Canadian Real Estate Sold To Chinese? You Got It!
They work together better as a nation perhaps -> "We let our country be occupied by foreigners who have no interest in learning about Canadian culture, arts and music. Canadians don't even teach Financial management nor Canadian history in full. "
1. Canadian Real Estate Sold To Chinese? You Got It!
Canadian Real Estate Sold to Chinese? You Got it! (via LinkedIn.com)
Nov 15, 2015 (LinkedIn:Pulse)
Recently you might have heard how in Vancouver the real estate price is going way out of reach for most consumers. It's like that in Toronto as well but this a serious problem which needs policy issues looked at and how we raise a unified Canadian society, market the "Made in Canada" brand and we apply policies to save our nation from being sold.
The Top 3 Mistakes Canada Made
First...
It's a cultural issue. We let our country be occupied by foreigners who have no interest in learning about Canadian culture, arts and music. Canadians don't even teach Financial management nor Canadian history in full.
Point being, we forgot to Brand "Made in Canada" and didn't empower Canadians with Financial Education. So our counter parts took us over with those skills in hand.
On a cultural note, we start a Ministry of Multiculturalism but forgot to teach Canadian Culture with that we didn't bother to built internal Canadian economies.
If we built the "Made in Canada" brand while populating Canada as well marketed place to live, we would at least been able to keep up with the Real Estate Bubble by making a larger return on Investments in Real Estate. Sounds stupid but brands cost more than their generic counter parts. With that, we failed to teach financial education as well. Serious mistakes our foreign counter parts obviously empowered their people with before they started owning Canada.
I am tired of people saying Canada "is a nation of many cultures - it has no culture of it's own" then when they say they're Canadian they have no idea about Canadian history and evolution. Worse, Randy Bachman has a CBC radio show which is all about music but more so, he was part of legendary Canadian Music group The Guess Who - who sing the song "Share the Land" and most of these Chinese or Foreign buyers have no interest in our openness or our culture in regards to music and the arts ( the typical things which make up culture ).
If we Canadians started teaching these things in school to thier kids, maybe we would have a unified culture to celebrate and their offspring would want to be more Canadian. Yes, I'm tired of seeing businesses which have no English - they left a country they didn't like, To Make Canada Like The Nation They Left. At least in America and around the world, "Made in the USA" is more than just a label or a legendary rock song, it shows how proud Americans are and they branded themselves through their culture!
(Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band sings the song "Born in the USA" - The song became that Re-Branded "Made in the USA")
Second...
There this notion that a Federal Ministry of Multiculturalism was going to prevent and stop class division and unite the nation, give it a playing field to work on together to build a strong economy, create jobs and aid in the financial growth of the nation.
This only Funded Internal Economies by religion and foreign background with Tax Dollars while leaving out the Canadian Economy and Canadian jobs.
All it really did was create is public melting pot of culture communities getting government funding for their own internal economies. Sounds like a great idea until you start loosing your nation to people who have no desire to contribute to your nation.
It was meant to propagate and eventually help the economy but it was just telling Canadians to be nice to people who were different with public tax dollars. You can imagine how dumb an idea this was when Canadian Culture was the only one NOT at the table. That created polarization from politicians on the New Right who brought forward some of the most racist topics to senate debates and destroyed the nation even further from being together. The playing field became this political correctness helm of activity with cultures fighting for recognition for their diversity rather than their contributions to Canada.
Due to the lack of contributions to Canada, the Canadian Economy at all levels and it's citizen to maintain stable long term employment, it killed Consumer Power and Investor Power.
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Indians and other foreign communities come here to be a part of Canada and learn and live the way Canadians are know for while constantly teaching English with Canadian norms because there is this great desire to service Canada.
(Hockey Night in Canada, in Panjabi is on OmniTV in Canada)
Coming from a highly critiqued culture being of an Indo-Canadian background, I can attest, that we who are of this group, especially Indian's who are Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Catholics and other groups, love Canada and Canadian life so much that baptized Sikhs in Canada, commentate and host "Hockey Night in Canada" in the Punjabi language for those of that large community of Panjabi Indo-Canadians who "religiously" follow the National Hockey League - who might not know English yet because the desire to keep background yet to assimilate to Canadian life is so much.
Then there are those you don't...
I'm not saying different cultures and communities are all to blame.
I'm not saying the richest shouldn't get first pick and I'm not trying to pointing fingers but let's face it, those real estate signs aren't in Herbrew damn it - let alone English!
(Burton Cummings and Bill Wallace of The Guess Who sing the Canadian rock anthem "Share the Land")
Third...
Policy issues with Foreign Investment should make it easier for Canadians than for Foreigners
The result was Canadians lost Consumer and Investor power while they left with an economy without stable long term employment options
Further, as mentioned earlier, there is a Canadian rock Anthem and very few Canadians might remember it, in fact it was written by a Canadian super-band called The Guess Who. Former Guess Who member Randy Bachman hosts a CBC music radio show. He told a story of a concert they once did where in the encore of their concert, Randy Bachman on guitar and Burton Cummings carrying the Canadian flag with 25,000 fans singing the lines of the song "Share the Land".
We were great at Sharing the Land, now let's own it - starting with the real estate.
Maybe we need a clause which is something like:
"...the longer you're Canadian & Financially Capable, Real Estate and other select hard Investment options in Canada will have limits until one has been Canadian for the required number of years; there will also be investment limits unless they have been selected for public service"
Then there are those, who come with no desire to be Canadian or learn the language. To them, they can leave through the same door they came in or they can learn to "Share the Land". Now, seniors may never learn English or French due to their age if they came from a non-English or non-French speaking background. There would be rules and exceptions.
Lastly, as mentioned, we need reviewed and changed Foreign ownership policies. Canadians should not be left with without a fair run at the best local real estate options or any other Canadian Investment.
You think you're racist for thinking the Chinese are buying everything in site?
Well Australians are going through the same problem.
At least when Indians moved into Surrey, British Columbia - we left because we wanted new homes and but didn't forget to learn then teach our kids the Canadian Community way of life. That was in a time when people didn't know that India is a full ally of Canada, the UK, the USA not to mention a Common Wealth Nation. I'm just waiting for Canadian history to be taught to kids, teens and post secondary where they include Sikh and East Indian British Armed Forces throught history in Canada. Sikh's have been here since 1879 - my mothers great grandfather came in 1906 and died in Vancouver in 1932.
Australia is hanging on for dear life it seems and so is Vancouver and Toronto.
On a further note, there should be rules for ownership in policies.
For example,
* It should be depending on how long you've been in Canada then the regular financial scope for investment
* You can purchase prime real estate once you're a citizen of say, 5, 10, 15, 20+ years
* You must engage in Canadian music, arts and community level multi cultural Canadian activities
* One cannot get government jobs until the second or third generation unless it is some specialized position.
* Can't run for government elections until you've done community service and not just in your Non-Canadian community.
* Non-Canadians would come dead last in being able to decide where they wanted to live unless they were living with family and not owning for the time period set or until they are a part of contributing to Canada and the culture
*There would be select areas non-Canadians can and cannot invest and/or purchase.
* While we change that policy, Canadians need to start teaching Canadian music and the arts, culture, history as mandatory education to be a Canadian citizen and in as early as grade school and every year after.
Summary...
To make it clear:
a) Canadians need to brand "Made in Canada" to save our nation to empower the credibility future generations of goods and services
b) Canadians need to empower Canadian youth and teenagers on Financial Education
c) Canadians need long term stable economies with long term stable jobs & careers
d) Canadians need to provide government policies which do not prevent competition while maintaining Canadian Consumer Power and Canadian Investor Power
In short...
It might sounds racist today but Canadians should be empowered enough to live in their own country let alone in prime areas of real estate.
Author: Randeep Dosanjh
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2. Welcome to Canada?
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5. The Guess Who sing the Canada rock anthem "Share the Land"
Burton Cummings and Bill Wallace
6. Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi
Hockey Night in Canada in Panjabi on Canadian TV
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