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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Underline- Barring certain people from government based on their earned success in order to satisfy a quota? careful comrade. You sarcastically mentioned DEI, which is ironic because is exactly what this is. It's proof of the old adage that the political spectrum is a circle, because if...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Not excluding a non-trivial percentage of the population to satisfy a grudge. Which would be addressed by restructuring. There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of Canadians above your threshold that are neither "wealthy" nor "connected" - that have shown no political ambitions, would...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Non-representative, and completely anti-ethical to the ideals of both meritocratic capitalism and democracy. It would be one thing to put in a measure to keep the lottery from resulting in an Senate that's overweight to any one income group, quite another to arbitrarily exclude citizens based...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    "The"? No. "An"? In a capitalist society? Absolutely. What's your reasoning for wanting to disqualify all those people?
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Why would we ever want lawyers, doctors, engineers, accountants, small business owners, master tradesmen, heavy equipment operators, farmers, executives, or anyone that has shown a reasonable amount of success in private enterprise to bring that expertise to government right?
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    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    I suspect you made the mistake of using the far rarer US gallon at 3.8 litres per in your calculations.
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    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Re: Trudeau's net worth, interesting article from the before times here: Key points rough numbers: 950k in stocks from PET inheritance as og August 2011 ~600k in real estate sale gain mid 2010 (my estimate, conservative) 777k semi in Mont- Royal (80% mortgage ) mid 2010 Putting the stocks into...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    Your cricket/ baseball analogy really resonated with me. When I think of the wealthier families amongst my peers (I'm a 92) in the area (rural Southern Ontario) developers, construction/trades families, successful business owners, large scale farmers, and many that cross boarders A- the mostly...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    Extension of that thought process- assuming you're having mature collaborative discussions about these things, and have been carrying the expenses without their help- why charge any rent outside of the direct marginal increase that their presence is causing vice having their "rent" be diverted...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    It's not that it's "no big deal" It's that a quiet majority are in a situation where they can prop up/ act within the market as it is despite the the very real issue, and as such: the wait for "something that has to give" with respect to the market correcting itself might/will likely be a...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    Interest yes. Insurance is based on replacement build value- not market value. Tax varies by province, and even municipality. Some tax assessments are market based, others based on a policy formula- and at least in Ontario, a general x% increase in assessed value across all homes is not going...
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    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    I'd argue that the dividing line is actually somewhere in the middle of the millenial cohort. The younger you get from ~85 the more aggressive you had to be/ the more had to go "right", but the majority of non-GTA elder millenials that followed the "normal" path have more in common with X's...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    You're underestimating how low that debt load is to the value of the home, as well as how just how many homes those "only" represent. That's a lot of equity value left to transfer- or a home with a very reasonable mortgage - IF the family has their shit together in terms of estate planning...
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    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Decades from being politically viable. The bolded are outnumbered even within their own age cohort by home owners.
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    There are some yes. But how many is a lot? Especially relative to those purchasing second homes, or gifting downpayments, co-signing, or otherwise supporting children? Also, keep in mind that we're not just talking about retired boomers. A 50 year old Gen x that bought in 2000 at 26...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    Despite those changes in sentiment from a sampled group- overall new car sales are up. Which again ties back to the reality that a lot- if not most- of the population is in ok shape or better.
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    And I didn't say you did. I said that boomers and early x's (and adding now- a large swathe of millenials) that got into the housing market pre run up (the majority of home owners) have significant equity built up, and as such can approach current housing prices very differently than the...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    So a 1:1 ratio, with the cost of the home locked and income increasing over time. I'm not sure the point you're tying to make- but none of this in any way counters or changes what I said. People that got in through the 80's/90's/early 00's are in aggregate sitting on massive amounts of equity...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    While is true, the wealth inequality divide created by the housing crisis is not the same one as with the billionaires, in fact the proportions are almost flipped- which is what makes it such a fractious issue. The "housing haves" are not the "rich" they're the average Canadian that got into...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    What's your source on that? Reports I see are of a strong start to the year, and reported data supports. Is it particular classes that are down despite aggregate increases? As of the end of Jan 24 I see year over year month, 3-month, and 12 month all up 13+%.
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