We could virtually eliminate income tax for Canadians if we better taxed land and resource rents instead. Instead, working families are getting the snot taxed out of them while rents rise.

"If we want real affordability we need to stop pretending that supply alone can fix this crisis. No matter how much we build investor demand is growing even faster."

Economists on the left and right agree that the fairest tax of all is NOT on what you earn from work or building homes, but on what you don't earn from rising land value.

Noone's talking about what we actually need, which is for prices to come down. The desire to get wealthy off land values is incompatible with the need for affordable homes. Again, no politicians are even acknowledging this.

At the root of our housing crisis is the collective desire to treat homes as an investment, not just a place to live. How do we turn that around?

If we want affordable homes, we must break our addiction to high and rising home prices, which come mostly from land values.

Texas has high property tax but no state income tax. As Canadians grapple over new property tax hikes, it's a good chance to understand this trade-off. Property tax is least damaging and LVT is even better. It could replace more harmful taxes on income.

By taxing land instead of buildings, owners in both scenarios pay the same amount. This encourages more efficient land use and discourages holding just for appreciation—making our housing system work better.

"There has been a plunder of the commons... and they've been turned into sources of huge rental income. That is illegitimate, that is unjust, that has no moral principle justifying what's been happening and we should be very angry." — Guy Standing

B.C. could eliminate taxes on income, property, transfer, and SVT with a single tax on land value. It could leave most households ahead and make the tax system much fairer.

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Ukraine's 19th Radio Intelligence Brigade mobile fire group shot down a Russian Shahed. The downed drone nearly fell on a neighboring unit but everyone made it out fine.

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