The central conceit of government is that the people working in it have the intelligence and expertise to solve complex problems. And yet, evidence of these high-level problem-solving skills is difficult to find.
Take the housing crisis, an issue felt most acutely in Ontario, which has the country’s fastest population growth and its greatest housing supply shortage. Fixing the problem is largely up to the government of Premier Doug Ford and the province’s 414 municipalities. Feeling confident?
