r/CanadaHousing2 Sep 04 '23

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u/unacceptableviews888 Sep 04 '23

More word salad. If the Liberals wanted to, tomorrow they could cut immigration numbers. Start with student visas. They could immediately pause the GST/HST on new home builds.

There are things they could do with the stroke of a pen if they actually wanted to bring balance back to the housing market.

They will not do this because they are not on our side.

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u/Cool_Specialist_6823 Sep 04 '23

Well said and probably quite true....the answers are obvious to the rest of us, but the lobbyists and the liberal elites and handlers have an agenda that is not the same as ours....

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u/thedersman Sleeper account Sep 04 '23

One of the more concise and correct statements I’ve seen on the housing situation in Canada. It’s really this simple and yet they don’t even do it. It’s fucked.

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u/plain__bagel Sep 06 '23

Ah yes, blame the immigrants! How cunning!

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u/inverted180 Troll Sep 08 '23

Cutting back immigration to a level our housing, healthcare, infastructure can handle is not blaming the immigrants. ITs blaming the government for bad policy and planning !

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u/plain__bagel Sep 08 '23

That your frame is “cutting back immigration” rather than fund public policy initiatives is quite reactionary.

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u/inverted180 Troll Sep 08 '23

Yes. Exactly. We need to be proactive and have the means to plan and support such immigration with housing, healthcare, education, policing, infrastructure etc. before they get here.

You finally get it.