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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (75 children)

I'm going to give a bit of an odd one here.

Nobody in Canada should own land other than the federal government.

All land used by everyone should be leased from them.

This includes everything from the property with your home on it, to uranium mine, to national parks. Everything.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Eeeh.... I dunno. I kind of disagree with that one. I think it's important to allow people to own their own piece of land. Otherwise everyone can risk being evicted from their home by the government and I don't like that idea.

Limiting how much land people can own though... Like how many residential properties. That I could go for.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Land ownership is already a fiction in Canada.

If I buy a book, it’s mine to do what I want with, for as long as I want.

If I buy real estate, the government still gets to say what I do on/with it, and can take it away if they decide they really want it, or if I stop paying them property taxes. That doesn’t sound like ownership; it sounds like a rental agreement.

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Its true. Ultimately all land in Canada is ultimately owned by the Crown and can be expropriated at the gov's desire and no citizen can stop it, no matter what. We do have good laws around being fairly compensated, but you still lose your home, no matter how much you've invested in it or how many generations your family has lived on it. My brother in law just lost his because of a new highway coming right through his house. Yes, he got paid out, but its really hard to see 20 years of hard work and a house you built taken away for a road.

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