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No, not really. I would sacrifice a few points of GDP if it meant that millions didn't starve to death but if it's going to happen, might as well make money off of it I guess...

Canadians? No, I wouldn't imagine. We can absorb the increase in food prices, as much as we grumble about it. There are nations in Africa and Asia that just can not pay for fertilizer at those prices and can not compete with the first world in terms of bids for a limited supply. Farmers or...

It's weird that this war is going to benefit so many parts of the Canadian economy. Oil and Gas-Alberta,Saskatchewan and NFLD & Lab Fertilizer- Saskatchewan Aluminium is spiking-Quebec Shame about how many people are going to starve to death this year, but certain sectors in Canada stand to...

Yeah, that was my childhood. And many others like me as well. Growing up in apartments with no yards, playing on side streets. Going to the park 2 kms away until you hear your mother yelling from a million kms away. And you know what happened? In my experience anyways. I made friends with...

I mean, it's lazy to pin this on any one PM. Mulroney stopped the feds building public housing Chretien and Martin didn't do anything in terms of affordability either. By the end of Martin's term housing prices started outpacing wage growth. So a 10-12 year lag time. The global financial...

Yeah, how dare Harper just saddle JT with that. Dick move.

Yet people are told CCB is enough to convince people to have kids. 100-500 a month isn't doing squat. It's nice to have when you have kids, but nobody is looking at that and thinking it's the determining factor of whether they have kids or not. Im sorry to hear about your child, sounds like a...

While dropping below replacement, the birth rate fluctuated between 1.5 and 1.7 children per woman. Manageable with moderate rates of immigration. It's been dropping steadily since 2010, last time it was at 1.7. by 2015 it was at 1.5. by 2023 its at 1.25 And it's still dropping.

The only thing I've personally come across regarding fertility is the challenges women having kids later in life causes. I think the declining birth rate has far more to do with choice. Canadians want 2.5 kids on average. Canadian women are averaging 1.25 kids and that number is dropping every...

You're right, but the basic equation remains the same. How does someone who makes 60-90k afford a 4 bedroom house or rental? 300-500 per kid doesn't move the needle in terms of housing to make up for said kid, and you only get the money after having the kid.

I think I saw somewhere that it lasts two generations.

I find it fun when I see people in 4 bedroom houses. They either have no kids or they have 3 kids. No kids meaning they put all their time and energy into getting the 4 bedroom house via savings or career advancement, or they are really wealthy and the 3 kids is a flex. I'm not sure when it's...

Falling birth rate suggests no. The CCB and extended parental leave help if you're already in a position to have a child. Suitable housing, check, steady career, check, spouse, check. Considering many don't check these boxes many don't find themselves in a position to be able to take advantage...

This is where the issues lie. Unless there is a baby boom, every generation that follows the last will be the one holding that wealth and political power ensuring that they keep their gains. But because of those gains it means subsequent generations have less children. So on and so forth. The...

I mean,I guess that's hope for the future. Conflicts cannot be sustained long term because there are not enough young people to throw into the meat grinder. At least in the first world.

Oh for sure. It's being papered over by immigration. But immigration only fuels things like healthcare and the housing crisis. I'm not sure anyone talked about it, but Canada shrunk last year. The pipeline of immigration was closed, and we almost immediately went into negative population...

I don't think future generations will lead to any change. The system is designed to give the illusion that as long as you stick it out, the pain you endure will pay off in the end. Any change to said system will be admitting that this isn't the case. There is the youngest cohort that cares...

To be fair, I don't much care about the million dollar home. Everyone in Toronto for example has a million dollar home, or should I say the land itself is worth near that or more. It's the second homes, third homes, cottages to go with homes, boats to go with cottages. But saying million...

Humanity will find a path, naturally. But humanity is also subject to the forces of paths of least resistance, biology and incentives. Do young people eventually get into houses and careers? Naturally. Do they do so much later in life than other generational cohorts? Yes, certainly. So...

Why downsize? Housing is a investment asset. You don't get maximum returns by selling early. Unless you mean to imply that housing is a housing asset, in which case....well, every law, every tax code, every investment vehicle will need to be torn up and start from scratch. Are we all voting NDP...