Vancouver BC, Wealth and Poverty where Canada begins - YouTube Vancouver is in a beautiful setting with coastal mountains, towering trees and the Pacific Ocean, all these factors along with what can only be described as a greedy developer and real estate market has made Vancouver one of the most expensive cities in the world, second only to Hong Kong. In this overpriced market, West Vancouver stands out with the most expensive real estate as witnessed by the just listed West Vancouver waterfront home for $37.9 million, the second-most expensive property to be listed in Canada. Oh yeah, the only one more pricey was also in West Vancouver at $39.9 million in 2010. But in this backdrop of wealth, there is also poverty, homelessness and crime. B.C. has the second highest rate of child poverty in Canada while the Clark government spends millions to tell us how good we have it. If Canada starts here then we have a lot to worry about as B.C. lost thousands of jobs last month and recorded one of the slowest job growth rates in the country. In January 2013 BC lost 16,000 jobs concentrated in construction, health care and social assistance. So now BC future is tied to natural resources, and thats a whole new kettle of fish. More tanker and ship traffic on the coast, oil pipelines crisscrossing the land and trains hauling coal to the coast, shipping carbon producing products off-shore. It will be inevitable that accidents will happen and the cost will be huge, but there are many other factors to consider as we prepare to embark on a journey of supplying the product that is responsible for much of the global warming, pollution and extreme weather. If Canada starts here, we should be setting an example of the right way, not running down the road of wrong way.. https://youtube/watch?v=uDgEI9CfErk
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:05:06 +0000
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