Douglas Todd

Vancouver

Spirituality Writer at Vancouver Sun

Migration, demographics, religion, ethics, housing .... Columnist at Vancouver Sun / Postmedia News https://t.co/W0APwSK7HV

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Who gets in to Vancouver’s ‘below-market’ rental apartments?

1 week ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Advertisement 1Douglas Todd: A flood of new below-market rental apartments are coming to Metro Vancouver. But deciding who gets into them is fraught. Article contentMore than 6,000 new “below-market” rental apartments are either under construction or being processed by the City of Vancouver. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentBut who will actually get to live in the subsidized units? The question has long been fraught.
Foreign interference tactics always changing, says B.C. political victim

2 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Advertisement 1Douglas Todd: Sometimes China interferes by launching attacks on politicians. Other times it is complimentary, say former MP Kenny Chiu and othersArticle contentThe Chinese Communist Party is always changing the way it interferes in elections in Canada and other countries, says former Steveston-Richmond MP Kenny Chiu.
Michael Kovrig comes to Vancouver: 'Ground zero' for his detention in China

2 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Advertisement 1Douglas Todd: He doesn’t necessarily think China’s navy is going to show up soon in Vancouver’s harbour, but he's getting out the message China is capturing the world's "elites” and intimidating its diaspora communities. Article contentIt was a low-key, but ultimately world-shaking moment at Vancouver International Airport that led to Michael Kovrig enduring 34 months of psychological torture in a detention cell in Beijing.
B.C.’s fast-growing cities getting hammered by rapidly rising property taxes

3 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Douglas Todd: In Langford, the second-fastest growing city in Canada, property taxes jumped a staggering 38 per cent in three years. Tax hikes are almost as bad in New Westminster, Vancouver and Maple Ridge, etc. Article contentProperty taxes have risen at more than double the rate of inflation in the B.C. cities that are growing the most rapidly.
B.C.’s fast-growing cities getting hammered by rapidly rising property taxes

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Douglas Todd

Tax hikes of 18 to 37 per cent in three years in a number of fast-growing B.C. cities are well above the average rate of inflation. Here, downtown New Westminster, where dozens of new condo towers have arisen. (Credit: Jason Payne)Property taxes have risen at more than double the rate of inflation in the B.C. cities that are growing the most rapidly.
B.C.’s fast-growing cities getting hammered by rapidly rising property taxes

3 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Douglas Todd: In Langford, the second-fastest growing municipality in Canada, property taxes have jumped a staggering 38 per cent in three years. Tax hikes are almost as bad in New Westminster, Vancouver and Maple Ridge, etc. Article contentProperty taxes have risen at more than double the rate of inflation in the B.C. cities that are growing the most rapidly. Sign In or Create an Account Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
In a time of unaffordability, Canadian 'housing nationalism' shouldn't be a dirty word

3 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Douglas Todd: Healthy attempts to reduce foreign money’s distortion of the housing market shouldn't be demonized as xenophobic, new study says. Article contentNationalism is fashionable again in Canada now that the federal election is underway and the tariff wars of U.S. President Donald Trump pose a threat to our economic well-being.
This should be the first Canadian election that focuses on migration

4 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Douglas Todd

This should be the first Canadian election that focuses on migrationThe traditional Canadian “‘immigration consensus’ that more is always better” is weakening, says SFU political scientist Sanjay Jeram. (Credit: alexskopje)A controversial appointment put migration in the headlines on the same weekend that Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a snap election.
This should be the first Canadian election that focuses on migration

4 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Douglas Todd: Mark Carney is bringing in people who support high migration policies. The Conservatives are breaking Canada's old taboo against talking about it. Article contentA controversial appointment put migration in the headlines on the same weekend that Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a snap election.
New platform set to prevent financial elder abuse, especially with housing

1 month ago | vancouversun.com | Douglas Todd

Advertisement 1Douglas Todd: “There are a lot of bad actors who are ready to swoop in” when seniors start to lose their abilities, says a major Vancouver real-estate executive. He says he has something to stop them. Article contentYou’re a senior in poor health, trying to protect your finances and the value of your house, by far your biggest asset.