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 2. Why even quote real estate industry folks who "warn" (laugh our loud) against having a foreign buyer tax? You might was well quote waitresses for comments about lowering the recommended tipping rate.

Exactly! Why the hell is this information proprietary anymore? If we care about the housing situation in Toronto, we should at least have the facts and figures publicly available so that a sensible public policy debate can be had, but no, there's too much money involved.