More supply should lower prices if done correctly. He explicitly states they want to add supply without lowering prices, therefore they may not provide enough supply to actually satisfy long term demand or make entry into the market possible for many first time buyers.
The first seconds of the video has the housing minister answering the question “do you think housing prices need to fall?” And he replies “no,…”
Edit:here is a CTV news link where he states "No. I think that we need to deliver more supply, make sure the market is stable. It’s a huge part of our economy,”
If that doesnt scream keep the status quo for housing idk what does.
this video goes into some details about the contradictions he’s made. TLDW he doesn’t want exisiting housing prices to fall but wants to build more affordable housing. This is difficult to achieve because adequate affordable housing will cause prices to fall. He says housing as an investment should be protected, so the government is stepping in to protect assets that gain as much as 30+% per year and will prevent them from falling/correcting. No other financial asset has protected gains like that.
Many people kept blaming Trudeau for the housing crisis when in reality, provincial and municipal politics/decisions effect housing a lot more than the feds do.
Who wants to work 50+ hours a week with no benefits, inconsistent scheduling, and no future to buy a home? Thats the reality for many young people today.
Can’t wait for all of ontario to blame the feds somehow when this budget backfires
I enjoy my job too for the most part, but i have to work 50+ hours per week in order to make ends meet and still save enough for the future. I’m so exhausted most of the time from work that my perosnal and social life is significantly impacted. My position is also technically on call but without on call pay and has very inconsistent hours, making adhering to a personal schedule or social plans very difficult.
I love my job but i am overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and under regulated.
Lots of respect for Doug Cockle, the VA. He could use the outcry to try to get another big deal and make more money as the main character, but instead he recognizes the witcher is bigger than him or his character and is happy to have another person take the lead role and the spotlight.
Your source was published in 1995. A lot of regulation has changed over the last 30 years. I wonder what the numbers look like now.
The sks often has a bayonet and is one of the most common guns in Canada.
This article is about handguns. The vast majority of legal guns in Canada are shotguns and rifles. Handguns are already severely restricted in Canada and it is impossible to get one legally now unless your job requires one, such as law enforcement, game wardens, or certain security companies.
If Canada ever reaches a point like the USA where the government is unlawfully abducting people from their homes, you may understand why some people think common people should be able to own guns.
We unfortunately live in a world where guns exist and they can be used for oppression. People stand a better chance against armed opression when they themselves are armed.
Not every gun owner is out here using guns as an extension of power, most just use them for hobbies and huntings. And many express that they would fight against nazi level opression if it comes down to it.
Canada heavily investing in electrified public transit would do a lot more for the economy and the environment than any EV deal with any country. It also has a side effect of supporting denser housing which could help us get out of our housing crisis.
Canada will still need EVs for people who would rather drive or live rurally but our focus should be reducing the reliance on cars. EVs are massively energy and resource ineffcient compared to transit and transit can be made accesible to more people.
Carney has on several occasions said that canada should become a green energy super power. Carney canceled consumer carbon pricing, but he kept the industry pricing, where the tax can be more impactful in developing change. He also worked with the bank of england during a big change for net zero initiatives than many of the public pushed against. I think he will do more for the environment in Canada than previous liberal leaders. We as the population also have a role by writing to our MPs on what changes we want to see and protesting policies that harm our planet.
We aren’t going to get off of oil tomorrow and alberta is throwing a temper tantrum about leaving Canada. We need time to invest in green energy, public transit, denser housing, and electric vehicles extensively before we can significantly cut our oil demand. Even getting off oil as a fuel source, we will still depend on it for plastics and lubricants until we can develop new solutions there.
I hope if carney is going forward with a pipeline it will at least need extensive environmental assessments and monitoring.
Carney praises carbon pricing in his book Values, but had to strategically cancel it as he saw consumer carbon pricing dividing more canadians (still in effect for industry, where the tax can spur the most impactful changes). Its easier to get people to change by building an economy that less carbon dependent than it is to tax consumers into making the right choice. For example, building quality, reliable high speed rail would get people to switch their prefered transportation method just for their personal convenience, with a side effect of being more energy effecient and less carbon intensive than driving.
Carney also praises green energy as part of a sustainable future. All of this gives me more hope than if Pierre was PM, whom has pretty much rejected anything concerning the environment in his political career
I’m so glad Canada elected someone who is well versed in both climate change and economics, he might actually be able to build a more climate friendly economy in Canada.
Our other option wants to deny climate change as an issue and reject just about anything that hurts profits for the benefit of the climate, fresh water, ecosystems, or animals.
Cause it is impossible to raise kids in an apartment. Just look at new york city.
Which could be 10, 2000 sq/ft single story units or 40, 2000 sq/ft apartments in a 4 story building. We cant just keep letting cities build outward and cover farmlands with endless swathes of single family homes and barren lawns.
I get the sentiment here, but a half acre is a lot of land and the development of large suburban lots is a big thing that contributed to the housing crisis in north america. We need to diversify housing and increase the number of 1000-2000 sqft apartments as well. Relatively small homes on smaller lots (1/4 acre and under) should also be being built.
I get the end of work day hobble. Some weeks i work 6-7 days a week 10 hours a day. I live alone so chores really grind to halt on weeks like that. Then on my first day off i have to spend half of it doing chores. I wish i could have a better work life balance but i can’t meet my financial goals working less and im not eager to hop into the job market again.
Ive recently moved to a new city and despite being here 2 years, ive not met a single friend outside of work mostly because im too exhausted to socialize and i can’t justify the money going to a bar or something. The inconsistency of my work schedule also makes evening clubs or sports difficult to join as many days i work until 7 or 8 pm and I won’t know that until a day or 2 in advance.