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Trudeau takes first step to break Canada’s addiction to rising home prices - The Globe and Mail (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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At last, someone from the world of politics is being honest about a pervasive and harmful trade-off. When home prices rise faster than earnings, owners like me gain wealth, while non-owners lose because their incomes fall further behind housing costs.

Honesty is saying that home prices have to fall. But this is progress.

The Generation Squeeze folks have recommendations.

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[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 years ago

Can't wait for whatever policy to be implemented so poorly it ends up raising house prices.

[-] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 years ago

At this point, I'm certain the intention is still to prop up housing but make voters think he finally gives a shit about them so he gets re-elected. Based on his track record, I don't have any reason to believe him.

But Pierre Poliviere's platform of "own the libs" including banning abortion and being against trans rights is not an option.

We need ranked choice voting.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

We need open-list MMP or some other form of non-party-list PR. Ranked choice helps, but it still means that non-hyperlocal constituency groups can be ignored. Since old people vote in droves and there are old people everywhere, local winner-take-all systems like FPTP and yes, ranked-choice, still let the politicians ignore the youth.

Regional-proportional systems like STV or MMP let a constituency in the region that has enough people for a rep regionwide but not enough for any single riding get a voice in the assembly.

I mean, on the downside, this includes Nazis. But on the upside, this includes renters.

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