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Kate 20:26 on 2023-10-25 Permalink Reply  

• Ian 22:09 on 2023-10-25 Permalink

  Any Montrealers voting CAQ are as immune to cognitive dissonance as working folk that vote Conservative federally.

• Michael 09:46 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Considering where we are now in terms of affordability in rent and inflation, we were better under Harper.

  Trudeau’s policies have exploded rental prices and there is no end in sight.

• Ian 10:16 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  That’s a pretty wacky way of looking at things – rents were super cheap back when John Turner was in power. Was it because of John Turner? Lol, no.

• Kate 10:26 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Didn’t you know Justin Trudeau created Covid to destabilize the world economy, Ian? Get with the program!

  It always amazes me when people blame a single politician for a trend seen around the world, and well out of the control of any one party leader in one country. But the tendency is always to blame the politician whose overall views (and personality) you dislike, while cutting slack for the ones whose views align with your own.

  The real trick is to catch yourself doing it.

• Kevin 10:35 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Municipalities, construction codes, single-room condos, mom and pop investors, Airbnb, WFH, house flipping, generations of Canadians spending more than 30% of pre-tax household income on housing, and Boomers aging in place have more to do with rental affordability than any federal politician

• Nicholas 12:54 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  If you look across provinces and countries, usually the biggest factor is localities, and I think that holds in the Montreal area (not just the main city, but also the suburbs). We were just talking about Pointe Claire, and I’ve seen lots of similar stories around the region. It’s not as big a thing in Montreal, but it’s amazing how a handful of residents can block even a tiny rezoning with a low-turnout referendum.

• Michael 18:36 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Trudeau grew Canada’s population by 1M in 1 year by immigration and that has nothing to do with rental affordability?

  Cognitive dissonance is working very hard here.

• Ian 21:05 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Ah, you’re anti-immigrant.
  That explains it.

• walkerp 21:25 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  A giveaway is the “Trudeau did x” parrot-like talking point. Targeting Trudeau personally because of his father’s bad reputation in the west and his smarmy personality that can be irritating to the anti-wokers is the only succesful tactic the Cons have had since the Liberals got into power.

  Michael, I assume you know how parliamentary politics actually work.

• Ian 21:29 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  Considering immigration was actually just over 400k last year and that was a record I don’t think it’s safe to assume what Michael knows or not.

  если Мichael – его настоящее имя

• Kate 22:20 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  我也不认为迈克尔是他的真名。

• Nicholas 22:55 on 2023-10-26 Permalink

  The population of the Island of Montreal only just surpassed the 1971 high point in between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. It’s growing by about 12,000 per year, just over half a percent, which is the fastest rate since the 60s by a fair bit, but it’s still only half the growth rate of the province overall. It’s not the growth of people, it’s the slow growth of housing, for decades, and a mild sneeze is enough to blow us over.

• Kevin 07:59 on 2023-10-27 Permalink

  Michael
  The simple solution that makes you angry was offered to you by a person who profits from you not thinking.

  Life is complex. Learn to deal with it.

• Alwin 08:56 on 2023-10-27 Permalink

  The simple answer to all our problems is greed. Too many people making exorbitant profits on the backs of the little people because they can. That includes all our wars.

• Kevin 09:10 on 2023-10-27 Permalink

  @Michael
  And don’t forget the biggest leap in housing prices in the past five years took place during the year when immigration was throttled due to a pandemic…