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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/6/why-is-canada-banning-foreign-homebuyers
I'm not personally convinced that freeing up maybe 3% of the housing stock (large amounts of which are probably rented) would have a significant effect on the housing market. Maybe, just maybe, there's been a chronic lack of new supply for decades?
Nah, I'm sure it's just those dastardly Chinese.
Then why is this only now, only abruptly, becoming a problem?