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The Matt Brown Podcast

The Matt Brown Podcast

Di: Matt Brown
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 Back in September 2025, Rogers TV invited me to host a twice monthly show called Newsmakers. The show is about all things local, and maybe some other topics too. After the show airs on Rogers TV, I’m posting abridged versions of the interviews here on The Matt Brown Podcast, sponsored by The Bicycle Café. You are a big part of this show. In fact, we couldn’t do it without you. So, please give a follow. Let us know what you think. Let us know if their topics that you’d like to learn about or maybe you’d like to be on a future show. Email: themattbrownpodcast@gmail.com. For now, this will be the main content for this podcast. We’ll see how it grows from here. I’m excited about this project and I hope you are too. Talk to you soon, London. PS, Buy me a coffee? There are some expenses connected to running a podcast and if you'd like to make a contribution here to support the show, I'd be grateful. Interested? Simply click here:https://buymeacoffee.com/the.matt.brown.podcast Thanks again for listening! MB Politica e governo Scienze politiche Scienze sociali
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  • Mike Moffatt & Jared Zaifman discuss the new Fed/Prov Housing Affordability Plan

    Mike Moffatt & Jared Zaifman discuss the new Fed/Prov Housing Affordability Plan
    Apr 16 2026
    Late last month, Prime Minister Carney and Premier Ford launched an Multi Billion Dollar Housing Affordability Program that’s likely to have a significant positive impact on the housing market - right across the country. Mike Moffatt and Jared Zaifman are joining us today to take a deep dive into the details of the plan. The program the Prime Minister & Premier launched is called “Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build" and, it’s big. It’s an $8.8 Billion Dollar initiative designed to accelerate housing construction, here in London and right across the Province. Dr. Mike Moffatt holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from Ivey Business School and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester. He’s worked with politicians and policymakers of all political stripes in several countries to craft more effective public policy. He’s the founder of the University of Ottawa's Missing Middle Initiative (MMI), the co-host of the Missing Middle Podcast and so much more. Jared Zaifman is the CEO at The London Home Builder’s Association and he is a former member of London’s City Council. Over the past several months, Jared has taken several trips to Toronto and Ottawa with Provincial and Federal Home Builder Association colleagues to meet with government officials and to lobby for the policy changes that we’ll be talking about today. Thanks for listening!
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    31 min
  • Special Edition, I join Steve Cordes on Devon Peacock's 980 CFPL Political Panel

    Special Edition, I join Steve Cordes on Devon Peacock's 980 CFPL Political Panel
    Apr 13 2026
    Today, we’re trying something new. It’s a podcast, inside of a podcast. Devon Peacock hosts The Morning Show over on 980 CFPL. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he hosts a political panel and he invites me to join in, from time to time. So, that’s what we have for you today. Devon’s Political Panel, Steve Cordes and I join him to talk about floor crossing at the Federal level, potential term limits for elected officials and the upcoming municipal electio. This episode was broadcasted on 980 CFPL Thursday, April 9th and it’s also available as a podcast - just search Devon Peacock The Morning Show….wherever you get your podcasts.
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    20 min
  • Political Panel talks Mayor's Home Owners Incentive Plan, Council's Reaction,Strong Mayor's Powers and More.

    Political Panel talks Mayor's Home Owners Incentive Plan, Council's Reaction,Strong Mayor's Powers and More.
    Apr 6 2026
    Today, community leaders, Mojdeh Azad and Paul Hubert are joining me to talk about the Mayor’s “Home Ownership Incentive Plan”. He called it his “Big Announcement” at the London Chamber of Commerce State of the City Address held back in January. He used what are called, “Strong Mayor’s Powers” to direct staff to develop the plan quickly and, since that time, the idea has received a bit of a rough ride from many of London’s other 14 members of council. It left a lot of us wondering, what might happen next. The Back Story: In January, the mayor used his strong mayor powers to direct staff to develop, what he calls, an “Affordable Home Ownership Incentive Plan”. Essentially, and it’s more complicated than this, the plan could provide approximately 260 individuals and families, who purchase a newly built home within a certain time frame, with the equivalent of a Twenty to just over Fifty Thousand Dollar rebate depending on the size of the home - think of a small apartment all the way up to a single family home, all sold for less than $630,000, which is considered at or below the average for homes sold in London these days. What does this Twenty to Fifty Thousand Dollar rebate represent? Development Charges or DC’s. These are the fees developers normally pay to cover the capital costs associated with the cost of a growing city. Think things like Water, Waste Water, Roads, Parks, Transit, Emergency Services, Libraries and more. These Development Charges are then typically included in the purchase price of new builds, so existing rate payers don’t subsidise growth. In other words, growth pays for growth. Now, how would this incentive work? The mayor’s original plan suggested that council use city funds, sourced from a Federal Government Grant, to provide 60% of this discount and developers would then incorporate and deduct the remaining 40% of these costs at the time of sale. The City would front a total of $5 million dollars for its share. And keep in mind, this is one time funding, so once the money is gone, it’s gone. That was the original idea. Back in February, councillors had a lot of questions when this program came forward for their review. After a long debate, they sent those questions and the whole program back to staff for additional information. About a week ago, they got those answers at their committee of the whole and then, largely at the mayor’s request, they sent the plan back a second time - this time looking for even more options to consider. Council will likely get their second round of questions answered, as well as a new series of options to consider, near the tail end of April. These options will include the original plan, some potential changes related to how and when the rebate would be applied, as well as a potential granting program provided as a mechanism to incentives residents adding an additional rental unit to their home - think basement apartment for example. So - where does all of this go? We’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, we are joined today by Mojdeh Azad, an award winning consultant, conveyor and facilitator and Paul Hubert, Chief Executive officer of Pathways and founder of Delta Leadership Consulting, here to help us make sense of what’s going on - and what might be coming in the weeks and months ahead.
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    27 min
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