{"id":70427,"date":"2025-06-04T08:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=70427"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:12:21","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-088-big-city-mayor-takes-on-canadian-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/06\/04\/podcast-spacing-radio-088-big-city-mayor-takes-on-canadian-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney&#8217;s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we reached out to longtime urban affairs writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/frances-bula\/\">Frances Bula<\/a> to learn about Robertson&#8217;s housing legacy, and how he might approach his new job.<\/p>\n<p>And we speak to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/howardttam\/?originalSubdomain=ca\">Howard Tam<\/a>, a city builder and founder of Eat More Scarborough food tours about the variety and quality of cuisine there, and how the people of Scarborough are taking back their own story.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/spacing-radio\/id1124077274\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7j3L15Vo36v6MJGXask9HG\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:233628346\/sounds.rss\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2107526037&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Episode 88: Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/episode-88-big-city-mayor-takes-on-canadian-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 88: Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney&#8217;s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we reached out to longtime urban affairs writer Frances Bula to learn about Robertson&#8217;s housing legacy, and how he might approach his new job. 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