Curbing development on the spurious pretext of securing food evokes the intended emotional reaction. It supports restricting supply and use of land to keep home prices rising. The current owner can grow produce on grossly overvalued land that is already his, but no successor may purchase this property for farming without incurring enormous loss.

The most productive land for growing wheat, for example, is $500 per acre and it takes a minimum of four sections in order to justify purchase of machinery. A tractor costs $750,000. ALR has caused prices to rise to $20,000 to $50,000 per acre and up.  Current owners survive by borrowing on their equity, so the land must be sold in order to repay loans upon winding-up of their estates. This property may revert into wild shrubbery, but its subsequent use will not be for agriculture.

Staple food in Canada is livestock and grain grown far away from cities that is not at risk by urban development. Produce in stores beyond the three weeks harvest time that is imported must be relegated to the category of luxury fare. Other kinds of food are not grown in this country. Canadian cuisine prior to air transport that hauls in fresh produce has traditionally been referred to as meat and potatoes.

In order to save land for agriculture, land should be made available for all purposes. Balanced use keeps pace with population growth that is supported by industry, so prices do not climb beyond inflation. A five mile by five mile city in extent will save the Fraser Valley for farming for generations and more to come. With restrictions absent this land is not suddenly all going to be developed. Expansion is restrained by limited job growth. Oversupply makes prices drop.

Agricultural land reserves and the movements these have inspired to save all land are a device that turns farmland into country estates of the wealthy, terminating their use for agriculture.

I'd say questions 1 - 5 will also have a great affect on real estate as well. If there will be extra costs for or a delay in receiving basic services such as healthcare and education for your family, why would you choose to move to Alberta? It's not clear what "Alberta approved immigration status" refers to and who will be impacted. It's not just potential reduced new-to-Canada immigrants, but Canadians trying to bring over family members who may avoid/leave Alberta.

Mortgage rates are not set by the Bank of Canada.  Your typical interest rate moves with the 5 year CAN Govt bond.  That is set by true supply/demand dynamics.  Mortgage rates moving up is the number one reason why the market is starting to seriously slow. Politics is a distant second.

Albertans need to think about this. Do extensive research on stay in Canada and separating. Make an informed decision. If option one wins the day, there are no more choices and no negotiating, but if option two wins the day that will open up the liberal party to want to  negotiate. Let's say everything the separatists want gets negotiated by the liberal party and the separatists. Then there's no point in separating so that becomes a win-win situation for the separatist and the people that want to stay in Canada. whether your for or against separation, you have the option to vote yes or no on the next referendum if negotiations fail

You really need to have Keith Wilson on your show because he really knows what the law says.

I support Alberta independence.  
Ottawa needs a wake up call and canada needs power rebalancing .

Why buy a house in a country that has managed to destroy 45% of their currency in only 10 years?

I am a liberal, Yes to the 9 and option to the 10

Should Alberta have the same democratic rights as Quebec to hold an actual referendum?

My family, friends and I are all voting YES to the 9 and OPTION 2!

One thing for sue, Calgary properties will hold the price better than the rest of the Country, regardless of poll outcome.
Other large cities are dealing with serious problems like homeless, traffic and commutes, dirty streets,  gangs. Beside they are more expensive .
Calgary is the only large livable city in Canada.

No one is seperating   wake up eh

Toujours des prix trop élevés et des impôts trop élevés. 😢 D après mes prévisions l immobilier vers 2028 - 25 %
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10 yes .

Yes 💯.  The liberal totalitarian regime has destroyed  Canada.   Regarding raising a family.  Our birth rates are worse than Japan.  The country is finished after 11 years of this nightmare.

A yes to separation will only increase property values in Alberta. Who in their right mind wants to own property in the remainder of Canada where they want to give it all back to the natives.

Oct. 19 doesn’t change anything! It is a vote to START the process of separation! If we vote Option 2 (Yes) then we start the process later! It sends the message to Ottawa that they need to listen to Alberta and leverage to fight for Alberta! A vote against guarantee’s Ontario & Quebec continue to control all aspects of Canada with ZERO say from Alberta! We would just continue to pay for the failures of the Federal Government

My option is yes to 9 and yes to option 2. Send the message

Let’s go Alberta. Time to make history.

Separation would be better for the Alberta Market. There will be an in rush of people trying to move her to escape communism.