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The reporters have found a connection between real estate and the fentanyl crisis but I fear they’re going to jump to the conclusion of banning all foreign ownership. Which is not going to stop the drug trade. It is such a sexy narrative that the real estate crisis and opioid crisis can be blamed on Chinese foreigners which leads the reader to conclude that banning them is the solution. The piece is pushing all sorts of buttons.

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lets just say the vast majority of canadians arnt going to shed any tears that chinese money cant inflate real estate prices to an even higher extent than they already are.

Sexy yes, but also true. Or do you think the Fentanyl and other criminality is spread evenly through all demographics? I'm curious where you might you have picked up this idea, because it certainly didn't come from the newspaper - perhaps intuition?

The article makes no assertion about the demographics of Fentanyl dealing or trafficking, just that these Chinese lenders are involved with these activities.

Are you saying that the opioid crisis can be fully blamed on Chinese foreigners? Is that really what this article is saying? Or is that your intuition.

It's been routinely reported on in the newspaper, I can't be bothered to post any proof as no enforcement = anecdotal evidence only = checkmate, racist.

If you'd like to pretend that is controversial, you're welcome to it, it is an utter waste of time to try to convince people, but there are still some people in the world who like to know what's actually going on instead of believing what they're told to believe.

> but there are still some people in the world who like to know what's actually going on instead of believing what they're told to believe.

I'm confused, is that the people who listen to what is routinely reported in the newspaper, or other people?

It definitely gives me the feeling that the popular solution will be something xenophobic. Maybe there's hope for less knee-jerk reactions, like some regulations where when you lend money, the source of that money must be properly tracked. That way when someone claims a mortgage or lien on a house, it won't be respected unless the money lent was confirmed to be legit.

Banning foreign ownership is the populist measure that is the price of admission for passing some incredibly unpopular measures (That are needed to solve this crisis.)

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