Tag: government
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Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper Says Debt Crisis is Coming Soon
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The Revival – December 2020 (What a fucking wild year!)
Greetings Friends, We are stumbling towards year-end and it doesn’t seem to have the same festive sparkle this year. There aren’t the usual travel plans to coordinate or the maze of holiday parties to navigate (or avoid.) The lockdown, here in Toronto, has created a sense of grey, a holiday haze, along with a potential…
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Banks, QE, and Money-Printing
So many investors have reached out to discuss thoughts on where the markets are heading and if a crash/boom is on the horizon. Of course, no one has a crystal ball but by zooming out, and looking at the macro trends, we can have better lens to view the future through. For Real Estate investing…
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Covid: The way forward part 3
HERE IS “THE SCIENCE” Two people have died of COVID-19 under the age of 19. Two. How is it possible that we are playing silly games with the opening and closing of schools? How are teachers not safe? Obviously, children have some immunity to COVID-19. 321 people have died in Canada of COVID-19 under the…
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What good can come from COVID, generally and in real estate?
What good might come from COVID, generally and in Real Estate? Perhaps daily we reflect on and talk about the generally negative impact that COVID has had on our individual lives and on society in general. Is your glass half-empty or half-full? Here are some “half-full” observations and predictions on possible “good” things that might…
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The Revival – November 2020
Greetings Friends, After the most bizarre Halloween I’ve experienced, our first snow fall – yes, SNOW. Already! – and currently we are now in the midst of a heat wave in November! All of which are signals we are either nearing the end of the year or the world. Just kidding but what a year; a deeply,…
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Economic Growth and Other ways to Lie to Ourselves
Q3 GDP AND WHAT IT MEANS (US DATA BUT RELEVANT TO CANADIANS – RR) (So sad that I have to point this out, but there is nothing about this post that is political. If your comments are going to try to turn this into a pro-Trump or anti-Trump discussion, you’re missing the point and I…
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The Revival – October 2020 Newsletter
Greetings Friends, As most people are getting swept up in Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams and swigging cranberry cocktail, I’ve recently begun watching Game of Thrones. I know, I know, I’m late to the Game. But I’ve never been much of a TV trend follower. In the show there is a common, dread-filled refrain: Winter is coming. Even though there…
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Guest Post: Naama Blonder – If we want affordable housing, the numbers must work for everyone
Originally posted here. By Naama Blonder If we want affordable housing, the numbers must work for everyone Earlier this summer, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced the locations for Housing Now’s Phase II sites. They are part of Toronto’s initiative to increase the supply of new affordable rental housing within mixed-income, transit-oriented communities on city-owned lands.…
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The Revival – September 202O: Inflating Oppression
Greetings Friends, After being away for a few weeks with dear friends, at a serene cottage on Soyer’s Lake – Haliburton, we are back to the beat + driving forward into the fall market and the new school year. With all of the strange changes that have been heaped upon us this year, we are…