undercrust

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[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I'm confused. Are you saying that no one should own a home?

The whole purpose of this is to identify those politicians that have a conflict of interest in making decisions regarding primary housing for Canadians.

Investment property owners (non-principal properties) have a conflict of interest because they may not want to make new rules that would affect taxation of income or capital, institute rent controls, or adversely impact current property values.

Those invested in REITs or REOCs have a conflict because they may not want to affect the beneficial tax structure of REITs (flow-thru Trusts), nor limit the investment opportunities to non-residential properties (as right now multifamily and apartment REITs are wildly profitable and a major source of urban centre rent inflation).

Those "invested" in just their primary residence and who are not landlords or real estate investors have (nearly all) of their incentives properly aligned with the goals of normal Canadians who just want to own their own home. Like all home owners, they may not want to see market prices decline, but ultimately most homeowners just want a place to call their own and to not see money go down the black hole of rent.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Two-Spirited is an Indigenous term for someone who isn't hetero.

From https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-two-spirit-community-5089204:

" "Two Spirit" is an umbrella term that is meant to unify various gender identities and expressions among Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan Native, and First Nations people.

It does not refer to a specific gender and is instead a catch-all term that represents a wide variety of people who don't fit in with the traditional gender binary."

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Its landlords - so non-principal residences - and invested in real estate as in ownership of REITs or private real estate corporations.

So, nothing at all to do with principal residences, which is pretty amazingly clear when you click the link and read the article.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 53 points 2 years ago

Its a purposeful choice. This way PP gets to scream about government secrets to his sycophants. If he went and did the right thing, he would both be properly informed and unable to constantly spew conspiracies.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago

Fuck that, WestJet is owned by a private equity firm now. Let their billionaire owner deal with it and quit begging for government handouts. Bootstraps and all that.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Ban AirBNB? Sounds like a pretty simple plan to abolish illegal undocumented hotel rooms.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

So happy to hear that rental apartment construction companies can increase their margins 5% this year

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a similar list (or same?) for if I want to fill in the spaces between the core films Ep2 -> Ep3, and Ep3 -> Ep4?

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 years ago (6 children)

That's your perineal raphe. In the womb everyone starts female, and that particular feature either becomes the scrotal/penile raphe (the scrotum seam) or the labia majora.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

It's not nothing...but it's awfully damn close...

The real problem is that both the Liberals and the Conservatives have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo for housing. We need decision makers that are better aligned with actual Canadian families.

https://www.landlordmps.ca/data-analysis

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think the most impressive thing about this is that they were able to travel a year into the future to obtain the survey data.

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Conservatives sucking at the public teat while bemoaning the evils of "socialism"? Say it ain't so!

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