sectors and certain organizations that have figured out the Canadian political pressure points and they've put their thumb on it really efficiently and really effectively.

And it's a huge part of this.

This dynamic.

As you have more government in business, you're gonna have more business in government.

And and the the the the cross pollination of former generals who now work for contractors, former Industry Canada deputy ministers and ADMs who now work for different companies on the outside who lobby.

Uh so where does that, by the way, Peter, coming full circle?

So where does it leave the politics then?

So the politics then comes back to the short-term immediate political benefit is to then because all those things are myriad complex and the payoff is not immediate.

The payoff is two election cycles down the road.

People won't see the benefit of tackling some of these structural issues, particularly in real estate, because you're talking about generational investments.

Well, the next election's in six months.

So what what how do what do I put in the window?

So you put in the window things like the dental

program.

The Canadian the dental program the government of Canada has put forward is

Complex, but the original version of it was uh I believe it was a six or eight hundred dollar coupon by the government of Canada that would you would give to families and to kids who are at risk.

And and you would take that to your dentist and say, I've got I think it was six hundred and fifty dollars from the government of Canada in order to help my child who hasn't had proper dental care for a really long time and they're at risk.

And it sounds great and it's very compassionate and it's very decent.

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