Mary Wiens

Friday May 18, 2012

Foreign Investors

Condo towers have become Toronto's new rental housing. In some new buildings, there are actually more tenants than owners, and many of the owners are foreign investors, people who have no intention of ever living in the units they own. As the CBC's Mary Wiens tells us, people who use condos as another way to make money, create unintended consequences for Toronto's housing market.

Part 1. Listen (runs 6:46)
Part 2. Listen (runs 6:01)

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Wednesday May 9, 2012

Condo Problems

Tomorrow, at Queen's Park, politicians will debate a private member's bill that would give condominium owners more protection. This morning, the CBC's Mary Wiens introduces us to a condo owner who is learning the limits of Ontario's existing legislation, the hard way.
Listen (runs 6:06)

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Friday May 4, 2012

Not Refugees?

Matt Galloway spoke with Karl Nerenberg. He is a journalist and documentary-maker, and his documentary about Roma people in Canada, called "Never Come Back", airs Sunday night at 9 p.m on Omni 1 Television.
Listen (runs 6:50)

Categories: Columnists, Mary Wiens, Past Episodes

 

• May 2012
  • Fri., 18 – Foreign Investors
     
  • Wed., 9 – Condo Problems
     
  • Fri., 4 – Not Refugees?
     
  • Thu., 3 – Lakshmi: A Hindu Goddess Reinterpreted
     
• March 2012
  • Mon., 12 – A Different Future
     
  • Fri., 2 – "Nothing For A Rainy Day"
     
• February 2012
  • Fri., 3 – A Fork in the Road: A week-long series from Mary Wiens
     
• January 2012
  • Mon., 16 – Eritrean Community Centre
     
• December 2011
  • Wed., 21 – "Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"
     
• November 2011
  • Thu., 24 – Throw-away buildings
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 19 – The Darker Side
     
  • Tue., 18 – Roma Mothers
     
  • Mon., 3 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System"
     
• September 2011
  • Tue., 27 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System"
     
  • Thu., 22 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 3
     
  • Wed., 21 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 2
     
  • Tue., 20 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 1
     
• August 2011
  • Tue., 23 – Layton's Neighbourhood
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 22 – It's all about books this weekend!
     
  • Wed., 20 – Bellweather Riding
     
• September 2010
  • Mon., 27 – Civic Muscle
     
  • Mon., 13 – Civic Response
     
  • Thu., 9 – Civic Muscle 4
     
  • Wed., 8 – Civic Muscle 3
     
  • Tue., 7 – Civic Muscle 2
     
  • Mon., 6 – Civic Muscle 1
     
• July 2010
  • Fri., 16 – Omar Wellington
     
• June 2010
  • Sun., 27 – The Inbetween Time
     
  • Fri., 4 – Working Man
     
  • Tue., 1 – Dignitas
     
• May 2010
  • Fri., 21 – Liquid Assets 5
     
  • Thu., 20 – Liquid Assets 4
     
  • Tue., 18 – Liquid Assets 2
     
  • Mon., 17 – Liquid Assets
     
  • Fri., 14 – Walkerton Remembered
     
  • Wed., 12 – Remembering Walkerton
     
  • Mon., 10 – Cpl. Christopher Klodt