Here’s my technocrat dream: we get Mark Carney as PM to fix all our economic woes (anemic growth, housing market, crappy resource-based economy that leans too much on oil/gas), and then get Andy Byford to replace Doug Ford.
The liberals do everything in their power to keep housing prices high. Trudeau himself even said that the majority of the Canada pension fund is invested in REITs
There’s a Montreal reporter that appeared in my random mainstream socials (that I’m too useless at to find again easily), I think Instagram, who got a list of all MP financial holdings for a piece on the housing crisis. Apparently 56% of conservative MPs and 53% of Liberal MPs are landlords (I’m remembering the approximate amount and relative levels), so of course they want to keep housing prices high. (If I ever figure out how to find a historical suggestion from my feed, I’ll come back and post a link to the journalist’s work)
I know MPs have to spend time between their home and Ottawa, and so I would understand renting out an apartment in Ottawa they don’t live in full time.
I think there’s a big difference between something like that and owning rental properties.
I believe it’s a different journalist. He mentions the Maple article, but digs into more detail. I found the Instagram account, and he has a linktree to several socials, but I havenfound a non-instagram link to the articles yet. The linktree is: https://linktr.ee/duoduet?ltsid=b62e07bd-1ec9-4904-84c2-199d430adc73
I love your dream, but besides being former Commissioner of the TTC, does Byford have any ties to Ontario? (EDIT Or any signs of having political ambitions?)
Here’s my technocrat dream: we get Mark Carney as PM to fix all our economic woes (anemic growth, housing market, crappy resource-based economy that leans too much on oil/gas), and then get Andy Byford to replace Doug Ford.
The liberals do everything in their power to keep housing prices high. Trudeau himself even said that the majority of the Canada pension fund is invested in REITs
There’s a Montreal reporter that appeared in my random mainstream socials (that I’m too useless at to find again easily), I think Instagram, who got a list of all MP financial holdings for a piece on the housing crisis. Apparently 56% of conservative MPs and 53% of Liberal MPs are landlords (I’m remembering the approximate amount and relative levels), so of course they want to keep housing prices high. (If I ever figure out how to find a historical suggestion from my feed, I’ll come back and post a link to the journalist’s work)
Is there more detailed info on that?
I know MPs have to spend time between their home and Ottawa, and so I would understand renting out an apartment in Ottawa they don’t live in full time.
I think there’s a big difference between something like that and owning rental properties.
Edit: found the survey https://www.readthemaple.com/mp-landlords/
It’s still hard for me to tell what exactly some MPs are doing, but there are definitely many quite involved in realty.
I believe it’s a different journalist. He mentions the Maple article, but digs into more detail. I found the Instagram account, and he has a linktree to several socials, but I havenfound a non-instagram link to the articles yet. The linktree is: https://linktr.ee/duoduet?ltsid=b62e07bd-1ec9-4904-84c2-199d430adc73
I’ve seen that report before too. I failed to mention it’s also in the best interests of the MPs to inflate their own properties.
I love your dream, but besides being former Commissioner of the TTC, does Byford have any ties to Ontario? (EDIT Or any signs of having political ambitions?)