This displacement has been going on for many years now. Unless Ottawa puts the brakes on immigration and foriegn capital, it will continue. Generational Vancouverites simply cannot compete with the excess demand on available housing created by the newcomers. Land is scarce and the only way for the City of Vancouer to cope with the shortage is to build upwards. The term 'affordability' is bandied about endlessly but it is a political notion that simply cannot be achieved.