Letters to The Sun, April 9, 2022: Family doctors need the tools to do our jobs
Credit to Author: Carolyn Soltau| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 01:00:29 +0000
Supporting family doctors will result in healthier patients and communities.
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Federal budget misses the mark on housing, says SFU finance professor
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 01:25:48 +0000
The federal government’s $10 billion injection aimed at reducing the price of a home in B.C. and across Canada has missed the mark, says a Simon Fraser University finance professor. “The only long-term way to build more housing, to improve affordability, is to make it easier to build,” said Andrey Pavlov. “There is certainly enough […]
Read moreMetro mayors say they feel scapegoated by B.C. government for slow pace of housing construction
Credit to Author: Gordon Hoekstra| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:34:08 +0000
They say some of the blame lies with the province, whose regulatory regime causes delays and because the province is not ponying enough money up for affordable housing
Read moreDan Fumano: Is this the end of 'single-family zoning' in Vancouver?
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:08:28 +0000
Analysis: The zoning map in the draft Vancouver-wide plan leaves no area of the city reserved for only detached houses and duplexes.
Read moreVaughn Palmer: B.C. government to cities — Want transit? Allow highrises
Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:56:51 +0000
Opinion: The province could make higher density an upfront condition for paying for SkyTrain
Read moreReport on Canadian housing costs examines role for municipalities in easing affordability
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:31:44 +0000
The report from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto examines what researchers say would be the ideal role for local governments.
Read moreWhat Canada’s rising inflation means for newcomers
Credit to Author: Scotiabank| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:30:44 +0000
Many shoppers are finding that things are more expensive when they go to the grocery store. What’s behind those price increases? “Prices are rising much more quickly than in recent years,” says Marc Desormeaux, senior economist at Scotiabank. “In January 2022, the total Consumer Price Index (CPI) was more than 5% higher than one year […]
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Read moreNational report urges better coordination among governments to build more affordable housing
Credit to Author: Lisa Cordasco| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:00:23 +0000
The report found Canada’s affordable housing deficit has increased, despite a national federal housing program that began in 2017, along with provincial housing initiatives.
Read moreJudge declines to order sale of 'forever home' owned by two couples
Credit to Author: Keith Fraser| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:19:26 +0000
A judge has declined to order the sale of a Vancouver duplex that was purchased more than 20 years ago by two couples.
Read moreDouglas Todd: 'People are dying' — Canada must expose dirty money now
Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 03:32:14 +0000
Analysis: With Russia’s attack on Ukraine there’s more pressure on Canadian politicians to finally track down the corrupt people who have long used Canada as the easiest democracy in which to park illicit wealth.
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