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At the risk of sounding like an ass.... why? He's done a lot of horrible things that affected a LOT of people.

There's a lot of "Weekend At Bernie's" going on in Congress these days huh?

Ironically Bernie is one of the least comatose of the bunch.

Classic Autowa in force here.
Hey CBC, maybe put someone on the other side of the argument on the program?

Plus you know, they're just nice to look at and good for mental well-being too!

Such a fan of Silo. I don't know why but the world they built is so fascinating to me.

I'm just here to say what a fantastic channel/magazine name.

Sorry, should have been more clear. I meant at the federal level. I get that they are somewhat limited in their abilities, but again, everything they have done thus far has _only _made it worse.

A reflection of the state of the world then?

I'll take my slightly good news where I can get it. I'm begging for scraps over here!

Raising rates will lower prices to some extent. So it should help somewhat. The issue is that's it's a very very blunt instrument. It just happens to be one of the only tools the BoC has to use. Ideally the feds would have stepped in at some poi t in the last 15 years to stop this madness...

I mean yeah. Once other "financial assets" become more attractive (bonds at 5.5%?) maybe less parasitical activity will happen in the housing market. The whole thing started going off the rails when rates dropped to essentially nothing.

If you think current home owners have it bad, imagine anyone trying to get in the market now. Not only are mortgages 3X the price, but the houses are 2X the price they were before. The entire thing is completely unsustainable, and yet the Feds have done fuck all. Well no, actually they have made it worse every single step of the way (see the first time home buyers savings account for the latest idiotic idea).

It's at the point where it's clear no single measure will solve this issue. What is absolutely infuriating is that NOTHING is being done. Actually scratch that, they are actively making things worse with crap like the "First Home Savings Account".