• GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca
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    Lewis’s proposals seem reasonable to me. On one hand you can’t just have a destabilizingly high rate of immigration, but on the other it’s extremely unjust to just deport a bunch of people who are already here, Trump style. We need a reasonable level of immigration as well as protection for refugees - this century is going to see a massive influx of refugees in general, and if we become Festung Kanada it will rot us from the inside out.

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      3 hours ago

      Sure, eat the young to feed the rich old boomers that own all the real estate. Let’s see if that resonates.

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        At some point we’re going to have to definancialize housing, and the NDP Lewis is the closest option to that. The libs and cons sure as hell would never do it

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          Its financialized due to cheap debt and a shortages, caused by the BoC and the NDP themselves supporting mass immigration.

          I don’t see anything Avi is pushing to definancialize it, if anything he wants to exacerbate shortages to encourage further speculation. I’d be curious what you think he’s suggesting that will accomplish it.

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            Broadly, he’s a step in the right direction, turning the NDP back to its socialist roots. At some point we could just have the government build housing and old age pensions, eliminating the need to have a house be a financial instrument for retirement