Find Out If Your Provincial Rep Is Invested In Real Estate
Find Out If Your Provincial Rep Is Invested In Real Estate

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Find Out If Your Provincial Rep Is Invested In Real Estate

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/8043511
Excellent tool from independent media org The Maple.
Spoiler turns out it's basically all of them
This isn't exactly mind blowing, 65%, of residential properties are lived in by their owners.
Given that you need a bit of wealth to even run as a candidate, you'd expect them to have bought a house.
Its landlords - so non-principal residences - and invested in real estate as in ownership of REITs or private real estate corporations.
So, nothing at all to do with principal residences, which is pretty amazingly clear when you click the link and read the article.
Such a weird divide. I realize it is to try and make those who seek employment profit with their home as a capital asset feel special and "not like those other investors", but it's a false narrative. An investor is an investor is an investor.
Considering how many homes have suites, it's not really fair to say it excludes principal residences.