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Problem is #HomesForWhom?

We need to criminalize domestic real estate speculators & foreign capital with prison time.

"We need to identify the source of the problem—why investors and residents aren’t buying this stock—rather than slap a band-aid on it by absorbing the units with public dollars"
City of Sydney • @cityofsydney • Sep 11 @MayorGregor shares housing affordability lessons from Vancouver for Sydney ahead of #sydcitytalks ow.ly/YJ8K30f5h5Y. Story via @smh Bob Rennie's $25,000 lunch: Why Vision's Vancouver is so unaffordable Daniel Tseghay, Maria Wallstam, Nathan Crompton, Sean Antrim, Tristan Markle / March 7, 2014 For $25,000 you could have attended a private roundtable lunch meeting today with Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. Organized by real estate marketer Bob Rennie, it's the most recent, and perhaps most tasteless, case of the real estate industry filling Vision's coffers. Can't afford #25KLunch? The Success House Flipping Seminar worked for me! Don't #FOMO Buy now & flip! #SorryNotSorry mayor gregor robertson Luxury condo $1250 a square foot Lunch $25,000 mayor in your back pocket priceless mayor, Gregor robertson condo king Bob, Brittany, the real estate marketer and vision Vancouver and federal liberal fundraiser I can't afford a home as it was 25K lunches are priced into my rent
July 16, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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ROI of Carney's dumbest decision.

Choosing Vision Of Offshore Luxury Empty Condos Party ex Mayor, Developer Puppet, and Domestic Real Estate Speculator, Mr #25KLunch, #OffshoreGergor as Housing Minister.

He massively drove up rents & housing prices in Vancouver.

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City of Sydney • @cityofsydney • Sep 11 @MayorGregor shares housing affordability lessons from Vancouver for Sydney ahead of #sydcitytalks ow.ly/YJ8K30f5h5Y. Story via @smh Bob Rennie's $25,000 lunch: Why Vision's Vancouver is so unaffordable Daniel Tseghay, Maria Wallstam, Nathan Crompton, Sean Antrim, Tristan Markle / March 7, 2014 For $25,000 you could have attended a private roundtable lunch meeting today with Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. Organized by real estate marketer Bob Rennie, it's the most recent, and perhaps most tasteless, case of the real estate industry filling Vision's coffers. #25klunch don't think of the $25,000 mayor gregor lunch as a "Bribe" Think of it as the cost of returning our phone calls Just tell em "Its supply stupid." and "we're working on it. Works every time $25,000 for a lunch! The Rental Cost of Vancouver Politicians is Too Damn High!
July 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Mark Carney’s dumbest hire was offshore Gregor Robertson the domestic real estate speculator who had a #25kLunch for developers by condo marketer and Vision Vancouver bagman Bob Rennie

Listen to this podcast at 19:05 on #vanre Condo Bailout

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July 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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#CondoKing & Vision Vancouver, #bcliberals AND federal liberals #VanRE bundling bagman Bob #25KLunch Rennie.

"It's worth noting that among the supporters behind Rebecca Bligh was famed real estate marketer Bob Rennie."

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Tweet Mortimer @mortimer_1 Funny the former mayor of Vancouver took issue with @Ayan604 study in 2015... yet he seemed to give a free pass to the guy who threw him a $25,000 fundraising lunch... Anyone heard from Bob, or ask for an apology from him? Allowable Speaking Points When Trying To Sell Real Estate, But Not To Be Spoken Of In Any Other Conversation "Today that number is 90% of homes over $2 million are sold to Mainland China" - Bob Rennie 2011 UDI Speech "The top 20% of 200 of last year's sales has nothing to do with local incomes and it has more to do with China and rich guys with their massive home equity" - Bob Rennie 2015 UDI Speech "Nobody wants to admit it, but Vancouver has become a resort town where rich foreigners live a few months of the year" - Bob Rennie 2010 UDI Speech "And the local equity is being developed by money flowing in from offshore" - Bob Rennie 2014 Vancouver Sun "I would tell anyone who would listen in the nineties, to just wait until China followed in the Hong Kong's foot steps toward Vancouver" - Bob Rennie 2013 UDI Speech BC NewsWire @BCNewsWire Guys like Bob Rennie, are trying to stop full, intelligent conversation by using words like 'racism,"" said long-time Chinatown activist David Wong. "People are afraid to speak when people start throwing that word around." #vanre #bcpoli #vanpoli In Vancouver, race undercuts the discussion on real estate ... Studies show an influx of Chinese millionaires is raising home prices in Vancouver. So why can't we talk about it? 2009 Bob Rennie UDI Speech "The second is a market that is not at the mercy of only local incomes and fueled by: Immigration • China Korea Iran (Middle East) 2011 Bob Rennie UDI Speech "Today that number is 90% of homes over $2 million are sold to Mainland China" 2013 Bob Rennie UDI Speech "I would tell anyone who would listen in the nineties, to just wait until China followed in the Hong Kong's foot steps 2015 Bob Rennie UD! Speech "the top 20% of 200 of last year's sales has nothing to do with local incomes and it has more to do Europe High Net Worth Individuals and investors as our rental supplier" toward Vancouver" with China and rich guys with their massive home equity 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 Bob Rennie UDI Speech "As China slows they now have time to focus on family life and diversify, Vancouver and Richmond are absolutely at the top of their list" 2010 Bob Rennie "Nobody wants to admit it, but Vancouver has become a resort town where rich foreigners live a few months of the year" 2011 Bob Rennie UDI Speech Re: China "Let's be very careful here, when money is allowed to flow, it flows" "When money is not allowed to flow, it really flows" "That unprecedented wealth accumulation now has time to diversify 2014 2015 2014 Vancouver Sun Article with Bob Rennie "And the local equity is being developed by money flowing in from offshore"
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Mark Carney, ex CEO of Brookfield, real estate division has $272 Billion in RE assets

Chose #DevelopersFirst Gregor Robertson mayor of Vancouver from 2008-2018 to be his minister of housing

During Gregor‘s leadership, the cost of a Vancouver two bedroom apartment went up 49%

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May 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Ex CEO of $278 Billion real estate speculation co Brookfield Carney appoints #OffshoreGregor Robertson as housing minister

Gregor made Chinese #LandBankers, rich

Canadian domestic RE speculators, rich

#VanRE developers, rich.

Renters, poor

Homes, unaffordable

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don’t think of the $25,000 Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson lunch as a bribe Think of it as the cost of us returning your phone calls Condo King Bob Rennie’s $25,000 lunch with Mayor Gregor Robertson for real estate developers why visions Vancouver is so unfordable follow the money #25klunch lunch anyone? Vancouver condo King Bob invites 25,000 donations to vision Vancouver to eat lunch with Gregor Robertson
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Carney makes #OffshoreGregor Robertson housing minister

Mr. #25KLunch

Leader of the vision of empty offshore condos party.

China’s cashstashers in Vancouver condo landbanks will rejoice, & domestic real estate speculators, like PP

He made Vancouver more unaffordable

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Condo King Bob’s 25K lunch Y vision Vancouver is so unaffordable Bob Brady demanded real estate developers pay $25,000 to have lunch with Gregor Robertson litre of the vision of luxury, empty offshore condos, party, and mayor Don’t think of the $25,000 mayor McGregor lunch is a bribe think of it as a cost of us return returning your phone calls Fight for land banks piggy land Banks thanks to offshore Gregor Mayor, McGregor Robertson and his vision of luxury offshore empty condos party 600 luxury residence located in one of the hottest markets of the world
May 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#OffshoreGregor Robertson

Mr. #25KLunch

Leader of the vision of empty offshore condos party.

Rich people in China who won the stash their cash in Vancouver condo landbanks will rejoice, also domestic real estate speculators, like Poilievre

He made Vancouver more unaffordable
May 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Check out some of the memes of Visions of luxury offshore empty condos #LandBanks party mayor Gregor

#25KLunch Meme – Outrage over $25,000 a plate lunch fundraiser for Mayor Gregor Robertson inspires social media contest.

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March 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Carney's better then PP but he's clueless on disgraced Mr #25KLunch #OffshoreGregor Robertson

"I believe that homes are not slot machines for investors and Wall Street to extort working families out of every last dollar" @aoc.bsky.social

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March 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Downzoning for #BaitAndSwitch rezoning that removes social housing is a great idea.

Remove 75%. Not a wrist slap.

That will wake them up

vs #vanpoli politicians left and right constantly kissing #VanRE developers asses to get those #CashForAccess bundled donations
25klunch just gets us to consider your project rubber stamping neighbourhood hearings? that's extra
November 30, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Canadians need a paradigm shift not resurrected Robertson. Wrong choice, will yield moar grift, deregulation, deepened housing crisis www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #vanre #25KLunch #cdnpoli
Former Vancouver mayor whose housing policies were controversial now federal housing minister
Critics and admirers are watching to see how the bike-riding environmentalist will handle a portfolio centred on a housing affordability crisis
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May 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM