SamuelRJankis OP ,

65% of the Canadian population are homeowners

This is StatCan's explanation of the number you're referring to:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/727ab2c1-ac45-4884-978e-3830e8ac6aa0.png.

While people somewhat loosely use that number for home owners I believe it a highly inaccurate phrasing of the statistic. The statistic is owner-occupied homes.

It’s always the homeowner boogeyman when in reality the problem comes from the government spending money wherever and not applying strict foreign home purchasing laws that keep increasing home prices.

And they're the people who keep advocating for these governments. For the record I don't think you can find me ever saying that homeowners or even landlords are bad people just because of those characteristic, however it's clear our interests do not align.

pay their fair share of taxes

The fair portion is what's up for dispute right now.

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