Try the political quiz
@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHousing IssuesStarted 4yrs agoActive 3 days ago

Should foreigners be banned from buying homes in Canada for 2 years?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to place a two-year ban on foreign homebuyers if re-elected, in a bid to address housing affordability in Canada. The nation's housing market has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, up 16 percent year-over-year, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). The Liberal Party is one of three major parties focused on this central issue.

+
Expand
+ Settings

Filter by author

Narrow down the conversation to these participants:

Political party:

Ideology:

Political theme:

Province/Territory:

Electoral District (2011):

Electoral District (2013):

Postal Code:

Polling Division:

1k Replies

 @B52BRPJfrom Alberta  answered…5 days5D

Depends where the money is coming from and if the can qualify for a mortgage. I believe you need to be employed at the same place for at least a year.

 @B2BXZ8Jfrom Alberta  answered…4mos4MO

Yes, but only if they intend to rent or lease the homes at a profit and/or do not intend to help the tenants further than the bare minimum

 @9F7TXDBfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

If they start paying taxes or once they get their citizenship

 @9CBTBW3from Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and allow individual citizens priority over corporations and foreign investors.

 @92HQPXRfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Have resistance for as long as 4 years is up

 @8VVYTV9from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if it’s not vacant.

 @8VTGXS3from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Should have to live and work in Canada

 @8VTDK74from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Make it harder to buy a house for them

 @8VP3JPZfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Must prove they actually reside in the city/place they purchase the home as well as have held a LOCAL job/position for more than 6 months.

 @8VHL735from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Foreigners are a tiny portion of buyers. No. I sn not a foreigner either.

Demographics

Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion

Loading data...

More conversations

Join in on more popular conversations.

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Israel Sinks Syria's Navy

Israel said Tuesday that it had destroyed Syria’s navy in overnight airstrikes, as it continued to pound targets in Syria despite warnings that its operations there could ignite new conflict and jeopardize the transition of power to an interim government.Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that the Israeli military had “destroyed Syria’s navy overnight, and with great success.” His remarks appeared to confirm Israel’s responsibility for the destruction documented in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where photos showed the smoldering remains of ships sunk at their dock.Mr. Katz said that Israel’s military “has been operating in Syria in recent days to hit and destroy strategic capabilities that pose a threat to Israel,” although he did not indicate what new or immediate risk Syria’s navy presented to Israel, which has the most powerful military in the Middle East.Israeli warplanes have conducted hundreds of strikes in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, according to war monitors. Israel has characterized its operations as defensive, saying its military was striking suspected chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling “into the hands of extremists.”“From here, I warn the rebel leaders in Syria: Those who follow Assad’s path will end like Assad,” Mr. Katz said.As the Assad government fell to the rebels over the weekend, Israeli ground forces advanced beyond the demilitarized zone on the Israel-Syria border, marking their first overt entry into Syrian territory in more than 50 years. An Israeli military spokesman on Tuesday denied reports that the military was advancing on Damascus. The spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said the military was inside a buffer zone between Israel and Syria and at other points “in order to protect the Israeli border.”Earlier Tuesday, Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, called on Israel to halt its “very troubling” military operations there, and said de-escalation was needed. “We are continuing to see Israeli movements and bombardments into Syrian territory. This needs to stop,” Mr. Pedersen told reporters in Geneva.

▲  1513 replies

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Trump hits ‘nasty’ Michelle Obama at Atlanta rally

Former President Trump attacked former first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in Atlanta on Monday, calling her “nasty” after Obama lobbed attacks at the former president while stumping for Vice President Harris.“You know who’s nasty to me? Michelle Obama,” Trump told supporters in Atlanta.“I always tried to be so nice and respectful. Oh, she opened up a little bit of — a little bit of a box. She opened up a little bit of something. Oh, she was nasty. Shouldn’t be that way. That was a big mistake that she made,” he added.His remarks come after Obama criticized Trump during a Michigan rally on Saturday, at one point mentioning “Donald Trump’s gross incompetence.”“I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum lord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse, all of this while we pick apart Kamala’s answers from interviews that he doesn’t even have the courage to do, y’all,” she said in Kalamazoo, Mich.The heated rhetoric underscores the increasingly personal tone the presidential election has taken between the two campaigns roughly one week out from the election.An aggregate of national surveys compiled by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ shows Harris slightly ahead at close to 49 percent support while Trump is at 48 percent.

▲  3316 replies