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Race/country of origin is a sensitive subject here. No one wants to rock the boat lest they lose business or political support. Blame it on Canadian political correctness or official multiculturalism.
I live in a shoebox in the sky in the "suburbs" and I see the influence of overseas money in my building. People who don't attend strata meetings and have their dogs shit on balconies, who don't understand basic rules of behaviour in public, etc. There are way too many newer luxury cars in my building to call them the brainfarts of the typical 50K Vancouver millionaire.
You see the influence of overseas money in other ways too. Check out any new restaurant in Vancouver - it's filled with Chinese people, particularly any restaurant that tries to serve French-inspired food. Why does a place like Cafe Medina, which arguably serves a good waffle, have a half-hour lineup everyday during the week? Because, the vast majority of patrons are rich Chinese who don't need to work 9-5 jobs like the rest of us schmucks. To deny this reality in Vancouver is naive at best and ignorant at worst.
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