The Order of British Columbia was established on April 21, 1989, to honour people “who have served with the greatest distinction and excelled in any field of endeavour benefiting the people of the province of B.C.”
If you’re the average Canadian and your rent has doubled or tripled, groceries have jumped 50%, and your health care system is collapsing in the last 8 years since Trudeau took power isn’t desperately wanting any alternative an obvious reaction? Many districts are effectively a two party race and if your only goal is to ensure Trudeau isn’t PM, the Cons are your only options.
I’m not saying Pollievre will make any meaningful difference, but at the very least he’s been saying our housing system is broken. Trudeau’s had 8 years and things have only become much worse.
Ignoring these hypothetical numbers, an abundance of housing means more options for renters. In this case the developers have to compete for our rental money. This means lower rents.
Genuinely baffling take, our entire system prioritizes the homeowner above all else. Policies like a GST exemption are the smallest of crumbs in a world where it’s literally illegal to build an apartment building in 80% of the land in our largest cities.
Only looking at (taxpayer-funded) subsidies alone, homeowners get FHSAs, first time buyer tax credit, home buyer’s plan, tax-free imputed rent, unlimited capital gains exemption, and a slew of other provincial grants. This is all while they build equity! What do renters get in comparison?
That is a 100% indisputably correct assumption. Vacancy taxes worked where they’ve been implemented to incentivize the occupancy of empty homes and the overwhelming majority of homes have people living in them.
The point of this article is we can and should make room in Toronto. There’s plenty of space if we accommodate with a better built form that isn’t sprawling detached homes.
So rarely happens but I like every track on this album. I might like some less than others but every track is so incredibly produced and executed I can’t complain about any of them.
Subsidizing homeowners with a taxpayer-funded cheque for $500 is regressive policy for a leftist party. Even if we’re means-testing it, there’s so many better ways that money could be spent.
Once again, as a renter dealing with year over year increases of hundreds of dollars per month, I get nothing.
Canada will change how it counts non-permanent residents, the main statistics agency said on Thursday, after an economist said the current methodology may have overlooked about a million foreign students, workers and others.
In a city with 1.25 million homes, why are we so focused on “taxing empty investment homes” (something that already exists) for a few thousand units instead of building new homes?
Ah okay I’m asking because people seem to always point to empty homes as the problem and support that thesis with anecdotal evidence.
The reality is new vacancy taxes in Ontario and BC captured a lot of those empty homes and there’s simply nowhere near the scale of empty homes to make any reasonable dent in the housing crisis, even if we converted every single one to occupied.
Yeah sure. This is more a response to the top level comment (and the general sentiment) that empty units and financialization cause the scarcity, instead of just addressing the scarcity.
god damn I’m whiny enough working in an office and having to wear pants/button-up shirts, can’t even imagine how miserable it can be working outside all day.
In hopes to deliver 250 mph rail service by midcentury, the Democrats in Washington’s congressional delegation are asking the federal government for $198 million to help plan a route between Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle; and Portland.
Vancouver won’t see Mayor’s Budget Task Force report until next year (globalnews.ca)
Vancouverites will have to wait until the new year to see the results of a task force charged with finding ways to tighten up the city’s budget....
About Here: Why your City is STILL Struggling to Build 'Missing Middle' Housing (www.youtube.com)
This is the reason your ER doctors are leaving: You don’t have a family doctor, and you can’t get an admission bed. So you end up waiting and waiting in the ER for a physician (www.thestar.com)
Homeowners Refuse to Accept the Awkward Truth: They’re Rich - Owners of the multi-million-dollar properties still see themselves as middle class, a warped self-image that has a big impact on renters (thewalrus.ca)
Ryan Reynolds becomes newest member of Order of British Columbia (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Canada plans college crackdown amid foreign student troubles - BNN Bloomberg (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
She worked full time and after monthly bills, there was $9 left for food: Woodstock, Ont., woman's TikTok post about falling behind goes viral (www.cbc.ca)
Leger / September 24, 2023 (lemmy.ca)
Ontario premiere reverses plans to develop greenbelt land (www.cbc.ca)
Trudeau accusing Indian government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa expected to remove GST on new rental apartment builds | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Opinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houses (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117 (www.cbc.ca)
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
Why urban density is actually good for us (www.straight.com)
B.C.'s maximum allowable rent increase for 2024 set at 3.5 per cent (bc.ctvnews.ca)
[FRESH ALBUM] Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS (open.spotify.com)
Ongoing cost-of-living crisis should trigger another housing benefit payment: Singh (nationalpost.com)
Canada to change how it counts foreign students, workers amid housing crunch (www.reuters.com)
Canada will change how it counts non-permanent residents, the main statistics agency said on Thursday, after an economist said the current methodology may have overlooked about a million foreign students, workers and others.
Too Hot to Handle: Heat Poses Rising Risk to BC Workers | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
'Just treat us like humans': Temporary foreign workers in B.C. ride for rights, protections (www.cbc.ca)
Experts say employer-specific work permits make workers vulnerable to exploitation
[FRESH ALBUM] Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II (open.spotify.com)
The kids are not all right: How young people are dealing with increasing climate anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
With climate concerns on the rise, experts warn existing mental health resources won’t be able to keep up. By Brishti Basu · CBC News
Ontario housing minister’s chief of staff resigns following greenbelt controversy (www.cbc.ca)
Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato both split from music manager Scooter Braun (ew.com)
Justin Bieber recently denied that he too is looking to part ways with Braun, his manager of 15 years.
Ottawa considering a cap on international students to ease housing pressure, says Fraser (www.cbc.ca)
Housing affordability one of the main issues as cabinet meets for three days in P.E.I.
Group calls for Facebook, Instagram boycott on Aug. 23 and 24 (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
[FRESH ALBUM] Reneé Rapp - Snow Angel (open.spotify.com)
WA Democrats ask Buttigieg for $200M to plan B.C.-Seattle-Portland bullet train (www.seattletimes.com)
In hopes to deliver 250 mph rail service by midcentury, the Democrats in Washington’s congressional delegation are asking the federal government for $198 million to help plan a route between Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle; and Portland.