You'd be surprised. When my wife makes me watch HGTV with her :anon: and we see the prices for some of the homes in Canada, we just shake our heads. It's clear the housing bubble didn't burst up there like here in the states.
i am actually not too surprised. we have been living for the past 18 months trying to buy a house in the city of toronto, and everyone is a mulitple offer bidding war. there has been no bursting of any bubble in this city. im just sort of flabbergasted at where all the money is coming from...obvioulsy people are buying so high cause of the interest rates being so low...i just hope they can keep things going when the rates finally go up. we have come to reading this blog FML Listings its quite funny, yet sad at the state of things in this city....
No wonder everybody from canada comes down here to the south to vacation. Hell - with prices like that you can retire down here with just a few years home payments and it is a lot warmer to boot.
Canada's situation is unlike any of the above mentioned. What would kill Canada is a commodity bubble bursting, but that doesn't seem likely.
Oh...right. that should have read .05% or more (not less). Three accounted for above .08% and one above .05%. It's simply not a black and white issue. There are people who drive perfectly fine when over .08% and there are people who should have their licences torn up when they are sober....lol. You're right. We are being fed a line and lots of people are buying it. There are many critical contributing factors to fatalities on our roads. Driving with a .05 - .08% blood alcohol isn't one of them. What this is is a step towards making driving with any measure of blood alcohol illegal. That is the ultimate goal of MADD. Governments and insurance companies "play along" because the penalties generate revenue and higher premiums.
And to add to your unique drunk driving laws.....if you have ever been convicted of a DWI in the US, you will not be allowed to cross the border into Canada. Many a person has gotten to Canadian Customs at the Peace Bridge and been turned back to the States because they have a DWI on their record. You folks that mentioned the Toronto prices for homes should look south of the border here. There are actually more than a few people who live in Buffalo and suburbs who commute to Hamilton and take the train into Toronto. We're 20 miles south of Buffalo and you can buy a nice 4 bedroom home for $200,000. How about a condo on the Niagara River for under $300,000? You can do a lot of commuting for $300,000.
Not sure what the U.S. position is on a Canadian having permanent residence and working in Canada? Also, I did some checking a while back and apparently Canadians can't enter the U.S. if they have a DWI conviction, as well. I think it probably has something to do with it being a criminal conviction and not under any traffic law such as unsafe driving, speeding, etc.
I'm still smiling about that comment. We joke around here that you can tell it's the spring because the Maple Leafs are falling.
