What the Chinese scapegoaters didn't know about Metro Vancouver's housing boom or crisis | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
by Ng Weng Hoong on March 11th, 2021 at 8:51 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Yes, it is different this time. As Metro Vancouver’s housing prices surged to yet another record high, the public’s response today stands in stark contrast to what it was a few years ago. During the housing boom or crisis of the 2010s, politicians and opinion-makers angrily blamed foreign investors for allegedly killing affordability in the region. The outrage against the supposed foreign invasion, led by newspaper columnists being mistaken for real estate experts, created a new type of populism. Politicians were quickly ...