'Too big to fail': COVID-19 and Canadian real estate

Published: May 5, 2020, 4:10 a.m.

b'Could the "wealth-conjuring machine" that is Canadian real estate grind to a halt after the COVID-19 crisis exposed its worst weaknesses? That\'s the concern many who watch a sector that makes up a bigger part of the Canadian economy than oil and gas.\\nToday on Front Burner, Bloomberg News\' Vancouver bureau chief Natalie Obiko Pearson returns to explain how real estate became such a significant part of the Canadian economy, how Canadians went deeply into debt, and why now, the housing market in Canada could be "too big to fail."'