Posted May 12, 2016, 1:34 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Aylmer, Québec
Posts: 21,456
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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
Quebec is a factor here that has to be considered in an Eastern Ontario plan, but it's not as bad as you think. There are lots of barriers to moving across the river.. language, culture, considerably higher taxation rates in Quebec, employment mobility issues, etc. The sum of all this means that even severe growth restrictions won't drive all the growth to Quebec.
There's already evidence of this. Housing prices are much lower in Gatineau than in Ottawa, precisely because so few Ottawans will even consider moving north, which insulates Gatineau from Ottawa's RE market.
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Construction is going gangbusters in Aylmer right now, especially on the Plateau. Where are all these people coming from? Not just from inside Quebec? (I don't know, just wondering  )
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