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Justin Trudeau’s latest flowery advice to young people is that there is hope of owning a home. They will now have access to a 30-year amortization period. How encouraging. Now on a $600,000 property, a townhouse these days, they can save for the $100,000 down payment until they’re 35-40 years old, then buy the property and pay the half-million-dollar mortgage for 30 years. If they’re lucky, they’ll see the light at the end of the tunnel and be mortgage/debt free by the time they’re in their 70s.
Gisele Lavictoire
(If they’re lucky is right.)
Listen to the people
Instead of kowtowing to the environmental wingnuts about emission caps to help reduce forest fires, maybe the feds should start listening to the people who have been practising forest management for years, the natives. Clearing out deadwood and having true controlled burns this would greatly reduce the risk of forest fires. Use David Suzuki’s own words, the nature of things, against him by clearing brush and dead trees, replacing them with new greenery. Quit pandering to these idiots.
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Bruce Haynes
(Reducing the risk should be the priority.)
Misery only beginning?
I pray for the residents of Jasper who have lost their homes, however, I think that their misery is only beginning. One can only imagine the onerous conditions that Parks Canada will impose upon this folks who wish to rebuild. No doubt that Justin Trudeau will want to include such things as diversity, inclusion and equity whereas Steven Guilbeault will want densification, solar panels and heat pumps. Who knows, maybe I`m wrong, but seeing that Ottawa is involved, nothing will surprise me.
J.D. Round
(It wouldn’t surprise us, either.)
Pricey politicians
Why is it that politicians, who are employees of the voting citizens of cities, provinces or of Canada, are allowed to create golden pension plans, benefits packages, determine what their salary should be and receive annual raises. No other employees in the working Canada is capable of this feat. Taxpayers can no longer afford their politicians. Taxpayers need to take control of these issues. A politician’s pension and benefits should be no better than anybody else’s.
Glenn William
(Common sense on this matter would be nice.)
Vinyl siding doesn’t cut it
With Calgary homes being damaged so often by hail storms there needs to be amendments to building codes. Vinyl siding just doesn’t cut it in this climate. It should be mandatory that wooden shingles or clapboard siding be used to keep insurance cost going through the roof.
Chris Curran
(An idea worth debating.)
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