Ian Young
@ianjamesyoung70
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Chinese Australian HKer in Canada. Vancouver correspondent for @SCMPNews. Read the story before commenting, brainiac. Eg:
Vancouver BC
Joined October 2012
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After taking 5 YEARS (!!) to answer my freedom-of-info request, @CanRevAgency has released a secret study confirming millionaire migrants made 90% of lux home purchases in two Metro Vancouver municipalities while declaring refugee-level incomes 2/
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“There’s a Cantonese saying, that it’s better to eat less than lose your home,” @ayan604 said, explaining one of many reasons for the discrepancy. via @scmpnews @ianjamesyoung70
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Three quarters of all Chinese Canadians are immigrants...& data provided by @Ayan604 shows these folk only earn about $30K/yr. Which makes the disparity with housing costs even more remarkable. Hints: frn wealth, non-declared frn earnings, astronaut housholds, multi-gen wealth
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And the median monthly housing costs for Chinese Canadian owner-occupied households was 35 per cent higher than for all such Canadian households, $1,540 vs $1,140...
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Other interesting stuff: Chinese Canadians are more than twice as likely to live in a "multi census family" household (typically a multi-generational home, eg with grandparents)...
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Chinese Canadians are TWICE as likely to own and live in unaffordable homes; they are also about half as likely to be renters, compared to all Canadians. That's according to new data released by @StatCan_eng
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$10 for an FOI is a bargain! What else costs $2 per year, haters?
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@ianjamesyoung70 After hearing the news of Steve Wallace's death on Fri, our team made it the top story in our Sat newsletter. We know our readers have been following this story and we know it was important that we provide this update, so we made sure to address it.
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Oops sorry thought this was an honorary post like lord of pancakes or baron of punctuation
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What a bold approach to politics. This slogan is FIRE 🔥
A look 👀 at What Hong Kong's 2021 LegCo candidates have in the bag for us: "NO CHANGE!"
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I’m surprised @CapitalDailyVic hasn’t addressed this; their investigation of Steve Wallace was a major story
Statement from Steve Wallace’s wife, Joan:
With a heavy heart I share with you that my devoted husband of 48 years Steve Wallace passed away at Royal Jubilee Hospital after suffering a heart attack. While it has been a difficult period of time in recent months…cont’d.
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1/5 Today, the province of #Ontario announced the first confirmed cases of the new #SARS-CoV2 #VariantofConcern, officially named Omicron by @WHO on Friday November 26, 2021.
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(Also fueled by the Solomons’ long history of political unrest)
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The protests and deadly rioting in the Solomon Islands are fueled by anger over the govt’s decision to switch diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing via @scmpnews
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FVAGA Members Tyler Buck and Jay Gibson walked this stranded adult Sturgeon 2km back to safety. Incredible effort and leadership by these two professional guides. #BCFlood #ActiveResponse
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You can only pick one, Canada
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You know who’s really pleased that you’re bored of all the hoo-ha about the new Covid variant? The new Covid variant
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