Those BC condos the government is buying and how we got here
I’ve been thinking about the news about the federal government buying empty condos in B.C. I’m not going to explain the why of that as multiple other journalists have already covered that very well. What I want to touch base on is the why Canadians are or have been told to be obsessed with being homeowners.
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Turns out it was a decision not from Canadians themselves but an overarching national decision. Here’s an excerpt from the housing chapter from my book, The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners:
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