Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Ron and Amanda can't understand why people keep giving them the finger....

https://www.threads.net/@cmcalgary/post/C7e5cGAJJPS

I was saying #### Trudeau.

I thought it was a sign of support

[Fuzz]

I've arguably been a bit hard on our dear premier in the past, but I gotta say... this? This is going waaaay to far. Easily the worst thing she has ever done.

Spoiler!

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I've arguably been a bit hard on our dear premier in the past, but I gotta say... this? This is going waaaay to far. Easily the worst thing she has ever done.

Spoiler!

Lol. Of all the players she chooses a Kane jersey.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Lol. Of all the players she chooses a Kane jersey.

In case anyone had any doubts that she is politically tone deaf.

You have two no brainers to choose from. If you want to be "different" you can pick up a Boucher jersey... but Kane?!!! It's actually outrageous. Not just because of the ugly colors.

[KelVarnsen]

Of course she choose a Kane jersey. After all he did get suspended for fake vaccination card. He's a hero in her eyes.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Muta

'It’s depressing being a 40-year-old stuck at home': Why the dream of homeownership is fading for many Calgarians

https://calgaryherald.com/business/d...alberta-fading

Bit of a sobering, depressing read. I feel for young people looking to enter into the home ownership world in this province; it's absolutely unreachable for many, which never used to be the case prior to even five years ago. The wealthy class / rental agencies buying up all the real estate in a market of limited supply has really done damage to this demographic - amplified when people who don't even live here are buying up the property. The growing wealth gap is causing greater, and unsustainable, problems.

That article is a joke. Dude covered neck to toe in tattoos, knocked up some random chick, broke up with some other chick at 40 and now lives at home. Yeah, this guy had a good 15 years during his adult life to buy an affordable home at basically free interest rates.

I absolutely feel for younger people and their plight to buy a home, but this guy is not in that camp. Add up the cost of all his ink and that's a down payment. Maybe wear a condom or settle down before getting somebody pregnant and you'll probably have enough for two down payments.

Give me a break. They should be profiling the people a decade his junior that would have been able to buy a house at any point had they been born earlier, but are unable to now as interest rates have spiked and house prices have gone insane just as they are getting started in life.

The 40-year-old tatted up long hair with an illegitimate kid? He's exactly where I'd expect him to be.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by Sliver

That article is a joke. Dude covered neck to toe in tattoos, knocked up some random chick, broke up with some other chick at 40 and now lives at home. Yeah, this guy had a good 15 years during his adult life to buy an affordable home at basically free interest rates.

I absolutely feel for younger people and their plight to buy a home, but this guy is not in that camp. Add up the cost of all his ink and that's a down payment. Maybe wear a condom or settle down before getting somebody pregnant and you'll probably have enough for two down payments.

Give me a break. They should be profiling the people a decade his junior that would have been able to buy a house at any point had they been born earlier, but are unable to now as interest rates have spiked and house prices have gone insane just as they are getting started in life.

The 40-year-old tatted up long hair with an illegitimate kid? He's exactly where I'd expect him to be.

The Calgary reddit also dug up this article.

https://edmontonsun.com/2013/12/06/d...r-sent-to-jail

He killed his friend while drinking and driving along with all those other poor life decisions.

Not that the housing crisis isn't an issue, it's just definitely an odd poster child for the Herald to use.

[Muta]

Yeah the main person in the story is an odd choice. Doesn't change the underlying message of the article though.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Muta

Yeah the main person in the story is an odd choice. Doesn't change the underlying message of the article though.

It does, though. At 40 he had soooo many pissed-away opportunities to buy a house at fair prices and basically free interest rates.

Profile a 30-year-old who is struggling to get a foothold. I don't have much sympathy for failure-to-launch 40-somethings who made poor life decisions and now don't have a house. You don't just deserve a house for existing for 40 years. You actually have to make decisions and sacrifice certain things (like not covering yourself in tattoos and getting ear grommets or wearing a condom when nailing chicks) to prioritize saving for a down payment and then consistently paying your mortgage, which requires continuous employment.

The article is necessary, but they missed the mark by a decade. I know so many people who comfortably own homes/condos/townhouses at his age. This isn't an issue crippling 40-year-olds who played their cards well. This is something that is hurting people younger and they are who the article should have focused on.

Dude is just a loser.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Regorium

The Calgary reddit also dug up this article.

https://edmontonsun.com/2013/12/06/d...r-sent-to-jail

He killed his friend while drinking and driving along with all those other poor life decisions.

Not that the housing crisis isn't an issue, it's just definitely an odd poster child for the Herald to use.

JFC.

Yeah, wonder if maybe he could have saved a few bucks working instead of picking his ass in the slammer for 14 months.

A Calgary man who admitted responsibility for a drunken highway rollover near Drayton Valley that left his unbuckled passenger dead was jailed Friday.
Ryan David Fehr, 29, was handed a 14-month sentence after earlier pleading guilty in Edmonton's Court of Queen's Bench to dangerous driving causing death.
Justice Denny Thomas also placed the heavily tattooed Fehr on two years probation, following his release, and banned him from driving for three years.
Thomas said the amount of booze Fehr consumed was aggravating as was the fact he was going in excess of 100 kmh when he rolled the vehicle he was driving.
While on probation, Fehr must take treatment for his alcohol abuse problem and depressive disorder.
According to agreed facts, Fehr and Randy Little had both been drinking alcohol at a Boston Pizza in Drayton Valley on June 19, 2010.
The pair left in Fehr's Toyota Tundra and began driving towards Cynthia on Highway 621, court heard.
Fehr was driving "well in excess of the speed limit" and ended up going into the ditch and rolling the vehicle and Little, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was killed.
In exchange for the guilty plea, a charge of impaired driving causing death was stayed.
Drayton Valley is about 138 km southwest of Edmonton.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Muta

Yeah the main person in the story is an odd choice. Doesn't change the underlying message of the article though.

That poor life choices can mean you don't get all the things you want?

[Monahammer]

Perhaps he was purposely chosen? To elicit a similar response that we're having but from less informed people? Essentially fuel so boomers can shout about how of course people are struggling because society is producing people like this?

It makes no sense otherwise. Or perhaps the person who wrote the article is just ridiculously incompetent and put no thought or work into checking out the person they were writing about.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Perhaps he was purposely chosen? To elicit a similar response that we're having but from less informed people? Essentially fuel so boomers can shout about how of course people are struggling because society is producing people like this?

It makes no sense otherwise. Or perhaps the person who wrote the article is just ridiculously incompetent and put no thought or work into checking out the person they were writing about.

Ya, it's certainly not who I would choose if I was trying to demonstrate even with making good choices and having an easy path, it's still unaffordable.

[Ozy_Flame]

Christ Almighty some of you. There are gen z'ers and millenials still living at home due to expensive house prices. That's it. That's the story. If you want to argue shades of nuance and bad examples, fill your boots, but the point remains.

[Muta]

The underlying message in the article is that home ownership is becoming unattainable for younger people. Pretty easy to see that past the dude they featured in the picture/beginning of the article.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Perhaps he was purposely chosen? To elicit a similar response that we're having but from less informed people? Essentially fuel so boomers can shout about how of course people are struggling because society is producing people like this?

It makes no sense otherwise. Or perhaps the person who wrote the article is just ridiculously incompetent and put no thought or work into checking out the person they were writing about.

I would bet it is incompetence over conspiracy. The article is actually pretty good, outside of trying to put a (tattooed) face to it. Totally unnecessary to the point she is making.

[Regorium]

I don't agree with that point though.

I feel like ANY 40 year old has had multiple opportunities to buy a house through some prime earning years. For example, Calgary in 2016-2018 (32-34 year old years) - you could buy a house for peanuts. Even 2019-2021 (35-37 year old years) had ample opportunities to find some great stuff for low prices.

If your priorities did not include buying a house when you were 32-37 years old, that's fine too but that's not an indication of a broken system.

Now 2022-2024? That's a different story. I'd say that if you're a 30 year old now, even if you had done everything right in those 7-8 years of entry level earning power, it'd be quite the stretch. If you're 30 or younger, you haven't really had that buying opportunity at any point during your earning years and with the current government policy and direction, it's difficult to imagine an opportunity in the foreseeable future.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

The point I was defending is that the article was clear it was very difficult for young people to own a home. I think a 30 year old is a better example than a 40 year old, sure.

[Muta]

Regorium - that's painting a lot of people with the same brush. It's easy for one to say 'a 32-34 year old should have bought a house in 2016-2018', but really that's likely 99% basing it on your own personal experience and then expecting everyone else to follow suit, and judging them if they don't. Not everyone can afford a house with the same ease.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by Muta

Regorium - that's painting a lot of people with the same brush. It's easy for one to say 'a 32-34 year old should have bought a house in 2016-2018', but really that's likely 99% basing it on your own personal experience and then expecting everyone else to follow suit, and judging them if they don't.

Well, I bought a condo in 2012 and only this year has it returned to 2012 value, so my personal experience is that everything, even today, is very affordable, and that evil landlords and real estate investors have taken a serious bath over the last decade, contrary to the popular opinion that real estate doesn't lose.

But my point is that there's been multiple opportunities for a 40 year old to get into the market if they made it their priority. If they chose not to make it a priority that's okay too! Owning isn't for everyone, but then I wouldn't be complaining that I can't afford a home.

My sympathy lies with those people that make it a priority (eg. anyone born after say 1995 with no parental support) but it has still become impossible for them to attain.