Common Wealth Canada

CCPA article headline claiming housing crisis isn’t caused by supply shortage but by financialization driving costs higher.

No amount of new homes will solve the financialization of housing.

We should build way more supply, but it won't be nearly enough to overcome unlimited credit bidding up land values.

Land value tax tackles financialization at its core.

Tweet arguing taxes hit work most and calling for a land value tax instead of taxing labor and capital.

We're taxing what people do earn from work MORE than what people don't earn from land.

It's the opposite of what we should do and what's driving the housing crisis and poverty.

Toronto Star headline reading “Want real action on housing? Tax the land,” with image of condo construction and cranes.

"By taxing land rather than buildings, we can incentivize much-needed housing development... this approach facilitates a comprehensive solution to restore housing affordability."

https://www.commonwealth.ca/blog/thestar-oped-want-real-action-on-housing-tax-the-land

Post by Ken Yang: Chart shows corporate profits rising since 1980 while labor compensation share declines.

The only real answer is UBI as a dividend to citizens as shareholders

Elena Mantagaris and Matthew Bianco quote urging Canada to create a sovereign wealth fund to benefit citizens for decades.

Canada should have a sovereign wealth fund that pays dividends to all and invests for future generations.

It's how we leverage our nation's advantages in natural resources, technology, and finance to build common wealth for all Canadians.

Jens Stoltenberg beside quote on Norway taxing oil profits, arguing natural resource rents belong in common to the people.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund reflects a shared belief that the value of nature is something owned in common.

It's time Canadians shared this mindset of safeguarding, not squandering, our natural resource wealth.

Mark Cameron beside quote arguing land value taxes encourage development and fund transit by taxing unearned land gains.

If we tax income, some work less.
If we tax sales, some buy less.
If we tax homes, some build less.

If we tax land, the amount of land stays the same but it's put to better use. That can encourage more housing, fund transit, and replace harmful taxes.

UBI is the collective bargaining of the AI economy.

It’s no longer workers against employers -- it’s humans against machines.

Humanoids are already in our factories and it's only going to ramp up from here.

In the 90s-2000s, globalization and automation displaced millions in manufacturing, including my dad and uncle whose incomes never recovered. The impact of humanoids is going to be way bigger.

"Wealthy on paper, but poorer as a society. That is the paradox of Canada’s housing market."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This is why we’re delaying having families, sitting in traffic and stifling our economy Unaffordable housing has a slew of knock-on effects that are making life worse for everyone.

Why have babies when you can pay rent instead

"National Bureau of Economic Research, which found that a $10,000 increase in house prices leads to a 2.4 per cent decrease in the fertility rate of nonhomeowners."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Globe & Mail: Building more homes alone won’t fix affordability. Here’s what else is needed If the goal is lasting affordability, Canada's National Housing Strategy 2.0 must deploy the full set of policy levers that shape prices and rents – not simply pursue higher construction numbers.

Thanks for the share! It's up on website without the pay wall now: www.gensqueeze.ca/globe_mail_b...

Building more homes alone won’t fix affordability. Here’s what else is needed National Housing Strategy needs to expand policy to avoid housing speculation by the wealthy

www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

@gensqueeze.bsky.social

Screenshot of Globe and Mail article titled “Building more homes alone won’t fix affordability” by Paul Kershaw

One of the few very visible Canadians shedding light on the hard truth about housing.

UBC's Dr. Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze

"We cannot reward housing speculation with tax breaks without expecting home values to outpace local earnings."

Another UBI skeptic flipped because of AI--a contributor to the American Conservative and New York Post

"For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively... That position no longer survives contact with reality."

This image is clearly doctored with the intent to deceive you.

I have never been outside.

(UBI 🤝 LVT is awesome though)

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

@georgiststeve.bsky.social

🔰UBI + LVT = huge societal win

Hard to understate how urgently the housing debate needs to move in this direction!

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No amount of building will fix an entire financial and political system geared towards raising land values.

Let's first agree collectively that affordability means lower prices and fewer gains for owners.

Thanks for sharing Floyd! We've got a long list of housing policy solutions. It all starts with a goal for home prices: www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_solu...

Building more homes alone won’t fix affordability. Here’s what else is needed National Housing Strategy needs to expand policy to avoid housing speculation by the wealthy

Another great piece by UBC's Dr. Paul Kershaw

One of the few very visible Canadians shedding light on the hard truth about housing.

"We cannot reward housing speculation with tax breaks without expecting home values to outpace local earnings."

www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

If 'land value tax fixes this' were a Canadian nonprofit

Empty lot on the west side of Bend with a for sale sign

This land, in a particularly expensive part of town, has sat empty for the entire time I've lived here.

A Land Value Tax would fix this, actually

Our team at UBI Works started Common Wealth Canada as an evolution of our advocacy for basic income to tackle the root causes of poverty and housing unaffordability.

At the centre of it all -- Land.

Please follow @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social if this interests you.

This is no silver bullet, but it might be close.

Land value tax would not only make homes cheaper and fix broken incentives in the housing system.

It can leave most households better off via cash rebates, or replacing income/property tax. Here's how it could work.

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New ep! We have on @georgiststeve.bsky.social (welcome back online!), and trying something new: instead of starting in the middle of things, an actual attempt to make an INTRODUCTION to LVT; why *should* people care? Plus many tangents and more‒

LISTEN >>>>>>>>> seethecat.org/ep/2026-02-1...

Gentle reminder that the biggest source of wealth in Canada is (by far) land value.

To truly fix incentives driving the housing crisis, we have to shift taxes to that.