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Migration, demographics, religion, ethics, housing .... Columnist at Vancouver Sun / Postmedia News https://t.co/W0APwSK7HV
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined November 2008
Parking peril: The growing 'disconnect' between policy and reality in B.C. Governments are allowing, even encouraging, developers to not provide on-site parking. But what of the needs of families, small businesses and blue-collar workers? #bcpoli #vanre
https://t.co/rYYNrOwQKK
vancouversun.com
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Hey. A bit of good news for struggling Vancouver. The cost of our utilities is low compared to most cities, according to @VisualCap Vancouver residents pay an average of $90USD per month for electricity, heat, water etc. Compared to $249USD in Paris. https://t.co/d6VYeNM4eA
visualcapitalist.com
The cost of utilities has surged across many European cities amid energy shortages. We show how prices have shifted worldwide since 2020.
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"One significant Vancouver example of an even lower parking ratio is at the Sen̓áḵw project on Kitsilano Point. It envisions 6,000 units with only one parking stall for every seven units."
Parking peril: The growing 'disconnect' between policy and reality in B.C. Governments are allowing, even encouraging, developers to not provide on-site parking. But what of the needs of families, small businesses and blue-collar workers? #bcpoli #vanre
https://t.co/rYYNrOwQKK
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Attention on baseball explodes as @BlueJays seek World Series berth. I'm among the superficial people jumping on the bandwagon. 39% of Canadians, says @angusreidorg After a multi-year break from the @MLB, I'm impressed by how much faster things happen. https://t.co/YJsu4km3DA
angusreid.org
Torontonians divided over the Jays being their city’s team or sharing with the rest of the country October 16, 2025 – Baseball fans in Canada are riding a rollercoaster, as the Toronto Blue Jays...
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When you’re so used to speaking faculty lounge that you’ve forgotten how to speak normally.
About half of Latinos say they have never heard of the term "Latinx" and only 4% of the general Hispanic population uses the term to describe themselves, the Pew Research Center finds.
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Because birth tourists aren't "immigrants." You're welcome.
My latest: If birth tourism is such a great scam, why do so few immigrants take advantage of it?
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“@Canborder has been newly... empowered," says Raj Sharma @immlawyercanada. "They’ve got way more funding & 1,000 more inland enforcement officers. So we’ve seen a shift in Canadian immigration from integration to enforcement.” #cdnpoli #cdnimm
https://t.co/6niG3p9WXm
ctvnews.ca
Calgary officers, along with Canada Border Service Agency members, attended the event centre construction site on Wednesday for a “planned regulatory compliance” activity, the Calgary Police Service...
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"While the Chinese Communist Party and its envoys have altered their tone, their hostile intentions & harmful policies remain unchanged," says @MichaelKovrig "Their goals are to enhance economic ties selectively while sowing political divisions." #cdnpoli
https://t.co/9fJqLaJjvo
nationalpost.com
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No one ever seems to mention what would normally be a natural consequence of too much supply: the price falls. This has happened, of course, but clearly not enough in some parts of the market.
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"How Canada got immigration right for so long – and then got it very, very wrong." Look forward to @tonykeller1's book. I didn't see Tony writing about immigration in the months before the April 28th election. Wonder if it would have made a difference. https://t.co/GhQWSV0jSK
theglobeandmail.com
Canadian immigration was stable, popular and uncontroversial. But a series of changes after 2015 broke the national consensus, and the system
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"We’re not going back to the way things were when condos were being built and left empty...the Wild West days of foreign speculation were harmful to communities and harmful to housing affordability,” says @christineeboyle Voters agree. #vanre #bcpoli
https://t.co/4Ms3cyqe9r
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.@CPC_HQ pushes to close birth tourism loophole. MP @ChakAuRichmond said Richmond residents have felt the “pain” of birth tourism more than others, with hospital beds used by non-residents. He calls it an “industry.” Via @HaneyInkslinger
#cdnpoli #cdnimm
https://t.co/cXCO9PsOaG
richmond-news.com
MP Chak Au said Richmond has felt the "pain" of birth tourism more than other parts of the country.
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If the economics in your business model only ever worked because of a record expansion of foreign students, many here under fraudulent pretences, you never had a business model to begin with Sell, take your loss, do something productive.
‘If there is no demand, we can’t operate’: Small landlords ponder future after foreign student cuts
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2/2 Canadian population growth is 3 times faster than Ottawa's official estimates, analysts say. That's because a large number of people who were supposed to leave the country aren't being tracked. #cdnimm #cdnpoli @StatCan_eng @CanBorder
https://t.co/Z3bIBJYqhj
vancouversun.com
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European countries are managing to deport only 1 in 5 of the people they’ve decided should leave — a figure Commission President @vonderleyen described as “far too low.” Canada is not alone with this problem. 1/2 #cdnimm #cdnpoli @Andrew_Griffith
https://t.co/DLizxPwfcR
politico.eu
Migration will also feature at next week’s EU summit as governments ramp up their battle against far-right politicians.
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This is *not* what prices look like in a competitive market that is experiencing chronic shortages. And we wonder why our youth aren't clamoring to pursue careers in the trades.
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100k Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009. Via @MickyHiggins “If you don’t know what is going on in Nigeria your media sources suck. You are in a bubble,” says @billmaher
@burningpot79
https://t.co/J9GsRhsTso via @nationalpost
nationalpost.com
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