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Fact File: No 'plan' to 'euthanize' 15 million Canadians with MAID (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
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[–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Even if we limit ourselves to homes within city limits (so we aren’t talking about backwoods cabins, here), Canada has about 6 empty homes for every homeless person.

The problem isn’t a lack of homes, the problem is an excess of “investors” looking for a labour-free income stream parasitized off of the backs of the working class.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Not trying to be argumentative, but I've seen this stat of there being more empty houses than homeless people thrown around a few times with different numbers and no sources given. Do you have a source for those numbers?

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Homelesshub.ca puts homelessness in Canada at 235,000 as of 2024.

    https://homelesshub.ca/collection/homelessness-101/how-many-people-homeless-canada/

    OECD data via an article at Daily Hive puts empty homes in Canada as of 2021 at 1.34 million homes. Though that number is now thought to be much higher.

    https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-over-1-3-million-vacant-homes

    Basic math. 5 homes give or take a half or so per homeless person.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago*

    That's not being argumentative. That's being responsible before spreading it. I'm sure the person you replied to confirmed and has the credible sources handy. Right? right?

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