Comment by waterheater

Disinformation? Come on, man.

Here's articles on what the situation was.

2015 - "Vancouver house-buying frenzy leaves half-empty neighbourhoods": https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancou...

2016 - "One-Third Of Vancouver’s Real Estate Market Is Owned By Chinese Buyers": https://www.fortunebuilders.com/one-third-of-vancouvers-real...

2016 - "China is buying Canada: Inside the new real estate frenzy": https://macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/chinese-real-es...

Today, the situation is under control because Canadian governing authorities appear to have implemented effective policies.

2022 - "'Astonishing' drop in number of empty homes not occupied by 'usual' residents in Metro Vancouver: Census": https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/astonishing-drop-in...

2023 - "Chinese Real Estate Investors in Canada – Is Their Ownership Now Less than 4%?": https://precondo.ca/chinese-investment-in-canadian-real-esta...

>Empirical evidence does not support your claim.

Actually, empirical evidence does support my claim, further supported by clear and effective policy reactions taken by Canadian governing authorities.