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This is a very weak story in my opinion. It's about a housing bubble, affordability, prices, ... but the entire story doesn't cite a single source, not a single number, no verifiable data whatsoever. There is no serious research.
Unfortunately it is the media outlet. The entire 'Canada Dimension' site looks like a dumping ground of anti-Canadian propaganda with sensationalist headlines aimed at making the country look bad.
Regarding the credibility of the journalism, I disagree with you, I see multiple cited sources and I see a coherent journalistic argument. But that's a fair disagreement, you think it's not enough economics research, and that's fine. We can agree to disagree.
But this?
Unfortunately it is the media outlet. The entire ‘Canada Dimension’ site looks like a dumping ground of anti-Canadian propaganda with sensationalist headlines aimed at making the country look bad.
What a profoundly misguided and antidemocratic thing to write. WTF. "Anti-Canadian propaganda"? "Making the country look bad"? WTF. When opposition to the government is being treated as treason, a very weird turn has been taken.
For what it's worth, The Canadian Dimension is a magazine that has been in publication since 1963 and has recently become online-only, while maintaining a serious commitment to quality through its editorial board.
I don't know these people, they are certainly good guys with good intentions. But the site is just critical of the government - which is fine, of course, there is nothing wrong with it - but there is barely research in all the reports, no alternative models and options are shown, what they should do better, and how. It feels if you want a report critical of Canada, you can go there, and there is nothing else.
It's a journalistic magazine, not a scientific journal or a think tank. These are not "reports", they are articles, similar to what you would find in the Globe and Mail, or The Walrus. I am confused as to why this needs to be explained.
EDIT: Also:
It feels if you want a report critical of Canada, you can go there, and there is nothing else.
Again with the pseudo-patriotic BS. Being critical of Canada is not something to judge a publication about. We are a democracy. We get to fucking do that. We don't have loyalty tests.
Whether these are journalistic articles or not, I would expect to have sources and relevant information on how they come to their conclusions. There are no sources cited in the article.
Which housing bubble to they refer to, if there is one? How big is it? What could be done to avoid a burst? - Things like that out of journalistic investigation.
If they criticize it is all bad, they should at least have an idea why it's bad and what would be better.
Canada making itself look bad with their arms being found in Sudan and Palestine. Or the canadian company Garda World building and staffing detention facilities in the United States