• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    Can we get a law to ban opportunist right-wing dickbags with no skills or ideas?

    Before anyone objects: not really, I’m just very sick of this man.

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      Tying immigration to housing completions seems better than “housing shouldn’t fall in value”.

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        Housing completions is a fake statistic and is functionally the same as “housing shouldn’t fall in value.” Dont be fooled.

        E.g. last two years Vancouver BC led North America for the most housing starts, and was among the highest in the developed world.

        Because the price was increasing thanks to investors and speculators.

        Now that the price increase has cooled though? All of the developers simply stop building. Since feb 2025, housing starts in Vancouver are down by almost 50%.

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          What we actually need is government housing, built en masse and rented out below market value

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          No it wasn’t. He wanted to open up more PR and family reunification so the elderly can come into our already failed healthcare system.

          Its basically the only issue I voted on.

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            Under assumption you voted for PP, the guy that wanted to give all Indian nationals Canadian citizenship if requested

            I feel like you don’t actually know what you voted for

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              If you read their plans his was tying immigration to housing, what else is more sane than that.

              He could be lying, but the other two parties plan were more of the same.

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                No, his housing plan was to stop federal funding transfers to municipalities that didn’t increase their population by 5% per year

                Again, tying immigration to housing funding was the NDP