Hello Doug.

You are making progress! You are making the first steps!

Well done.

You have accepted that overseas money has been responsible for skyrocketing Vancouver house prices to never-before-seen levels.

Excellent. It is an important first step, recognizing that reality. A great many post writers on these boards have failed to accept that reality, which is why my posted reminders are needed.

You talk about things like poisoning the planet and human overpopulation. Your next step (you are not quite there yet) is eventually to accept that yes, government policies can resist bad trends, like poisoned land and caustic overpopulation. Similarly, government policies can resist a trend towards ten million dollar bungalows that price out local workers from owning a home, that ownership being a long-standing cultural tradition like hockey and maple syrup. There is nothing wrong with nurturing traditions.

Again, congratulations on your progress thus far.