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If everything goes according to plan, we're gonna see a lot more disputes like this in the next few years. Sure, some of the development will be infill, but a bunch won't.

"How can you claim to defend farmland, then turn around and pave over it?" he asked. "How do you justify reducing P.E.I.'s agricultural land base at a time when the loss of farmland is one of the biggest concerns facing Island farmers?"

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"What is the total projected cost of the Sleepy Hollow development, including infrastructure, maintenance and services, and how has that been communicated with the public?"

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"The issue isn't about building more houses; it's about sprawling as opposed to density, which is protecting our land," he said.

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"Sleepy Hollow Road already has safety concerns and we know that. To the premier: Will you commit to upgrading the road, including paving and shoulders, before this development goes ahead, and have residents been given any assurances this is going to be happening?"

the plight of young people has faded into the background, as the trade war with the U.S. takes centre stage in Canada’s federal election. Meanwhile, political parties have said more about protecting seniors’ retirements than helping young Canadians get a head start.

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New polling conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail and CTV News suggests that while the trade war is the top issue for Canadians 55 years and older, the cost of living is the priority for younger Canadians. Only one in 10 Canadians polled under the age of 35 said the trade was their main issue.

Canadians under the age of 35 are also more likely to trust Mr. Poilievre (38 per cent) – who has made the cost of living a central focus of his campaign – than Mr. Carney (26 per cent) to help young people.

The trade war has “taken the oxygen out of the room,” said Mike Moffatt, founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative, a project housed in the University of Ottawa’s Institute for the Environment with the stated goal of reviving Canada’s urban middle class.

“Other than housing, there has been a real absence of any policy to help struggling young people.”

From: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/federal-election/article-federal-election-2025-young-voters-housing-affordability-economy/

Most Canadians do not want a housing market "comeback". We need a crash, with the federal and provincial governments lowering costs by building. And tax changes to decommidify housing.

“It feels like the best case for housing is five or 10 years where price growth tracks sideways and you get the relief coming through income growth,” Mr. Doyle said.

“But the risk is things spiral with this trade war and we’re into a stagnation environment where it’s not a sideways movement any more, it’s a sharp downturn.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadas-housing-market-was-poised-for-a-comeback-then-a-trade-war/

Mr. Poilievre has promised a personal income tax cut that would cost the federal treasury $7-billion in the first year and $14-billion a year by the time it is fully implemented in the third year. His proposal to defer capital gains taxes for investors who reinvest their money in Canada would cost $5.5-billion a year for two years. With all the other tax cuts and spending promises, it could easily add $15-billion or more to the deficit.

Now the Conservatives have to say what they would cut to avoid a ballooning deficit.

Mr. Carney also proposes a tax cut that would cost $6-billion a year – along with other targeted tax cuts and a series of spending promises. With all that, the operating budget will not balance itself in three years.

The Liberal Leader has made it clear that he is willing to run a deficit for capital spending, so increased expenditures on military equipment and infrastructure can mostly be placed in that column.

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And, of course, that’s the main reason they have waited this long before revealing the costs – because it means talking about cuts or deficits. That’s the last thing they want to tell voters.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-time-to-tell-us-how-election-promises-add-up/

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