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Meet the Canadian mayor trying to attract Gen Z with land for $10

Looking out across the frozen forested wilderness, Peter Politis can see children playing on swings. In his mind’s eye, a group of twentysomethings gather around a barbecue; a young family stroll past pushing a pram.

These are not, he insisted, the delusional ravings of a lunatic. Politis, mayor of the Canadian town of Cochrane, Ontario, is a man with a plan.

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