If you’re a recent grad in 🇨🇦 waiting for opportunity to be created by a politician who bought at least 3 investment properties abroad while in office…

… you should have studied harder and went to a better school.

This is a highly informative chart from folks at the University of Toronto.
The quest for high density, regardless of motive, is dramatically succeeding in Vancouver.
Like in no other major Canadian city.
#vanre #vanpoli

Exceptionally dark that a member of the Liberal Party warned Han Dong that he was being watched by CSIS, but no one told Michael Chong he was being targeted by China theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

First time I’ve ever re-posted something from Jesse Brown.
Sam Cooper deserves the support
#trudeau

I feel sad every time I walk past the old Forum now and see that it has been turned into a Dollarama store. Also sad seeing all the boarded-up storefronts on Ste. Catherine St. I’m old enough to remember when downtown Montreal was booming #Habs #Habs IO

If Immigration Min. @marcmillerVM follows through on his promise - which is a big 'if' - it means Canada’s pop., which grew by 1.2M in a single year, may grow by only 300K per year 12 months from now.
See John Pasalis projection:
#cdnpoli #cdnimm #onpoli
movesmartly.com/monthly-report…

DouglasTodd Justin Trudeau Jagmeet Singh How did Han Dong won the 2014 provincial race ? The answer he gave us was that one-third of the votes came from Chinese students at universities and colleges in southern Ontario. These students provided an extra boost to his victory.
Andy Lee - Special Rebel Rapporteur
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/w67nGKz4Ypc7…

You can take the house, the dog…

I'll even load it in my car

Take your mother…your brother & all your tacky friends

I'll even rent a U-Haul to haul you all in

Stick it in the darkest place that you can find

Take your love & put it where the sun don't shine🌞

~Ray Stevens

'Chace Barber of Edison Motors took the brave step of naming names & calling b.s. on how he and his firm were treated... thereby risking NDP vengeance,' says VaughnPalmer.
Barber’s whistleblowing focussed on alleged kickbacks in green tech.
#BCpoli
vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

DouglasTodd City of Burnaby The Vancouver Sun This: “When senior levels of government keep throwing out that the more houses we build the cheaper they’ll get, I think they’ve been listening to developers too much” Hurley said.

“I haven’t seen anywhere in the world where that’s actually true....'

If only the Oakridge mega towers catered to the median incomes of local residents who can’t afford housing at $2500/SF = $1M for a tiny 400 SF condo
@WestBank sells the #Oakridge #condos to foreign #investors at sales offices in Dubai & Shanghai, to park their $ in our safe haven

When people see the declining number of 🏠 available for sale, they assume this is evidence of a housing supply problem

In reality, it's a demand problem

As more & more homes are bought by investors, the stock of homes that can be bought by families has decreased

Business-backed California YIMBY org. in #Vancouver to celebrate 'innovative' Oakridge Park mega-development.
Will 'learn' how to press politicians to build high-density towers
#Vanpoli #SanFrancisco #vanre
(FWIW - Bay Area Council doesn't realize Oakridge is not 'downtown')

How U.S. Muslims are experiencing the #IsraelHamasWar :
- 64% say their sympathies lie entirely or mostly with the Palestinian people.
- Among the larger American public, 16% are entirely or mostly sympathetic to the Palestinian people.
Via Pew Research Center
pewrsr.ch/3TJQzFF

Anglosphere countries seem to have gone most bonkers on immigration, driven by an elite-led progressive neoliberalism.

New Zealand has tightened its employment visa program, citing “unsustainable” migration.
The central bank warned the 'population jump' can add to inflation due to extra demand for houses & rental accommodation.
Direct parallel for Canada #cdnpoli #cdnimm
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…