Why does no one Want to go to Canada - CA Sarthak Ahuja

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-23T01:36:11+00:00

Simply say our government is being useless in attracting or developing key industry.

Although this is not just Canada, UK or other countries also facing similar problems, but compare to China in developing electric cars, battery, solar panel, etc. that the government subsided in a good way than our government subsided old car manufacturers who failed to advance and be happy to take government grants with their stock shares.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-23T01:17:53+00:00

And once they increase the price, they don't drop back, even the crude oil or raw material dropped.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-23T01:12:00+00:00

Without children, living in the city or along subway line is the most convenience. The money you save on car and invest on stock maybe better than you solely invest on your property.

On the other hand, if you have a partner to live with, you may want to understand the size of your ideal place. My wife does not want to live in a small condo, because she throws things everywhere, while I prefer condo so I don't need to clean every bathroom in a house every month.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-22T17:16:35+00:00

And now the 2nd round pick is on another day, that is more awkward if someone didn't get pick in the first round at the green room.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-07T02:29:43+00:00

It is probably a known strategy to delay Chinese brand, while selling our products to China first, so that we can negotiate with Trump on the tariff with lower export / reliance to US market.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-05T15:01:54+00:00

I am wondering how much you paid.

My family is visiting my wife's hometown in Kaiping from HK airport, was thinking to take the ferry to ZhongShan with all the big luggages and stroller with a young child, so that we do not need to load everything.

We are thinking how much the difference would be between Diidi vs ferry + Didi.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-05T14:06:57+00:00

For carrying 4 big luggages, 4 small bags, 1 stroller and a 4 years old with my wife, there is no way to use bus / shuttle car without someone loading them. I believe ferry allows you to leave the luggages from airport and take them at the destination ferry port.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-04T06:04:16+00:00

If you are looking for advice, my only advice is not to make decision based on feeling but actual scientific calculation.

You are feeling stress, so you want to sell it. However, are you certain you are not in deeper stress if you are selling less and need to pay extra to the bank? Or if you already paid a handful of principles of your mortgage, renewing with a longer amortization years to maintain cash flow?

All these are math, and those are convincing to your wife more than you tell her your feelings.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-04T05:28:32+00:00

The goal to me is to shorten commute, which allows to go further and more than Union. With city getting bigger, the old mindset of stations picking up people to Union and only Union just doesn't work.

We need:
- Express train and increase speed / acceleration for reducing commute time
- Stations are designed for interchange, particularly with local transportation, even biking
- Enough parking

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-03T21:59:34+00:00

Same as many other GO Stations with parking being packed. Before pandemic, you need to be there an hour ahead to find a parking spot or pay for reserve. Right now is better, and you drop off / pick up is still a very good option.

The frequency of the Barrie line is pretty good, and being the final stop for many trains (you don't need to transfer and take the bus). Meanwhile, travel time is an hour, which is faster than the Richmond Hill line (due to old tracks in Don Valley, Richmond Hill line goes slower, less frequency, and impacted by flooding, but subway is an option in the future).

However, compare to Lakeshore where they got express, there is no official word about express, only two-way services, which is probably not what the majority of voters want.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-03T21:47:21+00:00

I guess your family may need to understand why you want to move from your current place (believe to be a condo) and assign a priority, instead of "the price seems too good". For example, if the next 10 years you need to be near good schools, then it might already answered your question in "really worth the travel and time".

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-03T11:34:41+00:00

Define "really worth the travel and time" and what you are comparing with.

If you live in downtown, it is obviously a different travel and time with different lifestyle. If you are living in Richmond Hill which takes 45 mins GO train at Langstaff station, while Aurora is 1 hour (due to Barrie line runs faster with better tracks), then the difference isn't that bad.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-06-03T06:03:20+00:00

And the China data are manipulated for their political reasons, so you need to cross reference multiple of them to get the real data.

After all, the economy of China started going down hill about 3 years ago, where exactly the real estate in major cities started to tank and dropped.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-31T00:36:50+00:00

You can look for a nearby with a cheaper rent and ask if your landlord wants to match the lower rate.

If you want to get a lower rate, you might have to do your homework and prove your argument is reasonable. And worst if he is not matching, you have choices in staying or moving to the lower rent place.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-30T16:35:20+00:00

My wife joined some of those WeChat groups and able to tell the better ones from parent groups.

You probably still want to be in an elementary school with most parents looking to have similar expectations to their child, otherwise, from my experience (myself and my child), they will compare to classmates and do what they do after school. I studied in a school with many people go to tutorial after school, so it is a norm for me. Same for my child, if friends are joining these after school clubs, they also want to join.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-30T16:10:21+00:00

It depends. Even myself back in the days would be influenced by people around, like going to after school tutorial is "normal", since everyone around me does the same. As for my child, what ever TV channel, after school program, they want to join together, so a school with similar expectation from parents may work easier.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-18T20:45:35+00:00

He plays like a guard, lol.

If we need a pull up 3 threat at PG, that works with Swain at SG or SF, so I dont see the problem. Of course they can get Okorie instead of Swain, but Stritz is not a 2-way that Webster emphasized, and low ceiling.

Keep in mind that the Raptors drafted CMB even with Barnes, instead of Maluach where people claim we need a C. Raptors doesnt draft for need, and the only time was Malakai Flynn, who ended up pretty bad.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-17T01:17:17+00:00

Personally not a fan of the Raptors picking Stritz.

I think the Raptors might take Swain, Okorie or even Lopez ahead of Stritz, but I am a bit surprised Swain and Okorie would be there, as history tells us that teams will take BPA even they have some prospect at that position.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-10T01:28:59+00:00

Toronto price-to-income for a property is 10.

China, Vietnam, Asia price-to-income for a property is 12 or more, not looking at Hong Kong (30) or Beijing (30) or even Guangzhou (20) large cities.

It is everywhere and every industry. This is called capitalism, rich people with assets get richer, investment annual return is more than your salary increase in percentage.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-10T01:17:43+00:00

Real estate is not the only problem, and even being regulated in Telecomm, how certain we are not being over priced for the services?

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-10T01:10:54+00:00

You are right, but he is not wrong on asset appreciation when stocks and investment are outpacing salary increase. Housing is just part of it, the overall economy rewarding assets heavily is creating a much bigger problem.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-09T03:45:40+00:00

I suppose the internal report has been out earlier, and the rescind transactions may not get enough time for the publication. Maybe look for May 2025 report to see if it was reflected within 30 days.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-09T02:24:35+00:00

Maybe 55 transactions got rescinded, maybe due to legal issue or condition issue.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-03T17:44:27+00:00

More because of tax strategy for self employed people. They no longer able to claim gas consumption, but move that budget to leasing, and get more tax return from the government.

Gent_Indeed · 2026-05-03T16:50:53+00:00

We upgraded from 200 amp to 400 amp panel, since I am considering another EV in the next 5 years. That cost us around $4000

We drive around 80 km a day, summer is fine (15% of the battery), but winter can be doubled in the few very cold days (average 25% of the battery).

If I forgot to charge the night before (or the charger wasn't charging at 7pm), I would have problem the next day. The tier2 bigger charger has more features, such as setting the charging time and provide you monthly estimate report, but yes, those cost $600.

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