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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 5:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker View Post
Eventually the spare carrying capacity of the province built up lately will be used up and our fundamentals will have to shift to a bit. If we can't prevent another real estate spike population growth will have to moderate. We haven't found a way yet that is acceptable to the populace of keeping up with infrastructure to support growth besides simultaneously complaining about low pace of expansion (in comparison to population and demographic changes) and complaining about the cost of doing what is currently being done.

Or accommodate growth at a lower marginal cost. Initiatives such as Right to Work, more competitive sourcing for government services (ex. vouchers for education and health care, privately owned and managed mass transit), streamlined land use approvals etc. Could reduce the cost of government.
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