My favourite animals are bears, sloths, wombats, tree kangaroos, lemurs, and sea otters. Honourable mention to capybaras—cool also. I love all of the dogs.
#VanRE@thatemfagan Nearly half of the 22,405 short-term rental listings were found to be operating illegally, according newly released data from short-term rental platforms that the province says it will use to step up enforcement of new restrictions. https://t.co/S3E1mRjVF4
Of course every expert is coming out now to say a population growth rate of 3%/yr (1.2M people) is too high
Where were they years early when their advocacy could have actually helped
Rather than speaking up now that these opinions are safe to share & after the damage is done
No politician who campaigns for affordable homes ever mentions how to do it without bring prices down.
Homes can't both be great investments and affordable.
Oh dear. We need more affordability through lower prices. Anything else is just pretend.
This is not a great statement for someone trying to build credibility among those who are currently priced out.
This clearly articulates the mindset that has dominated housing and taxation policy over the last two decades and resulted in the housing crisis we're in today. Any policymaker who is serious about the housing crisis knows that prices need to come down.
For every 1,000 residents, Canada brought in 32 people last year.
Over the past two years, 2.4 million people arrived in Canada, more than New Mexico’s population, yet Canada barely added enough housing for the residents of Albuquerque, per Bloomberg.
Your regular reminder that relying on immigration to meet local labour market needs is futile. This thinking reflects a misunderstanding of how economies work and explains much of the mess our immigration system finds itself in today.
https://t.co/6apP37pCUh
Hoping that rents start to decline and vacancy rates inch up from an abysmal 1% in your neighbourhood so your kids can fly the home coop? Nope - maybe not this year...
A couple months ago my colleagues and I @calgaryherald set out to understand how rapidly Calgary's affordability narrative has weakened. My job was to find the data that backs that up.
In this story we have 7 charts on how life in #yyc has changed—
https://t.co/zjtaAUnTfj
Canada's recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, according to a CBC News analysis of federal data. https://t.co/KXrOzmyC5I .
Over the past two years, 2.4 million people arrived in Canada, more than New Mexico’s population, yet Canada barely added enough housing for the residents of Albuquerque. https://t.co/XZioP5bmHy
"But our ability to successfully welcome new Canadians depends on having the physical capacity to do so properly—in particular having enough homes"
Why did 🇨🇦's housing crisis need to get this bad for so many people to learn this obvious lesson?
"For the next few years we must reduce our immigration intake, following the example of other immigration-friendly countries.
In doing so, we would finally address the demand side of the housing equation, after fixating with increased supply"
https://t.co/CShXTh8xG2
This is an awful policy change from the federal government that will raise home prices and, on net, transfer wealth from younger Canadians and newcomers to older, high wealth Canadians. It runs directly counter to the budget's theme of promoting intergenerational fairness.
“Who set fire to our once-enviable immigration system? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a mission to find out. Just as soon as he gets all of this soot out of his hair.”
Must read from @RobynUrback. Nails it.
https://t.co/K5TDLk6Ng0
Trudeau says temporary immigration has "grown at a rate far beyond what Canada has been able to absorb."
An historic statement, while strange.
He loves to apologize for the mistakes of others, but seems incapable of apologizing for his own policies.
1/2 https://t.co/JDDZ2hnQxA