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Being a tourist and tourism is a luxury. Having affordable housing is a right.

• bmelton 8y ago
  Not that it's on-topic, but both are rights, and to be more specific, both are negatively asserted rights; which are (at least in America) rights to which nobody else has the obligation to assist you with, but to which nobody in the government may interfere. Whether or not we regard one right as more important than the other (and to be fair, we absolutely should), that doesn't change that nobody else is obligated to assist you in pursuit of your rights.
  • nacho2sweet 8y ago
    One side is going to come with pitchforks, increase racial tension, or vote in an extreme populist while the other is just not gonna come around. Also I am Canadian, it has been stated it is a human right here.
    • bmelton 8y ago
      Negative assertion doesn't imply tacit vs. explicitly stated, it implies whether the government is obligated to provide you with it to ensure your right is served. In America, for example, the right to legal counsel is positively asserted. "If you do not have a lawyer, we will provide one for you." Most other rights, including those explicitly enumerated in the constitution, are negatively asserted. We have the right to keep and bear arms, but it is encumbent on no one to aid me in that right, only the government may not interfere. What does Canada (or your province) do to ensure that all housing prices are kept to affordability?
• samsonradu 8y ago
  Not trying to be cocky, but why is affordable housing a right in a capitalist society? Genuinely curious.
  • Chaebixi 8y ago
    > Not trying to be cocky, but why is affordable housing a right in a capitalist society? Genuinely curious. Because, in the West at least, society isn't capitalist uber alles.