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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by ivoras on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @04:56AM (#12216618)
> We'd rather just grab US and Chinese cash then vacation in Mexico than actually work.

That's hardly unique to Canada. It's the default human state to prioritise short-term gains. See e.g. the phenomenon of obesity.

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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by branchless on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:48AM (#12217256)
Former British colony with banking and enslaving land price shocker, page 4.
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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by sdenton4 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @12:16PM (#12219066)
(I suppose I shouldn't be shocked that broad national generalizations should be followed up with fat shaming. But I am, none-the-less, disappointed.)
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