seascene
Crew Member
Site C... ok
Chinese purchase of Site C contractor... ok
Foreign buy out of BC real estate ...ok
Fish farms... ok
Asian tankers... ok
BC hydro execs and gov't pals still pigging out...ok
...lots more.
I did not vote NDP for this. I must invoke a Pascal Wager thing and go Green.
http://business.financialpost.com/p...erty-in-new-zealand-canada-should-do-the-same
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/01/18/Housing-Crisis-Really-About-Globalization/
"Ownership is hidden in Canada because the country is a giant secrecy haven where anyone from anywhere can, and does, buy properties through offshore shell companies, nominee shareholders, trusts, or law firm fronts.
This flood of hidden dirty money from offshore is widespread so how can a federal government agency state that foreign ownership is minuscule? Worse, how many billions has the CMHC loaned to “owners” hiding behind fronts that are not entitled to mortgages subsidized by Canadian taxpayers?"
Realtor acquaintance says Chinese presently looking at Alberni farmland to raise "blueberries".
Chinese purchase of Site C contractor... ok
Foreign buy out of BC real estate ...ok
Fish farms... ok
Asian tankers... ok
BC hydro execs and gov't pals still pigging out...ok
...lots more.
I did not vote NDP for this. I must invoke a Pascal Wager thing and go Green.
http://business.financialpost.com/p...erty-in-new-zealand-canada-should-do-the-same
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/01/18/Housing-Crisis-Really-About-Globalization/
"Ownership is hidden in Canada because the country is a giant secrecy haven where anyone from anywhere can, and does, buy properties through offshore shell companies, nominee shareholders, trusts, or law firm fronts.
This flood of hidden dirty money from offshore is widespread so how can a federal government agency state that foreign ownership is minuscule? Worse, how many billions has the CMHC loaned to “owners” hiding behind fronts that are not entitled to mortgages subsidized by Canadian taxpayers?"
Realtor acquaintance says Chinese presently looking at Alberni farmland to raise "blueberries".