• FlareHeart
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    1 year ago

    During the next federal election this will be my “single issue” that will determine who I vote for.

    This should read PROVINCIAL election. Housing policies are the jurisdiction of the provinces. If you think the Premiers are going to tolerate the Feds mucking around in something they perceive as THEIR jurisdiction, there will be a big fight over it. Take this to your Premier, it’s their wheel-house.

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      1 year ago

      Fair point, Dougie needs to fucking go.

      And for the record OF COURSE I care about other issues. Maybe my original comment was too extreme. There is no way I am going to vote for any rage-baiting, fear mongering, regressive asshole. If someone presented an amazing, ground-breaking housing plan but was also a neo-nazi I wouldn’t vote for them LMAO.

      I am just so tired of all the political theatre around housing. It just seems like a no-brainer that should cross party lines. The only people who don’t care are the people who are rich, or who are in the pockets of rich development/property management companies. Even the older generations who own a single home care, they probably have children who they know won’t ever be able to afford a home or pay a fair price to rent something.

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        1 year ago

        Welcome to the club. It’s important to vote for the better option even if it feels like it makes no difference.

        If everyone who thought it doesn’t matter got out to vote, it WOULD change the outcome. Voter turnouts have been terrible.