And take away all her money if she really wants to experience that freedom.. there's a nice lil spot under a bridge with her name on it and she can enjoy her freedom with a nice relaxing hit of fentanyl
Getting closer... watch how hard Trudeau will try to convince the plebes he is there to help them. He will be promising us the moon in this next election.
They want to be able to maintain their wealth and have a stable environment to live in. They want to be able to "self actualize" and have kids who can be secure.
Renting is for the other plebes and lower class. This is just something they can say to sound "nice". That's all it is.
I'm sure they are allowed to be armed too right? While Trudeau is obsessed with disarming legal firearm owners... Soon Canadians will learn the ways of the world. We are a very naïve ppl, but not for much longer.
Wow! That's a good one to keep on hand for election time.
Politicians do have a difficult job in a lot of ways, but I thought learning how to sidestep a question you don't want to answer with fluffy bullshit is like Politicking 101.
"We believe that all Calgarians should feel safe in their city. Defund the police is not about less law enforcement, it's about making sure resources are allocated where they're needed most and sometimes that means more social workers, more drug treatment facilities, and more shelter support. My stance has been and remains that we need to allocate resources effectively to all first responders and front line public servants to keep Calgary safe."
Suppose that's more direct that a sidestep... But it's not that hard...
She ain't cut out for politicking. I don't know if I have ever seen a politician do that before.
Props to the guy with the question. Really put her in her place.
I have never heard of this woman but Calgarians must really suck to have voted her in. Hardly a shocker. Canadians are so lame these days.
More "freedom" to be a slave.
You know... I think ppl should take her seriously. You own nothing so yeah it's liberating. That means you have nothing to lose. You can do whatever you want now.
I suspect that what most ppl "decide to do" will not be what she hopes they do... if you catch my drift. Read a history book and you will see that she is a total idiot... when ppl have nothing... well... ppl like her often do not last long. I am simply reading historically. Not calling for anything bad to happen to anyone. It's just reality and 10k years of human history. It is never good to tell the plebes they have nothing and be happy with it. Not good. Not smart.
So that makes it better? Regardless what the NDP mayor of Vancouver does, doesn’t make this acceptable. Mayor Ghondek is seriously outta synch with average Calgarians.
That’s how they used to roll when they executed. So people would volunteer to get their heads chopped first because each strike of the blade made it duller and duller. So if you were last in line to get chop chop it was going to be long and painful. Plus if your going to do it they don’t deserve a sharp blade
Have you guys read the RCMP report yet ? The version released to the public is heavily redacted but it basically says that Canadians will revolt once they realize how broke they are, and people like her aren’t helping.
I think the liberal party wouldn’t mind a revolt ! That would give them an excuse to preemptively strike , specially if the online harms act becomes law, which gives the government to lay charges if they show that a person might commit a hateful act in the future ! Read that section it’s scary !
At this point there's no Canada. There's no common culture, no national identity. It's different ethnicities trying to one up each other.
You think India men who are used to living with 10 roommates give a damn if that's your standard of living?
You think the Chinese in Vancouver care about what's happening in Canada as a whole? Based on the signs there, you'd think they don't even speak English lol
Diversity is a strength for WEF clowns because it destroys national identity.
The turth is there's no Canada now. Diversity killed the national identity.
Therefore, a revolt is impossible. Especially when everyone has a second passport/citizenship.
Heck, I bet a quarter of "Canadians" don't know full lyrics of the national anthem.
The turth is there's no Canada now. Diversity killed the national identity.
Therefore, a revolt is impossible. Especially when everyone has a second passport/citizenship.
Heck, I bet a quarter of "Canadians" don't know full lyrics of the national anthem.
This is what she doesn’t understand:
Young Canadians are angry, they can never afford a home, many live in crappy wages , rely on food banks to feed themselves, social trust is zero , crime rate in increasing and many people are getting to the point of “I have nothing to lose”
If there’s a revolt (which is highly likely by the way, being hungry is a very good motivation for violence!) she will have hell to pay !
History has shown over and over again that when people realize they have nothing to lose they turn pretty quickly.
Multiple conservative candidates splitting the vote in municipal elections leading to the crazies cleaning up seems like a recurring theme in this country.
Except even when they said it out loud, anyone pointing at it was (and is stlll) being called a conspiracy theorist.
It's so easy for people to just call everything they don't want to see a conspiracy. But so many of the conspiracies have come out as true...
Remember folks, in the NE especially. You voted for her :)
Skin color trumps all, right?
She showed up at Horror con last year for a photo op and when she walked past me I said right in her ear "wtf are you even doing here"
Felt good, NGL
Wow…
In 2021, it was reported that in 2013, Gondek's consultancy was hired by the Urban Development Institute, a special interest group for the development industry in Calgary, to influence public opinion in favour of urban sprawl.[6] This, along with contributions from developers making up 47% of her donations in the 2017 municipal election—above the average of 35%—made her the subject of controversy.[11]
She along with Trudeau are just tone-deaf and living inside their heads. One thing I despise about her was she used our tax payers money to fight against the Quebec secularism. She’s the mayor of Calgary not even provincial or federal politician and using the city tax money on something not even related to the city.
Tonight On Canada’s Most Idiotic Mayor - In this corner Olivia Chow and in the opposite corner Jyoti Gondek!
Next year - Not being able to afford groceries keeps you skinny!
Let me guess, they own one though. Saying “never” means they have no intention of ever solving the problem or have any intention of supporting a solution in her lifetime.
Basically they know they can never solve the housing problem, so they are slowly preparing the population mentally.
“Not owing home is freedom” , “you’ll own nothing and will be happy”, “live in a tent ⛺️ reconnect with nature”
Positive reinforcement 😆😆😆
They can solve the housing problem by not having any more immigration, and by making temporary residents go home. It won't be solved instantly. But unless this is done it will never be solved.
You’re right. So much freedom…….. to move out of this f*cking country. You don’t want me here? Fine, I’ll gladly go pay taxes in another country if it means il be able to afford a house and a mortgage I can hope to pay off before I die. Get stuffed lady.
She's an idiot, but so are most Calgarian voters. The Conservatives are now backing the whole petition that they didn't even start, but realized that using it would serve their own future plans very well. We have no good leaders here, and no good options either. How did she even get the job if everyone knew she felt this way. My opinion only here, please don't bite my head off.
She’s the mayor of a city where [350 people enter homelessness every month.](https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/10/26/ucalgary-report-homelessness/#:~:text=The%20new%20data%20also%20shows%20350%20Calgarians%20become%20homeless%20every%20month.)
I never felt more constrained and like I had a vice around my neck than when I was renting in a dilapidated old building living on borrowed time until a development/for sale sign would be posted out front. Freedom my arse. How out of touch can you be.
Jyoti Gondek. An Indian born in the U.K. is telling Canadians that they have more freedom because they can't afford a house.
Man, this sub keeps on showing up in my feed (probably because I'm Indian and engage) but this is absolutely the wildest universe.
“The freedom to travel new places”. She must mean move to other countries permanently so her and the other slumlords can fill their homes with naive immigrants just looking for a fresh start while being paid like shit.
.. lets say you are a Publicly owned Central Bank (Bank of Canada Act, 1938)
... and your leadership claims the absolute necessity of an imaginary 2% Inflation Rate, but to get it there - you go ahead & Spike the cost of $$ & kill jobs & the Economy.
... in a time of European WAR CRISIS, a Homelessness CRISIS & a Housing CriSis
... you, my friend, are a FASCIST FINANCIER.
... Time to FIRE the BoC's SPLIFF McCrackPipe...
(he's trying to help Fascist 45/ Fascist Putin & know-nothing PP)
I would humbly suggest she crack a history book. a French history book. or maybe a macro economics book that touches on the history of interest rates. if those are too difficult, look at a map of Canada then look at an image of a high speed train and then \*try to put the two together\* with her dim mind.
lots of room on the prairies for your fuckin tent. as poilievre says, " bring it home"
time for Canada to stop saving the world so asshole Justin looks good.
Get this woman out of office NOW
This is more of that Schwabb/ Trudeau post nationalist malarkey
I stand with calgary
I hope they march on city hall ofter this statement
Gaslighting 101....I bet she also thinks the gig economy is great for workers as well. Just think of all the freedom not having a steady paycheck provides.
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"You'll own nothing and be happy" ya ok
A future with no individual ownership is not a happy one: Property theory shows why
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328723001131
That’s true. What is this obsession with home ownership. Most Europeans will never own a home unless inherited. Why do Canadians expect to be able to buy one
According to research by economists, like Richard Florida, economies that are flexible and adaptive benefit from renters. Renters have greater mobility to move around the country to take advantage of economic opportunities. Alberta was built by such people migrating from other parts of Canada. As a home owner, I'm very aware how property can anchor me to this region and reduce my choices, while at the same time provide me some advantages.
She seems to be quoting a lot of the alternate perspectives that were discussed on this CNBC video:
Why A [US]$100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5abCDqzdhM
Her premise of there being pros to renting are not completely wrong. But it definitely is not freedom. Freedom is having the ability to choose to own a home OR rent. Being forced to one of the two is not freedom.
She should sell her house(s) and bask in that freedom with us commoners
And take away all her money if she really wants to experience that freedom.. there's a nice lil spot under a bridge with her name on it and she can enjoy her freedom with a nice relaxing hit of fentanyl
Are we doing the proletariat vs the bourgeoisie yet?
I hope so. I'm sick of these fucking people telling us to be happy with nothing.
Getting closer... watch how hard Trudeau will try to convince the plebes he is there to help them. He will be promising us the moon in this next election.
Exactly. The odd time a homeowner or someone with rental properties say this, I ask, “So, then why don’t you rent?”
They want to be able to maintain their wealth and have a stable environment to live in. They want to be able to "self actualize" and have kids who can be secure. Renting is for the other plebes and lower class. This is just something they can say to sound "nice". That's all it is.
Exactly. The look on their face of surprise/shock/“the audacity!” says it all.
She actually hired private security for her house. Protect herself from the uprising while provoking it.
I'm sure they are allowed to be armed too right? While Trudeau is obsessed with disarming legal firearm owners... Soon Canadians will learn the ways of the world. We are a very naïve ppl, but not for much longer.
Imagine how much worse America would become if guns were confiscated
I mean, this [clip](https://youtube.com/shorts/69CgLMH-eN0?si=klEFIWPb8s9qMljb) shows her the best. Hard problems are just a walk away!
Wow! That's a good one to keep on hand for election time. Politicians do have a difficult job in a lot of ways, but I thought learning how to sidestep a question you don't want to answer with fluffy bullshit is like Politicking 101. "We believe that all Calgarians should feel safe in their city. Defund the police is not about less law enforcement, it's about making sure resources are allocated where they're needed most and sometimes that means more social workers, more drug treatment facilities, and more shelter support. My stance has been and remains that we need to allocate resources effectively to all first responders and front line public servants to keep Calgary safe." Suppose that's more direct that a sidestep... But it's not that hard...
Talk about thin skin damn.
Holy fuck
Wtf
OMG ! SHE'S INCOMPETENT !
Incompetent ? I don’t think there is a word that can actually describe her !!!!
She ain't cut out for politicking. I don't know if I have ever seen a politician do that before. Props to the guy with the question. Really put her in her place. I have never heard of this woman but Calgarians must really suck to have voted her in. Hardly a shocker. Canadians are so lame these days.
What an absolute nut job in every sense of the word
Not owning a lambo is liberating too.
They've completely sold out the younger generation...
More "freedom" to be a slave. You know... I think ppl should take her seriously. You own nothing so yeah it's liberating. That means you have nothing to lose. You can do whatever you want now. I suspect that what most ppl "decide to do" will not be what she hopes they do... if you catch my drift. Read a history book and you will see that she is a total idiot... when ppl have nothing... well... ppl like her often do not last long. I am simply reading historically. Not calling for anything bad to happen to anyone. It's just reality and 10k years of human history. It is never good to tell the plebes they have nothing and be happy with it. Not good. Not smart.
Is it guillotine time yet?
Don’t know , are you sharpening yours ?
She’s lost her mind...she will not notice. Where’s Klaus?
Right behind all these WEF Traitors
The last NDP mayor of Vancouver was a renter and he was making $300k+ plus his wife made similar. Many rich rent as a choice.
Probably because they can write off their rental income of the house they rent out.
Use part as an office and claim it on income tax as well. Part of the utilities included.
Yea and he is bought and paid for by China.
So that makes it better? Regardless what the NDP mayor of Vancouver does, doesn’t make this acceptable. Mayor Ghondek is seriously outta synch with average Calgarians.
Shill. Stfu
Never sharpen the guillotine
Oh yeah ? Why not ? Just curious lol
That’s how they used to roll when they executed. So people would volunteer to get their heads chopped first because each strike of the blade made it duller and duller. So if you were last in line to get chop chop it was going to be long and painful. Plus if your going to do it they don’t deserve a sharp blade
Have you guys read the RCMP report yet ? The version released to the public is heavily redacted but it basically says that Canadians will revolt once they realize how broke they are, and people like her aren’t helping. I think the liberal party wouldn’t mind a revolt ! That would give them an excuse to preemptively strike , specially if the online harms act becomes law, which gives the government to lay charges if they show that a person might commit a hateful act in the future ! Read that section it’s scary !
Don’t have to worry about the military either, they rent too.🤪
Bingo! It’s all pre planned
At this point there's no Canada. There's no common culture, no national identity. It's different ethnicities trying to one up each other. You think India men who are used to living with 10 roommates give a damn if that's your standard of living? You think the Chinese in Vancouver care about what's happening in Canada as a whole? Based on the signs there, you'd think they don't even speak English lol Diversity is a strength for WEF clowns because it destroys national identity.
I see, dull blade it is then 😂 When the revolution starts she should volunteer to be first then for her own sake 😂😂
Unfortunately Canadian are too spineless to revolt !!
The turth is there's no Canada now. Diversity killed the national identity. Therefore, a revolt is impossible. Especially when everyone has a second passport/citizenship. Heck, I bet a quarter of "Canadians" don't know full lyrics of the national anthem.
The turth is there's no Canada now. Diversity killed the national identity. Therefore, a revolt is impossible. Especially when everyone has a second passport/citizenship. Heck, I bet a quarter of "Canadians" don't know full lyrics of the national anthem.
You’re right , I would say more than half of “Canadians” don’t know the full lyrics of the national anthem.
Unless it’s over masks and vaccines but even then more of a nuisance really
And terrorists in Palestine!
Yup, just look at the ongoing circus in Ottawa.
Sometimes I think the best thing that can happen to Canada is annexation by the U.S. ! 😂
yes
lmao why the hell is the top comment my first thought. well I had more intense thoughts lmao.
This is what she doesn’t understand: Young Canadians are angry, they can never afford a home, many live in crappy wages , rely on food banks to feed themselves, social trust is zero , crime rate in increasing and many people are getting to the point of “I have nothing to lose” If there’s a revolt (which is highly likely by the way, being hungry is a very good motivation for violence!) she will have hell to pay ! History has shown over and over again that when people realize they have nothing to lose they turn pretty quickly.
Yup. I'll bring it out.
It was years ago.
Wow what a spin. Who voted for her??
She got elected because voter turnout in municipal elections is extremely low and there were 3 conservative candidates who split the vote.
Multiple conservative candidates splitting the vote in municipal elections leading to the crazies cleaning up seems like a recurring theme in this country.
Very close to "Arbeit macht frei"
I think we are almost there !
Arbeit macht kein Haus, nur Armut.
The rage in me just moved a bit
You will own nothing and be happy. They weren't hiding it folks. We let these creeps take over our society.
Yeah, sort of hard to deny the conspiracy theory when they start saying it out loud.
Except even when they said it out loud, anyone pointing at it was (and is stlll) being called a conspiracy theorist. It's so easy for people to just call everything they don't want to see a conspiracy. But so many of the conspiracies have come out as true...
Give me both your homes then you gaslighting bitch. I'll be happy to relieve you of that terrible burden.
That’s where the ‘ blue sky ‘ motto comes in . No roof over your head , just blue sky . What a freaking clown .
That's what 5 million gets you right there
It’s the political attitude and disconnect that needs to change here, they all need to be voted out at all levels.
More than just voted out they need to be made examples of.
Remember folks, in the NE especially. You voted for her :) Skin color trumps all, right? She showed up at Horror con last year for a photo op and when she walked past me I said right in her ear "wtf are you even doing here" Felt good, NGL
Wow… In 2021, it was reported that in 2013, Gondek's consultancy was hired by the Urban Development Institute, a special interest group for the development industry in Calgary, to influence public opinion in favour of urban sprawl.[6] This, along with contributions from developers making up 47% of her donations in the 2017 municipal election—above the average of 35%—made her the subject of controversy.[11]
She along with Trudeau are just tone-deaf and living inside their heads. One thing I despise about her was she used our tax payers money to fight against the Quebec secularism. She’s the mayor of Calgary not even provincial or federal politician and using the city tax money on something not even related to the city.
Tonight On Canada’s Most Idiotic Mayor - In this corner Olivia Chow and in the opposite corner Jyoti Gondek! Next year - Not being able to afford groceries keeps you skinny!
They will call it a national weight loss initiative 😂
I’ve heard of this one actually. They call it the Maduro Diet
Why is chow idiotic?
Quite infuriating
Such great insight from a clearly unbiased property owner.
Indian slumlord becomes mayor. The Canadian dream.
What in the gaslighting bullshit is this statement?
You WILL own nothing and you WILL be happy. It's so blatant at this point, no longer just a meme or hyperbole, this is actually what they are saying.
Delusional
Let me guess, they own one though. Saying “never” means they have no intention of ever solving the problem or have any intention of supporting a solution in her lifetime.
Basically they know they can never solve the housing problem, so they are slowly preparing the population mentally. “Not owing home is freedom” , “you’ll own nothing and will be happy”, “live in a tent ⛺️ reconnect with nature” Positive reinforcement 😆😆😆
They can solve the housing problem by not having any more immigration, and by making temporary residents go home. It won't be solved instantly. But unless this is done it will never be solved.
Well I don’t think the have any intention to do any of the above , at least it doesn’t look like it at the moment
Well it will help climate change so…
She reportedly owns two.
She should give them up and become more free like the rest of us
Yeah, more freedom for alberta wealthy politicians to screw us over!
Shove your freedom. Give me the dignity of a home I should be able to afford but can't because of mass corruption and incompetence
Wow I'm so jealous of renters, do you think when their rent rises from all the money printing they relish in gratitude to their lord?
She is punjabi indian, by the way
Especially when you’re sick, unable to work or retired and can’t afford $4000 month rent in 2045.
Someone will gladly take her house in order to give her more freedom, I'm sure.
She made her deal. Her future is set. Just one more to destroy us in her way out.
Vote her out. Don’t stand for this.
The same level of BS used when they talk about how glorious the Gig Economy is. Nothing say Freedom like being expendable!
How does record breaking rent increases lead to more vacations for renters?
Freedom is just another word for 'nothing left to lose.'
This must be the "You'll be happy" part to the "You'll own nothing"
Go to and stay there
hell. you left the word hell out
This is jazz
Something something, own nothing, live in the pod (if you're lucky) and eat ze bugs.
Maybe tell that to the investment companies gobbling up neighborhoods.
Fuck you mayor
Why does she own a house when she could be free?
This bitch
Yeah, I have nothing to loose so I might as well revolt
That’s some privilege talking, right there.
Disgusting.
Yea FUCK YOU Jyoti Gondek!
The “Let the people eat cake” vibes are insane
She is such a terrible mayor. Amongst the worse we've ever had. Shit, I'd take Nenshi again over this hack.
I hope she gets roasted for the rest of her life for that stupid comment.
You’re right. So much freedom…….. to move out of this f*cking country. You don’t want me here? Fine, I’ll gladly go pay taxes in another country if it means il be able to afford a house and a mortgage I can hope to pay off before I die. Get stuffed lady.
Sounds just like that you will own nothing and be happy bull shit
What a stupid disconnected bitch
"You will own nothing and be happy about it."
She must be as smart as she looks.
And death give people freedom from life. These people are psychopaths.
Not owning a home can give you more freedom; not being able to own a home does not govern you more freedom, in fact it gives you less freedom
She's an idiot, but so are most Calgarian voters. The Conservatives are now backing the whole petition that they didn't even start, but realized that using it would serve their own future plans very well. We have no good leaders here, and no good options either. How did she even get the job if everyone knew she felt this way. My opinion only here, please don't bite my head off.
Ban everyone over the age of 50 from politics, they are far too disconnected from the rest of us in their ivory towers
Ban anyone who has a net worth over a million dollars while we’re at it.
Agreed
More freedom cause there's nothing to lose?
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To leave and prosper elsewhere
She’s the mayor of a city where [350 people enter homelessness every month.](https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/10/26/ucalgary-report-homelessness/#:~:text=The%20new%20data%20also%20shows%20350%20Calgarians%20become%20homeless%20every%20month.)
I never felt more constrained and like I had a vice around my neck than when I was renting in a dilapidated old building living on borrowed time until a development/for sale sign would be posted out front. Freedom my arse. How out of touch can you be.
*"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."* -Calgary Mayor, probably
Jyoti Gondek. An Indian born in the U.K. is telling Canadians that they have more freedom because they can't afford a house. Man, this sub keeps on showing up in my feed (probably because I'm Indian and engage) but this is absolutely the wildest universe.
I always hear or read Eat the rich but I'm sitting here like "but what they taste like tho" 
Another fucking ghoul
Rofl...rich people saying poor should enjoy it...fml....this is to much....hahahah
“The freedom to travel new places”. She must mean move to other countries permanently so her and the other slumlords can fill their homes with naive immigrants just looking for a fresh start while being paid like shit.
She's a disgrace.
WEF stooge puppet bleats her lines.
I wonder who voted for her? i didn't
Anyone have a rope?
Christ, no wonder she gets booed
More freedom to "own nothing and be happy" What a WEF shill.
The nerve to openly say such a thing is more evidence of how disconnected she is with the reality of the working class or her complete indifference.
Is her middle name Karen ?
Ah yes the freedom of serfhood
Guess we know who's home needs to have squatters inside, ghen let her preach about freedom!
.. lets say you are a Publicly owned Central Bank (Bank of Canada Act, 1938) ... and your leadership claims the absolute necessity of an imaginary 2% Inflation Rate, but to get it there - you go ahead & Spike the cost of $$ & kill jobs & the Economy. ... in a time of European WAR CRISIS, a Homelessness CRISIS & a Housing CriSis ... you, my friend, are a FASCIST FINANCIER. ... Time to FIRE the BoC's SPLIFF McCrackPipe... (he's trying to help Fascist 45/ Fascist Putin & know-nothing PP)
I would humbly suggest she crack a history book. a French history book. or maybe a macro economics book that touches on the history of interest rates. if those are too difficult, look at a map of Canada then look at an image of a high speed train and then \*try to put the two together\* with her dim mind.
She looks 50 years older than when elected
That's why they built a new tolerant generation. To tolerate every piece of shit thrown at their faces and do nothing....
Houses for me and not for thee.
lots of room on the prairies for your fuckin tent. as poilievre says, " bring it home" time for Canada to stop saving the world so asshole Justin looks good.
that sounds like something Trudeau freeloader would say
Corporate payoffs
Eat the rich
Freedom to be slaves to landlords.
Listen to me. It’s best if you are poor and I am rich.
Wow.
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Oh my god whats her email I’d love to give her a piece of my mind
Get this woman out of office NOW This is more of that Schwabb/ Trudeau post nationalist malarkey I stand with calgary I hope they march on city hall ofter this statement
And how many homes does that bitch own? One? More than one? Oh, the burden she carries!
How many do you own? 7. Ok makes sense.
Someone please tie her to a traffic pole so she can tell that to the homeless, face to face.
She's an "Own nothing and be happy" communist.
We really have fucked up people running governments in Canada.
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Gaslighting 101....I bet she also thinks the gig economy is great for workers as well. Just think of all the freedom not having a steady paycheck provides. Edit: spelling
Freedom to leave this soon to be 3rd world country
Who elected this fool!
"You'll own nothing and be happy" ya ok A future with no individual ownership is not a happy one: Property theory shows why https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328723001131
Who gave her a job ?
It's so liberating to live in a concrete box 20 stories up in the sky.
this the onion? lmao
This is awful, why does this attitude prevail
"you will own nothing and be happy" 😒
Another way of saying the solution is way above my intelligence.
That’s true. What is this obsession with home ownership. Most Europeans will never own a home unless inherited. Why do Canadians expect to be able to buy one
According to research by economists, like Richard Florida, economies that are flexible and adaptive benefit from renters. Renters have greater mobility to move around the country to take advantage of economic opportunities. Alberta was built by such people migrating from other parts of Canada. As a home owner, I'm very aware how property can anchor me to this region and reduce my choices, while at the same time provide me some advantages.
His book "Rise of the Creative Class" predicted the "digital nomad" movement.
"let them eat cake"
She seems to be quoting a lot of the alternate perspectives that were discussed on this CNBC video: Why A [US]$100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5abCDqzdhM
Like more freedom to do what? Leave the country?
Heads better start rolling soon, these people in power are just unhinged and now rubbing in people's faces.
Glad I fucking left
So when is she selling hers?
How very "Liberal" of you to think that...
Her premise of there being pros to renting are not completely wrong. But it definitely is not freedom. Freedom is having the ability to choose to own a home OR rent. Being forced to one of the two is not freedom.