Cost of housing in Canada
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So the answer is to spend more on veterans, seniors, and the unhoused to at least match the amounts for refugees, right?
Right?
Also, at risk of bleeding into the Nijjar thread, I took a quick read of his X posts. Is he being paid by the Indian govt? All of his recent posts are how Nijjar was a “terrorist”.
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wrong.
CountDC
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That explains the cut to our TD budget.
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I think the stats are the average salary required, not the actual cost of housing.
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Are you recommending we send them back to where they came from? I'm just curious on what a viable solution is for any colour of government to deal with this issue.
The stats provided are the average costs, not what they are being given to spend on what they want. Why not go after the contractors as money grabbing leaches for providing what is likely the bare minimum service for those inflated amounts of money.
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Right you are, CL!
Couldn’t help jumping on to Realtor.ca to see what I could invest in nearby during the Great Capital Gains Tax sell off…That said, that’s more than thrice the median income of Joe or Jane Canada, which depending on province, sits between 36,000-42,000 +/-, so median Joe or Jane cannot come close to buying just a lot…of nothing…
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Right...
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City administrators recap submissions at public hearing on rezoning
City of Calgary staff are presenting a 'what we heard' report Thursday morning, recapping the 12-day public hearing on blanket rezoning.
calgaryherald.com
Despite the opposition....
Council approved blanket rezoning — so what happens next?
Calgary city council approved the blanket rezoning proposal, ushering in a new approach to housing and densification for the municipality.
calgaryherald.com
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NO. Just NO.
I am not ready to return to the days of kissing the Abbot's ring to get a better hovel and a larger scoop of gruel.
That is the favour that Henry VIII did us all when he shut down the religious corporations that controlled the wool trade and the guilds.
Dissolution of the monasteries - Wikipedia
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I disagree. So long as people in Toronto control what firearms I can own, I think I should have a say in what homes they can own... Fair is fair after all. Nobody should own a high capacity planet killing home of more than 1500 square feet except the government.City administrators recap submissions at public hearing on rezoning
City of Calgary staff are presenting a 'what we heard' report Thursday morning, recapping the 12-day public hearing on blanket rezoning.
Despite the opposition....
Council approved blanket rezoning — so what happens next?
Calgary city council approved the blanket rezoning proposal, ushering in a new approach to housing and densification for the municipality.
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NO. Just NO.
I am not ready to return to the days of kissing the Abbot's ring to get a better hovel and a larger scoop of gruel.
That is the favour that Henry VIII did us all when he shut down the religious corporations that controlled the wool trade and the guilds.
Dissolution of the monasteries - Wikipedia
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On a more serious note, I think there is a reasonable "regulated" housing market that can be achieved while not preventing those with the means from buying/building whatever they want.
For those who own now and thing they're "set", remember that as the number of people who feel locked out of the "Canadian dream" increases, the likelihood of your dream being taken to help someone else increases rapidly. It's in the self interest of home owners to find a reasonable middle ground between the current market and something sustainable.
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Who guaranteed you a job or a life in the location of your choice?
The CAF sends you to where the jobs are. I relocated on my own hoof to where the jobs were. Sometimes that meant working away from my home. Sometimes that meant finding a new employer. Sometimes it meant moving some very unhappy kids and a less than impressed wife.
There is a lot of space in Canada where you can build a home you can afford. You might even be able to own that property while you rent and work in other locations.
Your cottage can be your permanent home.
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I'm not talking about me.
If your argument for the current market is "find a different place" you will lose. Not today, but give it a few years, when the Gen-Z and younger Millennials locked out of the market start voting in numbers, because they feel left out, things will change in ways you may not like.
The whole, go somewhere where property is affordable line doesn't work in a world where work is concentrated in the cities. Back when you could cut trees, mine, or fish for a reasonable wage that argument had some merit. These days it's as tone deaf as "learn to code"...
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