Tips: For main idea questions, focus on the first speaker and repeated topics.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A proposal to build new affordable housing in Canmore.: Housing availability motivates rental restrictions. The speakers do not evaluate building a new affordable-housing development.
• A request to ban all tourist accommodation in residential areas.: The proposals restrict where short-term rentals may operate and consider primary-residence conditions and a pilot. They do not ban every form of tourist accommodation.
• A plan to increase property taxes for vacation homes.: Taxes are not discussed at all. The costs mentioned concern enforcing rental rules, not an increase in property tax.

Correct Answer: Short-term rentals support local businesses, especially during ski season, and visitors may choose Banff instead.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre worries that sharp licence caps could push visitors to Banff and harm businesses that depend on short-term rentals, especially in ski season.

Tips: Match each speaker to their main concern.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The current rules are already too strict for property owners.: The claim is a risk from tighter caps, not that every current rule is already too strict.
• The town does not have legal authority to change the rules.: Lack of municipal legal authority is not the objection.
• Personal ownership of several short-term rental properties.: The person in the centre does not disclose ownership of rental properties.

Correct Answer: Housing availability for families in Canmore.

Why this is correct: The person on the right is concerned about housing availability for families in Canmore and wants limits on short-term rentals in residential zones.

Tips: Compare each option with the worry this speaker explains, not worries from the other two speakers.

Why the other options are wrong:

• That tourists are causing noise complaints in residential zones.: Tourist noise is not the concern raised.
• That short-term rentals are lowering property values in Canmore.: Falling property values are not the concern raised.
• That the town is losing tax revenue from unregistered rentals.: Lost tax revenue from unregistered rentals is not the concern raised.

Correct Answer: Restricting short-term rentals to designated tourist areas and requiring a primary-residence condition elsewhere.

Why this is correct: The person on the left presents restrictions to tourist areas with a primary-residence condition elsewhere as a proposal that might address both housing and tourism concerns.

Tips: Check that every part of the option matches what the speaker suggests, not only one part.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Banning all short-term rentals in Canmore within five years.: No complete five-year rental ban is proposed.
• Creating a lottery system for short-term rental licences.: A licence lottery is not proposed.
• Allowing unlimited short-term rentals but increasing the tax rate.: Unlimited rentals with higher taxes is not the proposal.

Correct Answer: The town would need resources to track compliance, and that costs money.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre worries that tracking by-law compliance requires resources that the current budget lacks.

Tips: When asked about concerns, listen for problems or worries.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The town lacks legal authority to enforce rental by-laws.: The person in the centre does not claim the town has no legal authority.
• Most short-term rental hosts operate anonymously online.: Anonymous hosts are not identified as the challenge.
• Rental platforms refuse to cooperate with municipal governments.: Platform refusal to cooperate is not reported.

Correct Answer: To test zoning restrictions without committing to a permanent change.

Why this is correct: The person on the left proposes a one-year pilot to test zoning restrictions without committing to a permanent change.

Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

• To renew the restrictions automatically after the first year.: Automatic renewal is not proposed; the point is to avoid a permanent commitment.
• To guarantee free legal advice for affected tenants.: Free tenant legal advice is not the pilot purpose.
• To guarantee minimum income for displaced rental hosts.: Guaranteed host income is not the pilot purpose.

Correct Answer: Provincial permission to share data with rental platforms.

Why this is correct: The person on the right supports stricter rules if provincial permission allows data-sharing agreements with rental platforms, noting that agreements take time.

Tips: Listen for the specific requirement following if.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Immediate approval of a steep licence-fee increase.: Immediate approval of a steep fee increase is not the condition.
• A review of tourism impacts after the summer season.: A summer tourism-impact review is not the person on the right's stated condition.
• Enough licence-fee revenue to fund all enforcement costs.: Sufficient fee revenue for every enforcement cost is not the person on the right's stated condition.

Correct Answer: Look into the options and touch base later this week.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre proposes looking into the options and touching base later in the week. No housing metric or final pilot review is specified in this closing.

Tips: End-of-discussion questions often use the final speaker's plan.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Gather tourist satisfaction ratings immediately.: Tourist satisfaction ratings are not assigned as the next step.
• Count newly issued short-term rental licences.: Counting newly issued licences is not assigned.
• Measure total revenue from licence fees.: Measuring licence-fee revenue is not assigned.