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Romain Lasser Demotes the House to a Mailbox for The Walrus

Romain LasserThe Walrus

For a Walrus essay by David Moscrop on how buying a house made him complicit in Canada’s housing crisis, Romain Lasser draws the house as a mailbox stuffed with financial paperwork, pushing the owner out onto the curb. His dog sits beside him, the only thing here that isn’t an asset. The house is a retirement plan, and nothing lives in it but the mail.

April 13, 2026
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Illustration by Romain Lasser for The Walrus

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