Title: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 10:41:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 10:41:38 PM
Except mine. How the fuck can my house go down in value by $45,000, when every single house on my street has gone up anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 just for the house alone?
How is this even possible? Out of the dozens around me, every single assessed value has seen a gain. Except me. I am the only property owner here that seems to be dragging the whole town down. Nothing has changed with this house in the 25 years that it has existed (trust me, I know), so how can a house itself take such a huge hit, when none others here did?
Is it because I moved in?
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 10:44:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 10:44:26 PM
Quote from: "Mel"OK, the value of the land on every house on my street has gone up about the same, including mine. Also, the value of every single house itself has gone up too, roughly in a proportionate amount.
Except mine. How the fuck can my house go down in value by $45,000, when every single house on my street has gone up anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 just for the house alone?
How is this even possible? Out of the dozens around me, every single assessed value has seen a gain. Except me. I am the only property owner here that seems to be dragging the whole town down. Nothing has changed with this house in the 25 years that it has existed (trust me, I know), so how can a house itself take such a huge hit, when none others here did?Is it because I moved in?
BULLSEYE!!
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:09:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:09:37 PM
Quote from: "Mel"OK, the value of the land on every house on my street has gone up about the same, including mine. Also, the value of every single house itself has gone up too, roughly in a proportionate amount.
Except mine. How the fuck can my house go down in value by $45,000, when every single house on my street has gone up anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 just for the house alone?
How is this even possible?Out of the dozens around me, every single assessed value has seen a gain. Except me.I am the only property owner here that seems to be dragging the whole town down. Nothing has changed with this house in the 25 years that it has existed (trust me, I know), so how can a house itself take such a huge hit, when none others here did?
Is it because I moved in?
Mel, how do you know this?
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:26:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:26:25 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Mel, how do you know this?
Not sure how it works in other Provinces, but in BC assessments are public record. I can easily just click on any property in the Province, and find last years assessed value, as well as the 2020 assessed value. it'll also list recent sale prices also...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 04, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 12:00:58 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 12:00:58 AM
Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"
Mel, how do you know this?
Not sure how it works in other Provinces, but in BC assessments are public record. I can easily just click on any property in the Province, and find last years assessed value, as well as the 2020 assessed value. it'll also list recent sale prices also...
The city announces the rate increase and then they mail out assessments..
We should get ours very soon.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:12:40 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:12:40 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"
Mel, how do you know this?
Not sure how it works in other Provinces, but in BC assessments are public record. I can easily just click on any property in the Province, and find last years assessed value, as well as the 2020 assessed value. it'll also list recent sale prices also...
The city announces the rate increase and then they mail out assessments..
We should get ours very soon.
Our house is down slightly again this year.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:25:17 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:25:17 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
The city announces the rate increase and then they mail out assessments..
We should get ours very soon.
Alberta seems to do things differently in this regard...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:40:52 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:40:52 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:50:52 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 01:50:52 AM
Quote from: "Guest"I read Vancouver had a big increase in property tax.
All the Chinese there keep crashing into each other, so they need to recoup the cost of emergency personnel and first responders... Not to mention all the junkies there that overdose on a daily basis. They cost money too!
I'm glad I left that shithole.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: cc on January 05, 2020, 01:57:12 AM
Post by: cc on January 05, 2020, 01:57:12 AM
Quote from: "Mel"OK, the value of the land on every house on my street has gone up about the same, including mine. Also, the value of every single house itself has gone up too, roughly in a proportionate amount.
Except mine. How the fuck can my house go down in value by $45,000, when every single house on my street has gone up anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 just for the house alone?
How is this even possible? Out of the dozens around me, every single assessed value has seen a gain. Except me. I am the only property owner here that seems to be dragging the whole town down. Nothing has changed with this house in the 25 years that it has existed (trust me, I know), so how can a house itself take such a huge hit, when none others here did?
Is it because I moved in?
From how you describe it, it does seem personal
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:09:15 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:09:15 AM
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:09:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:09:25 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:12:34 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:12:34 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"I saw on the news about affluent mainland Chinese women coming to Richmond hospital to give birth and and the going back to China and leaving a large hospital bill behind..
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
This has been happening for decades. North America is one of the few places left that still permit this.
It's an easy way to skip the immigration queue. Isn't that why you're here, Fash?
Have baby here, easy way for entire family to emigrate, no questions asked.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:21:11 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:21:11 AM
Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"I saw on the news about affluent mainland Chinese women coming to Richmond hospital to give birth and and the going back to China and leaving a large hospital bill behind..
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
This has been happening for decades. North America is one of the few places left that still permit this.
It's an easy way to skip the immigration queue. Isn't that why you're here, Fash?
Have baby here, easy way for entire family to emigrate, no questions asked.
Yes, it's true..
My mother came here to give birth to me and then we went back to Taiwan after I was born..
I had Canadian citizenship from birth which made it easier for my parents, and my younger brother to immigrate here many years later..
Taiwan was not the liberal democracy back then that it is today and my father was being persecuted..
What makes us different is that we all came here stayed and contributed..
There are a lot people in Lebanon and China with Canadian passports who haven't lived here in decades.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:33:31 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:33:31 AM
Canada is afraid to shut that loophole down, even though it stresses our socialized healthcare systems to the max, as well as creating an immigration queue jump problem.
We have sold out to Five Star China decades ago, and that is no secret. We all know it, we just can't say it in our media.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:36:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:36:39 AM
Quote from: "Mel"I am fully aware of anchor babies.
Canada is afraid to shut that loophole down, even though it stresses our socialized healthcare systems to the max, as well as creating an immigration queue jump problem.
We have sold out to Five Star China decades ago, and that is no secret. We all know it, we just can't say it in our media.
Although I am an anchor baby, my mother did it for different reasons forty two years ago than so many Chinese and Lebanese do it today..
I was surprised to here some Europeans take advantage of this too..
And we intended to stay in Canada forever after we were able to come here as a family.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 03:03:55 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 03:03:55 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 03:35:14 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 03:35:14 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 09:38:43 AM
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 09:38:43 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:46:56 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:46:56 AM
Quote from: "kiebers"So, if you are successful in getting your house value increased, does that mean you pay more in taxes?
I don't know why he cares. An assessment does not reflect the actual market value of his property.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 12:34:54 PM
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 12:34:54 PM
Quote from: "seoulbro"Quote from: "kiebers"So, if you are successful in getting your house value increased, does that mean you pay more in taxes?
I don't know why he cares. An assessment does not reflect the actual market value of his property.
But does it affect the figure that taxes are based on?
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 12:53:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 12:53:55 PM
Quote from: "kiebers"Quote from: "seoulbro"Quote from: "kiebers"So, if you are successful in getting your house value increased, does that mean you pay more in taxes?
I don't know why he cares. An assessment does not reflect the actual market value of his property.
But does it affect the figure that taxes are based on?
Not necessarily.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:49:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 02:49:41 PM
Quote from: "Mel"Many just fly back when they need 'free' healthcare...
Possibly, some of the people come from countries with free or cheaper health care than Canada provides..
The Fifth Estate has a program tonight about birth tourism.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 06:13:56 PM
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 06:13:56 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 06:56:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 06:56:57 PM
Quote from: "kiebers"Our property taxes are based on a county appraised value (not market value) of the combined value of the land and improvements. I would love to have my houses values to be 50,000 less each than they are. Save me easily two grand plus every year. Of course I am speaking about Texas.
Two grand tax on $50k???
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 07:05:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 07:05:53 PM
That said, the assessed value nonetheless does play an important role when it comes to home sales, as what it sells for will often be loosely related to assessed value. Whether it sells over or under assessed depends on market conditions, but you would not want your half million dollar home to be assessed at $250,000 come selling time...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 07:57:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 07:57:56 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:22:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:22:56 PM
Quote from: "Mel"BC Assessment will hopefully send me a reply to my query sometime during the week, explaining how this was the only house in a region the size of New Jersey that saw such a massive decline, when every other house in the region saw an increase. Makes no sense to me.
How many square feet is your home?
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:24:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
How many square feet is your home?
Around 2,800 square feet if you include basement.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:45:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:45:58 PM
Quote from: "kiebers"Our property taxes are based on a county appraised value (not market value) of the combined value of the land and improvements. I would love to have my houses values to be 50,000 less each than they are. Save me easily two grand plus every year. Of course I am speaking about Texas.
Old Herman would be a happy frickin camper if the rural MD assessed my farm below market value.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:53:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 08:53:49 PM
Quote from: "Herman"
Old Herman would be a happy frickin camper if the rural MD assessed my farm below market value.
If it's a working farm your property should be tax exempt, no? My neighbour pays no property tax because it's a working farm, although I do believe he does the minimum to keep it qualified as such...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 09:13:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 09:13:33 PM
Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Herman"
Old Herman would be a happy frickin camper if the rural MD assessed my farm below market value.
If it's a working farm your property should be tax exempt, no? My neighbour pays no property tax because it's a working farm, although I do believe he does the minimum to keep it qualified as such...
The way the farmland, house, and outbuildings are used and assessed will obviously have a big impact on a farmer's property tax bill.
The residence on the farmland is assessed based on how much it would cost to rebuild the farm house, taking into consideration the location, size, age, and quality of construction.
If the residence is occupied by the person or persons farming the property, a one-acre parcel of land is valued as farmland. If the house is rented out to someone other than the owner of the farm, it's assessed as residential land.
The way the farmland, house, and outbuildings are used and assessed will obviously have a big impact on a farmer's property tax bill.
For example, if a barn/quonset is used for housing livestock, both it and the land underneath will be taxed at the farm rate.
If that same barn is used for value-added activities (changing a raw agricultural product into something new) to process something produced by the farmer, the barn and land will be assessed and taxed at the higher industrial rate.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 10:09:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 10:09:34 PM
I knew a guy that set up a Christmas tree farm in the back of his acreage. At first I didn't understand why he would do this, as he had a very decent paying job with the city already. Well, with the size of his property (was around five acres) all he has to do is sell $2,500 worth of Christmas trees every year, and it's considered a working farm. Next to no property tax!
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 10:11:45 PM
Post by: kiebers on January 05, 2020, 10:11:45 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"Quote from: "kiebers"Our property taxes are based on a county appraised value (not market value) of the combined value of the land and improvements. I would love to have my houses values to be 50,000 less each than they are. Save me easily two grand plus every year. Of course I am speaking about Texas.
Two grand tax on $50k???
Two houses so a total of two grand for $100k.
Hell it used to be three houses till Hurricane Ike.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 10:53:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 10:53:04 PM
I guess I'll find out soon enough when I get the bill in the mail.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:03:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:03:34 PM
Quote from: "kiebers"Quote from: "Shen Li"Quote from: "kiebers"Our property taxes are based on a county appraised value (not market value) of the combined value of the land and improvements. I would love to have my houses values to be 50,000 less each than they are. Save me easily two grand plus every year. Of course I am speaking about Texas.
Two grand tax on $50k???
Two houses so a total of two grand for $100k.
Hell it used to be three houses till Hurricane Ike.
Two grand on a $100,000 in value, is slightly high. However, we are catching up.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:10:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:10:50 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:22:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:22:17 PM
Quote from: "Mel"Their tax rates will be different, since their homes are much cheaper.
I've been to Houston many times for work. RE is cheaper there, but they are catching up.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:36:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:36:51 PM
I found a property in Iowa Park, TX. I chose that town because it is an almost all White smaller town, similar to where I live here. I found a property & house that was fairly similar to mine.
Estimated value of Iowa Park property: $154,700 USD. Assessed value of my property: $465,000 CDN. It was worth $500,000 CDN last year, but BC assessment will have to explain why.
With even with exchange rate calculated in, similar Texas property would cost me almost 1/3 of what I pay here.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:41:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:41:38 PM
If I had dual citizenship, I'd get vastly better bang for my buck in Iowa Park. Don't have to shovel snow either...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:46:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:46:23 PM
Quote from: "Mel"Many just fly back when they need 'free' healthcare...
Apparently birth tourist mothers are prioritized at Richmond hospital because doctors can charge non residents 4-5 times what they bill for residents.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:52:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:52:04 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"Apparently birth tourist mothers are prioritized at Richmond hospital because doctors can charge non residents 4-5 times what they bill for residents.
The problem with this model is, is that none of that money goes back into the hospital. So the hospital itself, and all the support staff, have to take on even more work load.
Anyone that has been to any hospital anywhere near Vancouver, will see just who is filling up the waiting rooms...
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:53:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:53:29 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:58:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2020, 11:58:33 PM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:08:10 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:08:10 AM
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:17:10 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:17:10 AM
Quote from: "Mel"North America is the only place that still permits this. All other Western nations have restrictions in place.
The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:36:51 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:36:51 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:53:02 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:53:02 AM
Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
All of North and South America.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:54:27 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 12:54:27 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"I saw on the news about affluent mainland Chinese women going to Richmond hospital to give birth and and then going back to China and leaving a large hospital bill behind..
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
Yeah. so they're hoarding our land and displacing Canadian born residents & throwing them out onto the street.
That's why everybody including Mel hates them.
We have so many empty homes in Vancouver due to these mainland offshore Chinese.
We have less an actual housing shortage problem & more one of land hoarding.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:00:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:00:39 AM
Quote from: "Guest"Quote from: "Fashionista"I saw on the news about affluent mainland Chinese women going to Richmond hospital to give birth and and then going back to China and leaving a large hospital bill behind..
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
Yeah. so they're hoarding our land and displacing Canadian born residents & throwing them out onto the street.
That's why everybody including Mel hates them.
We have so many empty homes in Vancouver due to these mainland offshore Chinese.
We have less an actual housing shortage problem & more one of land hoarding.
Birth tourists don't hoard land, they want a Canadian passport..
In fact many if not most will never live in Canada.....many Lebanese do the same.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:09:32 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:09:32 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
All of North and South America.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b%20...%20&auto=webp%22%3Ehttps://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
I thought Britain had birthright citizenship.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:49:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 01:49:37 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li"Quote from: "Fashionista"Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
All of North and South America.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b%20...%20&auto=webp%22%3Ehttps://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
I thought Britain had birthright citizenship.
Well they didn't really need it, they had an open border country where you could simply wander into from some other EU nation and be welcomed (by the socialist government at least). A large part of the reason Brexit was formented, I think you'll find.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 07:58:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 07:58:13 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li"Quote from: "Fashionista"Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
All of North and South America.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b%20...%20&auto=webp%22%3Ehttps://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
I thought Britain had birthright citizenship.
no they ended it because there was too much abuse of this privelege.
So did Australia.
People thought Andrew Scheer was a racist cuz he proposed ending it too, but those countries already did.
USA & Canada should scrap it too or at least require some visa or legal entry like a work visa minimally
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 10:37:58 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2020, 10:37:58 AM
Quote from: "Guest"Quote from: "Shen Li"Quote from: "Fashionista"Quote from: "Mel"Quote from: "Fashionista"The Fifth Estate said that thirty nations have birth right citizenship.
The vast majority of those nations allow it I'm sure, because nobody in their right mind would even attempt to gain citizenship there in the first place.
All of North and South America.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b%20...%20&auto=webp%22%3Ehttps://image.businessinsider.com/5bd9b4780d7c672db91ab5fd?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
I thought Britain had birthright citizenship.
Well they didn't really need it, they had an open border country where you could simply wander into from some other EU nation and be welcomed (by the socialist government at least). A large part of the reason Brexit was formented, I think you'll find.
The Schengen Treaty allows for free movement of labour, but it does not make one a citizen of that country.
Title: Re: Something is fishy with my BC Assessment numbers...
Post by: Thiel on January 08, 2020, 08:35:40 PM
Post by: Thiel on January 08, 2020, 08:35:40 PM
Quote from: "Guest"Quote from: "Fashionista"I saw on the news about affluent mainland Chinese women going to Richmond hospital to give birth and and then going back to China and leaving a large hospital bill behind..
Mainlanders with money have very little confidence in China's long term prospects and seek an insurance policy(a foreign passport) in case things turn bad.
Yeah. so they're hoarding our land and displacing Canadian born residents & throwing them out onto the street.
That's why everybody including Mel hates them.
We have so many empty homes in Vancouver due to these mainland offshore Chinese.
We have less an actual housing shortage problem & more one of land hoarding.
They are doing all that just by immigrating here.
I do think adding 1,000,000 new immigrants every three years puts our infrastructure under an enormous burden. Not to mention the housing shortage in our cities.