Rather than propose a vision for a Canadian economy built on something other than housing speculation, Mark Carney has opted to prop up real estate interests. Build Canada Homes is designed to create the appearance of action on housing affordability while carefully ensuring its output is aligned with the landlords and developers its chief executive so ably represents.
Regarding the credibility of the journalism, I disagree with you, I see multiple cited sources and I see a coherent journalistic argument. But that’s a fair disagreement, you think it’s not enough economics research, and that’s fine. We can agree to disagree.
But this?
What a profoundly misguided and antidemocratic thing to write. WTF. “Anti-Canadian propaganda”? “Making the country look bad”? WTF. When opposition to the government is being treated as treason, a very weird turn has been taken.
For what it’s worth, The Canadian Dimension is a magazine that has been in publication since 1963 and has recently become online-only, while maintaining a serious commitment to quality through its editorial board.
I don’t know these people, they are certainly good guys with good intentions. But the site is just critical of the government - which is fine, of course, there is nothing wrong with it - but there is barely research in all the reports, no alternative models and options are shown, what they should do better, and how. It feels if you want a report critical of Canada, you can go there, and there is nothing else.
It’s a journalistic magazine, not a scientific journal or a think tank. These are not “reports”, they are articles, similar to what you would find in the Globe and Mail, or The Walrus. I am confused as to why this needs to be explained.
EDIT: Also:
Again with the pseudo-patriotic BS. Being critical of Canada is not something to judge a publication about. We are a democracy. We get to fucking do that. We don’t have loyalty tests.