#2  IT'S ABOUT THOSE WEALTHY CHINESE...

Much finger-pointing: wealthy Chinese  raise Vancouver home prices out of reach of Canadian "workers." We've attracted  wealthy Asians before, survived and thrived. 1903: Ottawa imposes a increase in the Head Tax on Chinese. Had to.  Many in B.C. wanted all Asian immigration stopped cold.  So, the feds offered B.C. 50% of all tax collected.  That year,  immigrating to Canada cost a Chinese an huge amount--equivalent to 10 months of a B.C. sawmill worker's income.  1904: 1,500 came anyway. 

Last year: 8,000 millionaires immigrated--from EVERYWHERE--Europe, USA, not just Asia. I can live with it. 

Two generations ago, B.C. people had a legitimate beef: most Chinese in B.C. sent money back to family in China (most immigrants were male; few women came over.)  Today, at least much of their money stays here.  Good, eh?  And at least some of those students--who RECEIVE money from China-- will stay, too.  Why go back after grad?  

More to come...