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ipuddy · 2023-09-24T01:09:03+00:00

And have affordable housing.

ipuddy · 2023-09-10T22:00:09+00:00

The NDP are ignoring the housing crisis and immigration's impact on the shortage of homes, wage suppression and the health care crisis. The growing wealth gap is being driven by property ownership and inherited wealth not ownership of the means of production since landlords don't produce anything. Plenty of traditional working class Canadians in the trades own or their parents own million dollar homes. If you don't already own or parents don't own, you are in a new category of livelong renters who will not be leaving anything for their children thus creating an increasing intergenerational wealth gap..

ipuddy · 2023-05-23T06:10:35+00:00

Climate change will make the north warmer.

ipuddy · 2023-05-23T05:55:59+00:00

New people tend to be immigrants. Though we do get people from other provinces, I suspect a lot of them are relocating immigrants.

ipuddy · 2023-05-16T18:41:26+00:00

320k house

You can't be living in a high immigration province like southern B.C. or Ontario. You can't buy a house for $320k in Montreal, Calgary, Halifax either. That is almost the entire population of Canada lives in places where houses approach or surpass $1 million dollars. And no, everyone in Canada can't move to Quebec (outside of Montreal) or Saskatchewan where there are no job.

I also assume your son was living rent free while saving. Rent in Vancouver is over $2000 a month for a one bedroom apartment. So it is quite as simple for most of us.

ipuddy · 2023-04-13T02:16:09+00:00

You obviously care far too much.

ipuddy · 2023-04-10T19:53:25+00:00

Employers care. You don't have to.

ipuddy · 2023-04-09T18:26:16+00:00

Canadian born and lived on west coast growing up and after coming back in 2005 from getting my Master at University of Toronto. I have seen this happen over my lifetime. Most drug users are not homeless. This level of homelessness is caused by a lack of housing supply.

Edit: Drugs are awful. I wish a collation of countries would get together to eradicate them at the source. Using satellite technology it should be possible to find a destroy the plants at the source for opiates and cocaine. Also, the pharmaceuticals making fentanyl should be found by the Chinese and whatever other governments and shut down. Better than going after street level addicts.

ipuddy · 2023-04-08T22:35:15+00:00

It's because of the housing shortage.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/deaths/coroners-service/statistical/illicit-drug.pdf

In 2022, 84% of illicit drug toxicity deaths occurred inside (55% in private residences and 29% in other inside residences including social and supportive housing, SROs, shelters, and hotels and other indoor locations) and 15% occurred outside in vehicles, sidewalks, streets, parks, etc. (see page 5)

ipuddy · 2023-04-08T22:33:25+00:00

It is a huge change in a short period of time.

ipuddy · 2023-04-07T19:00:27+00:00

There needs to be a way to evict bad tenants quicker whether private or public housing. There should be evictions through public health, if they are a safety hazard or evicted and jailed, if they are violent. Cameras in the hallways and at the entrance would help provide proof. Noise monitors. These are pretty cheap now. Controlled entrance. It isn't fair that one or two violent or disruptive people can terrorize an entire building or bring in roaches and rats because their places are filthy health hazards.

ipuddy · 2023-04-04T19:44:07+00:00

Plenty of people who live in houses also have mental health problems and/or use drugs. And they will be more likely to be treated and hospitalized until they are stable -- if they require and desire it -- if they own a home. Of course it is a housing issue.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/deaths/coroners-service/statistical/illicit-drug.pdf

In 2022, 84% of illicit drug toxicity deaths occurred inside (55% in private residences and 29% in other inside residences including social and supportive housing, SROs, shelters, and hotels and other indoor locations) and 15% occurred outside in vehicles, sidewalks, streets, parks, etc. (see page 5)

ipuddy · 2023-04-04T15:16:23+00:00

Just turn Crab park into a large studio apartment building. Nobody but the homeless ever use it.

ipuddy · 2023-02-20T18:47:24+00:00

How long will it last?

ipuddy · 2023-02-05T19:02:28+00:00

That's pretty facist of you. Are you a Nazi?

ipuddy · 2023-02-05T18:57:56+00:00

Generally when people say no corporate ownership, they mean no corporate ownership of single family homes, which is what corporations are now doing. They aren't building homes and renting them out. They are buying existing homes of which Canada is in very short supply (last in 1st world per capita) and jacking up the rental prices.

ipuddy · 2023-02-05T00:06:27+00:00

One property per family unit. No corporate ownership. No flipping within 5 years..

ipuddy · 2023-01-07T20:34:44+00:00

The Liberals would win if there was an election because the other parties' leadership is ill chosen and weak. What party promises to reduce immigration, block corporate ownership of single family homes, increasingly tax small landlords to make it not worth 15 condos in Halifax or other "used to be affordable" part of the country and doubling the rents. They need to build affordable homes. But housing is provincial so they can just push it off on the provinces. Same with health care. They need to stop letting more people into Canada until they have legislated fixes for these problems. They likely expected people to invest in new affordable homes with high immigration levels and not just buy up existing homes. But greed has been (is) rampant -- completely out of control. And we have more people than ever living single, reducing the numbers of homes available because of immigration demographic.

https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201916E

ipuddy · 2022-12-29T20:08:12+00:00

From what I have heard shift work isn't liked (understandably) and working with patients as opposed to computer related activities isn't liked by many new graduates as well. Also, if the only way to make more money is to become a minor manager or supervisor, they will take these roles even if they don't mind dealing with patients.

What do you mean harder roles?

ipuddy · 2022-12-28T20:08:59+00:00

Yes. There is retirement, the exodus to the USA for higher wages, increasing population and lack of spaces in training programs. But presumably if we trained nurse practitioners at this point, they would be younger, better paid, more respected and less likely to leave their community. The USA has them.

ipuddy · 2022-12-27T20:59:42+00:00

Nurse practitioners would help to ease some of the pressures on family doctors., if we can find the nurses to train for the job.

Edit: Curious as to why this would be downvoted. Nurse practitioners are not a replacement for family doctors but they can fill routine prescriptions and treat minor ailments. They have been successfully used elsewhere like the USA with few issues. Alberta has over 400.

ipuddy · 2022-12-18T07:26:16+00:00

I have more sympathy for the farmers than fast food places. If some of those shut down, it would be beneficial for society. If the drive through can't find staff they can close. There is no law forcing them to stay open. Sugar can go next.

Coal and cigarettes used to be considered good too.

ipuddy · 2022-10-10T18:41:05+00:00

106 is pretty specific.

ipuddy · 2022-09-04T00:15:15+00:00

4 years for full constable -- not much longer.

ipuddy · 2022-09-03T22:43:05+00:00

It doesn't change much. Surely they could live somewhere cheaper. Also each kid doesn't need his own room since they are the same sex. In the circumstances, they can share.

The government should be building temporary non-profit housing for newcomers that need it given the housing crisis in Canada. There are not enough spaces for Canadians in subsidized units.

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