This Day In Clarkland...Which Hand Is Which?

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WrongVille


On the one hand...

The provincial government will pay for an external study on the impacts of foreign investment and ownership in B.C.’s property market, The Province has learned...

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...In an email titled “Foreign Investment Research Initiative,” (BC Housing's manager of research Deborah) Kraus writes that, “B.C. Housing has issued a request for proposals for a consultant to conduct research on this topic and expects to engage a consultant by the end of January 2016.” ...

Sam Cooper,
The Province, January 30th, 2016

On the other hand...

Premier Christy Clark said Monday that B.C. has been researching the impact that foreign investment might be having on the local housing market for about a year.

The disclosure suggests her government is more concerned with the role offshore funds could be playing in Metro Vancouver’s red-hot real estate market than it had previously indicated...

Cassidy Olivier

The Province, February 1st, 2016

All of which, of course means absolutely nothing for a leader who doesn't have the guts to actually govern.


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And then, as Laila points out, there is also....This.


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