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GaryQ

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From the article in question:
The first in a multi-part series focused on the home ownership trends of young urban families, the report is based on findings from a survey of 1,743 families in the Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal Census Metropolitan Areas, with a focus on ones where the adults are between the ages of 20 and 45.

Pretty small survey sample group considering a population of 13 odd million for the 4 census Metropolitan Areas surveyed. :coffee:
 

Daniel E.

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From the article in question:


Pretty small survey sample group considering a population of 13 odd million for the 4 census Metropolitan Areas surveyed. :coffee:

It's just to get people ready to live in sheds (tiny homes) far away from urban areas. I'm guessing the survey was sponsored by Home Depot :coffee:

"We can't laud tiny houses for their innovation without beginning by saying that the economic realities that necessitate it are a huge ***** problem that won't go away with vintage marine lightbulb cages or marble countertops."

~ Tiny Homes Aren't The Solution To B.C.'s Unaffordability Crisis
 

Daniel E.

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Majority of Canadians relieved they can no longer afford to live in Vancouver - The Beaverton

OTTAWA — Following a report showing that Vancouver is now the least affordable housing market in North America, millions of Canadians have expressed relief that living there is no longer an option.

“My West Coast friends are always like, ‘You do yoga, you should move to Vancouver’, and I’d be stuck thinking ‘Yeah, but I don’t like yoga that much,’” explained Edmonton school teacher Sheila Myers. “Thanks to their skyrocketing housing affordability gap, I’ve finally got an all-purpose excuse.”

“I know you might be thinking ‘no one is going to force you to move to Vancouver,’ but that is what my friend Steve said and now he owns a kambucha bar in Yaletown,” she added.

Other Canadians agreed that they were glad to have been priced completely out of the city that everyone who bought a house thirty years ago agrees is the best. “Sure, Vancouver’s okay” explained William Marston of Halifax. “But like, other places also have mountains and weed. We get it.”

Polling shows that 90% of Canadians voiced relief over no longer being able to afford to buy or rent property in a city where you have to take the underground Skytrain for 2 hours just to find a bar open later than 9:30pm. The remaining 10% were Vancouver residents who spent an hour on the phone with the pollster explaining why Vancouver was so great.

“All Canadians live in fear that they may be forced, at some time in their life, to move to Vancouver,” explained Bank Of Canada financial expert Vanessa Singh, in Ottawa. “Whether they’ve fallen into the tech industry, or god forbid want to work as a background extra on The Flash, many Canadians find themselves trapped in Canada’s most insufferably healthy and oppressively ‘laid back’ city.”

“Now, most Canadians will never again run the risk of ending up the kind of person who jogs to an organic brunch only to discuss how many types of rain there are,” Singh added.

With Vancouver’s real estate prices showing no indication of dropping, experts warn the only Canadians at risk of having to move to Vancouver are seasonal snowboard instructors or frontmen for Chinese holding corporations.

Experts warn that soon most Canadians will also not be able to afford to live in Toronto, though “not soon enough.”
 

David Baxter PhD

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A federal lawsuit filed earlier this month in Buffalo, New York, claims Canada Dry and parent company Dr Pepper Snapple Group led consumers to believe their ginger ale product contained real ginger.

"Instead, Canada Dry Ginger Ale is made from carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, preservatives and 'natural flavors,' i.e., a flavor compound comprised predominately of flavor extracts not derived from ginger, and a minuscule amount of a ginger flavor extract," alleges the suit filed on behalf of Julie Fletcher, according to the Buffalo News.

"Ms. Fletcher believed this meant that Canada Dry was made using ginger root and was, as a result, a healthier alternative to regular sodas," Michael J. DeBenedictis, her lawyer, reportedly said in the lawsuit.

1. People seem to sue for virtually anything in the US. I imagine that's because in the US, they can't afford to pay for health care without the extra income, and for hourly wage earners they can't make enough to even live on without suing somebody.

2. Canada Dry Ginger Ale does contain real ginger. Was she expecting to actually find a piece of ginger root floating inside the can?

3, Did she not read the ingredients before buying it?

4. What variety of idiot would believe any soft drink is actually healthy?
 
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