Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes

Re:Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes by voisin on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:47PM (#34224786)

I 100% concur. Canada would benefit by having a population 2-3x current. I am always amazed how in the US there are so many cities with vibrant cultures in the 50-80k range whereas in Canada you can drive vast distances and only find tiny settlements of a few thousand people and no services or culture to speak of.

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Re:Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes by pigsty on Monday January 02, 2023 @07:26PM (#34225777)

Meanwhile a substantial number of Americans are envious of Canadian life and how much safer Canadian cities are. The grass is always greener.

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Re:Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes by neighbor1 on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:11PM (#34227084)

> Canada would benefit by having a population 2-3x current

What a coincidence, this is exactly what the Century Initiative wants. Toronto would go from 8.8 to 33.5 million people. Vancouver from 3.3 to 11.9 million.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Initiative

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Re:Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes by voisin on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:51PM (#34227407)

Well… I would distribute it differently! I’d look for dozens of more cities in the 75-300k range like the US rather than pushing the growth to 2-3 mega cities.

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