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I do... they need to make a lot of money 😬 Affordability and changing lifestyles are the driving reasons why multi-family construction has accelerated so much in the last decade compared to single family. Either way, it's not cheap...

Affordability has been a problem for the last 15 years and got worse here in Canada and the US during and after the pandemic because of tight supply. Like I said, it's not a birthright to be able to buy a home in Vancouver, Toronto, or other high cost area. I/we sure didn't find it easy when we first bought and started a family, just like it's not easy now. My kids think a $750K to $900K home is reasonable....which I couldn't fathom as a first time buyer, but then again their wages are significantly more than I made 40 years ago.

Then tell them to have more babies... It's simple math...you won't have enough people to support your economy and why you'll be bringing in more immigrants to support it.

Congrats GI Joe... but rather than telling us, you should probably remind Iran that you're the badass on the block. They don't seem to be too concerned. China and Russia, they're just watching with amusement... Sometimes an elbowing penalty is well worth the time in the box. Keep your head up...

You're literally the last person out here to be talking about what is reality and what is not. You validate that with every low information and fictitious post you make. Go back to X and find today's new conspiracy theory. It will keep your mind away from reality...

Location, location, location... Likewise, we bought our first home in 1987 for $105K, and that was after coming from an Ontario city where the average price was around $60K back then. Said 20 years that real estate appreciation in our part of the world wasn't sustainable, which is correcting right now but nowhere near affordable for many. Owning a home in the city you want to live isn't a birthright, it's something you have to work for and may not be realistic for some. Always been that way and always will be that way.

They get it until they find someone of colour then they don't get it. Just think of the different cultural foods you'll have at their birthday parties and get togethers...

Yes we do.

You don't have a say in who your children choose to love. I think little biracial Deluge's would be cute...

Boomers were able to do that in large part during Harpers term, where the average home price increased 86% from 2006 to 2015, and when the BOC and IMF warned that housing prices were 10% to 30% overvalued. You're an absolute fool to think that the baby boomer generation was handed everything. Fortunately housing and the wealth created has lent itself to more wealth to be made but boomers are also a characterized as a hard working generation. Timing is everything... I wasn't able to buy a home for $16K like my parents did and who had zero concern of finding employment, but I/we worked hard to build our own wealth rather than sitting around and bîtching about the cost of living. And as the boomers die off the wealth transfer is going to their children who will have greater opportunity to build on that wealth.

We vote for MP's, not party's. The aisle crossers will answer to their constituents at some point, but until then the facts are that a little over a year ago Poilievre had a 27% poll lead and it was a forgone conclusion that he would be our next PM, until he wasn't. We now have a majority liberal government which speaks volumes of who the country wants leading us, and the reality of who they don't. Poilievre's political career is over...

It has nothing to do with DEI... it's also a fact that colours also intermingle and have little mixed colour babies. Don't worry.... you'll love your little biracial grandchildren just the same.

No, that's not the reason... The wealth gap isn't anything new and certainly isn't exclusive to Canada and a liberal government with the same happening in the US and globally. In our little North American world the wealth is driven by real estate and stocks with the assets and investment gains growing faster than wages, while there is declining labor power for the lower income groups. If you want to look at just Canada and your demigod Harper, the top income share of the richest 1% was 12.7% when he left office which is the second highest of any PM behind only Martin. In Trudeau's last year 2024, that richest 1% held 11.5%, or one full percentage point less than Harper. Consider this... When Harper left office in 2015 Canadian household debt was 165%, or $1.65 for every dollar. When Trudeau left office in 2024 household debt was 173%, or $1.73 for every dollar... a difference of $0.08 over that 10 year period. Were you bîtching about the cost of living and wealth gap during Harpers term.... I'm guessing you were. I won't even attempt to defend Trudeau's failed fiscal management, but if you think that all our problems are solely because of one government you should look a lot closer at how and when the trend of the increased cost of living and wealth inequity began in Canada, and North America.

Don't be a fool... color isn't left or right, is it?

The divide between the 1% and the rest of us is already staggering, and keeps on growing. That would be fine if the majority of that 1% didn't have the influence over society that they do while growing that wealth. AI is still early in the game and will without a doubt have more profound effect as it evolves, which should give them full control of the world at some point. The wealth gap keeps growing a lot lower than that level though. In the news today that the top 20% of households hold 66% of the wealth....or a different way to look at is 80% of households own 34% of wealth. That's a Canada stat but it's every country. Political division is getting more divided but the gaps between rich and poor and AI are far more concerning. I have no idea when or how it will look, but at some there is going to be a social reckoning...

Lol... you can't understand what you read can you. Sorry to disappoint... no pictures of Trump, just need to turn on the computer or TV to see the day's mess-ups to be reminded of his stupidity.

If you have kids.... Imagine if one came home with a brown immigrant friend they're getting serious about.... 😳 You'd be the modern day Archie Bunker.

We were talking about finding something more useful for you to do, not me.... I don't have a problem with my time management. It's an inside day with the rain so thought I'd have a few Trump laughs at your expense, with way too much material to choose from... 😂

There's a lot to blame... but you lose enough that we'll keep it in the past to keep your little head from exploding.

Ehhhh... will get to it when it becomes more of a talking point. In the meanwhile I'll be looking at where all the new immigrants will be locating to. Any listings in your neighbourhood?

Hope you're enjoying it but surely you can find more useful things to do, can't you...? Just reading now about his pîssing match with the Pope. He truly is amongst the most morally void persons the world has seen 😂

Sure, call it whatever you want if it makes you feel better. Why exactly did you vote for him again?

Can't say I've read too closely what that Save America is all about, other than the obvious of Trump trying to skew the deck, but had seen some commentary that it could actually work against republican's. He's still trying to convince anyone who will listen he won in 2020 and it would be hilarious of this worked against them. Smart isn't his thing...

Well... I have a lot of interests and not sure if I'd call this one of them, but it sure is fun watching Trump squirm because of his own doing. If that makes me a bad person... I can live with it.

Well you certainly appear to have little for choices for blue or red right now, but it's still early. The Dem's will find a good candidate and your guy has a good chance of expiring before the election so your immigration stance could go up in flames real quick.