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Do you think things have been going well the last 10 years, and that people are generally better off?
I'm just curious what people expect with Carney, given his entire cabinet is the same do people expect him to govern entirely by himself in a dictatorial fashion?
It’s a fair question.
Carney is a Center-right corporate kleptocracy bureaucrat. I have no love for the gentlemen. He’s the 1%.
His primary opponent however is owned by the far right and will likely govern even more dictatorially at a time when that’s particularly dangerous. He will sell out healthcare, social safety nets, and the environment in a way that puts Harper to shame.
As I see it, the choice is picking stability, crappy as it is, or selling out the most vulnerable among us for a chance at change.
It’s not a great choice - but it’s what we have. Wishing for something else won’t make it so. The NDP won’t rise from the ashes in the next ten days.
So my vow is to swallow a bitter pill and get involved - be the change I want to see.
In the meantime I believe we need (and have) a unified front against fascism and rampant fear/hatred.
Have the vulnerable been helped at all by the Liberals. Looking at some stats their rent essentially doubled, which I think most peoples rents are definitely their single biggest cost.
So I'm curious how you tangle with that issue, given the Liberals are buying mortgage bonds, extending amortizations, and doing all they can to push up home values for investors. Is it just the logic that Pierre is lying and would do the same?
I agree that the liberal record in housing is terrible, but looking at the conservative proposed policies I believe they will only make things worse. It’s like it is designed to sound good but enrich investors.
Forcing municipals to rezone by withholding federal funding if they don't, and tying immigration to housing completions sounds bad?
Can I ask what your criticism is of it?
Those will help a bit and sound good, but will take decades to bring down costs, if at all.
They also do nothing to prevent investors from buying up all of the land. My main criticism against it vs the liberal plan is that they have no restrictions on the tax reduction on ALL sales of homes.
This is a good benefit for individuals, but a massive benefit to investors. Why they wouldn’t limit it to only primary residences boggles my mind.
He liberals limit it to first time home buyers which has its own problems (prevents downsizing for seniors etc), but it is much better than the cons plan.
I should also say that I believe the only way out of the housing crisis is significant tax reform, specifically a revenue neutral land tax that is very heavy based on what the owner could get by renting the land, but gets equally distributed back to the people.
I do agree that only quick fix to bring down prices is stopping immigration. With 15% youth unemployment in Toronto its still called racist for saying so however. But I see your point that a GST rebate for investors is very silly.
Of course continuing near the current immigration level still requires rezoning all over Canada. I still think that's the best plan, as it is the only thing to deal with the land shortage. BC had done it, as has much of Alberta, because they are actual progressives, but we need to force the likes of Ford and Chow.