[belsarius]

Originally Posted by Locke

I dont really know what the Liberals can do to bring housing costs down.

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head would be to scrap the Carbon Tax entirely to try and bring the cost of materials and their transportation down...but even that is a faulty idea.

It wouldnt work.

So yeah, Libs, Cons the NDP would try and find money in the moon or something, but I dont see how the Government is really able to control the affordability of housing barring....and I've actually been something of a proponent of this....building it themselves.

Council Housing like the UK, communal housing like the USSR, Peachtrees like in Judge Dredd, etc.

Now, hear me out.

I think one of the critical elements of our housing issues is that we've essentially taken away 'the starter step.'

That first, affordable, step that allows people to climb the ladder of social mobility.

And we've replaced that step with 'live at home with your parents longer.'

The problem with that step isnt just that kids hang around longer than we want them to, but it creates vacuum years where they're not generating any equity of their own which will lead to them paying mortgages until much later years in life which will affect retirement, savings and their own kids by that point. Its a knock on effect.

So thats housing, as for Trudeau...not going to comment on his marriage, I dont know anything about it and thats his business, but I do wonder...

Has any 'Chief of State' be it a PM, or a President gone through something like this while sitting in office? I feel like this is unusual but maybe I just dont know.

Either way, I dont think it reflects on him in any meaningful way.

Trudeau senior is the only other Canadian PM to have it happen. Other countries, I really have no clue.