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Why Canada's ban on foreign buyers hasn't made homes more affordable (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 9 months ago by grte@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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[–] Electromechanical_Supergiant@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Students and workers from other countries with study and work permits are considered usual residents, according to StatsCan.

Directly quoted from the source I posted.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's why I clarified how you misinterpreted that sentence, and gave you a source from Stats Canada. I also worked the last census in KW, where there's a large student population, so it was drilled into our heads students only count if they live in that house year round (and preferable changed the address on their ID).