Through the provincial and federal elections this year, the housing crisis often took a back seat to issues of tariffs and trade. Yet in this time of economi...
    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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      19 days ago

      You mean Terry and Barb, the Boomers. But how else can they retire on free money tax free? This situation is so fucked that any correction by government will lead Canada into the status of a failed state, because instead of investing in industry and business for 20 years, we have 80% of the wealth of the country tied into a Ponzi scheme that relies on immigration and money laundering.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Fix transportation and you fix half the housing issues. Build 24/7 regional train links to Barrie and Peterborough and Guelph, and build streetcars networks within them, and suddenly they are closer to downtown then Scarborough or Mississauga.

    Have the government do more to build their own non-market housing, create programs to make it easier to build co-op and community housing, and penalize housing market ‘investors’ who add no value to the economy, and you’ll fix the other half.

  • Moonbunny@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    19 days ago

    The BC NDPs seem to be doing something right- now if only the ONDP can take notes and prepare a similar platform for the next election

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      The ontario ndp has bigger issues than just their platform, they need to make their candidates known and inform people of the benefits of their platform. They often have pretty good platforms, but I’d be surprised if more than 10% of voters even read any party’s platform. Most just pick the loudest voice they agree with on a handful of topics.