The devastation of wildfires spreads throughout the economy

This week’s episode Down to Business investigates economic impacts of forest fires with respect to less obvious consequences.

Anson Ho, assistant professor at Metropolitan University of Toronto’s Ted Rogers School of Management discusses an article he co-authored on Fort McMurray in 2016. lightningimpact on homeowners’ ability to pay their mortgages.

Camille Ouellet Dalaire, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Science and the Environment at Memorial University of Newfoundland who studies how humans are connected to their ecology, also offers her perspective on the effects of wildfires.

As always, interviews are edited for clarity and brevity.