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1,000 experts in Vancouver to weigh if immigration working
How can Canada stop immigrant groups from turning out religious radicals, with some bent on terrorism in the name of God? Given that many newcomers arrive from countries where homosexuality is illegal,...
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In Hong Kong, Metro Vancouver real estate is big news (Update)
Ian Young, writing for a Hong Kong newspaper, covers real estate issues in Metro Vancouver with a rare kind of intensity and frankness. Unlike in Metro Vancouver, Young says, Hong Kong newspapers run...
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Millionaire Migrants: The Numbers Grow
University of B.C. geography David Ley wrote a ground-breaking book in 2010 titled Millionaire Migrants: Trans-Pacific Life Lines (Wiley). The well-researched book explored the rapid rate by which...
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Is the ‘racist’ label being abused in Vancouver’s housing debate? (Update...
An ethnic Chinese newspaper reporter is the latest to challenge the way Metro Vancouver real estate developers and their supporters have long used the “racist” label to muddy debates over the...
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Why Vancouver housing is unaffordable and what to do about it
Edward Yang is sad about the city he grew up in. His parents emigrated from Taiwan to B.C. without much money, yet in the early 1990s they were able to afford a small house in East Vancouver. But Yang...
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The floating lives of affluent transnational migrants
The acclaimed movie Floating Life tells the story of a family of well-off ethnic Chinese who can afford to make connections to cosmopolitan cities around the world, including Vancouver. Seeking...
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Business-class immigrants feel lowest “attachment” to Canada: Survey
Business-class immigrants have very low levels of “attachment” to Canada — both when they arrive and especially after four years in the country. The Statistics Canada survey data is presented in a new...
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Who can we trust on Vancouver real estate? (Update)
The surreal cost of housing in Metro Vancouver is the biggest issue facing the city. Yet it’s hard to find people who can fully inform us about what’s really causing it and, therefore, what can be done...
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Richmond 2: Migration’s unexpected consequences
Jordan Loo says Richmond has been “a safe place to grow up.” Working with a friend on their laptops at a café in Richmond, Loo, 26, said the city is “way more laid-back than Hong Kong.” Loo just spent...
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Finally, we’re debating housing in Metro Vancouver: Five key issues
Metro Vancouver is finally having a debate over housing affordability. It took a few decades. But now it’s here, with all sorts of voices and interest groups chiming in on the factors that go into...
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How Vancouver housing developers first began using the ‘racist’ label
The “racist” label continues to be used liberally in Metro Vancouver, often to silence debate about the city’s housing affordability crisis. While it’s unwise to dismiss the possibility of racism...
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Metro Vancouver: ‘Unequal City’
It’s the most important justice issue in Metro Vancouver: Housing affordability. And Regent College is hosting a major discussion on it and related topics on Thursday, Sept. 24th. The 7 p.m. event will...
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Thousands of Metro Vancouver mansion owners avoiding taxes
Who will pay the taxes for universities, health care and rapid transit if residents of some of Metro Vancouver’s exclusive neighbourhoods are reporting poverty-level incomes? Some homeowners in tony...
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B.C. candidates promise crackdown on wealthy who hide foreign assets
Federal election candidates are promising to strictly enforce the foreign-asset disclosure laws so every Canadian pays their share of taxes. New Democratic Party candidate Jenny Kwan said this week...
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Bank mortgages, not bags of cash, behind mainland Chinese home buys: study
METRO VANCOUVER — A new case study reinforces the significant role of mainland Chinese money in the city’s hottest west side residential real estate markets. It also finds that almost 70 per cent of...
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Douglas Todd: Migration growth is reshaping Metro Vancouver
Demographics. It’s a boring word. But it has big consequences, particularly for Metro Vancouver. Demographics is generally defined as “the study of statistics, such as births, deaths, income and...
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Push to collect foreign buyer data has pitfalls, experts say
The B.C. government’s new push to collect citizenship data on foreign buyers could be an exercise rife with pitfalls, academics say. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced in Tuesday’s budget that...
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Immigrants main driver of Metro Van housing market: Study
Immigrants have a major impact on fast-rising house prices in Metro Vancouver and Toronto, according to the author of a new study. In a unique research project, University of B.C. geographer Daniel...
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Blame politicians for Metro's housing crisis: Researcher
Canadian politicians, keen to stimulate B.C.’s economy, are responsible for creating the conditions that have lead to Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis, according to a new study....
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Immigrants have major impact on Canada's housing prices: Study
Immigrants have a major impact on fast-rising house prices in Metro Vancouver and Toronto, according to the author of a new study. In a unique research project, UBC geographer Daniel Hiebert...
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