22 Minutes digs into the housing crisis 

You know it’s gotten really bad when 22 Minutes does some serious reporting. Great job though, this explained the situation better than almost anyone else has so far. 👏

You know what's sad is that 22 minutes is doing better journalism than CBC's serious branches.

Thoroughly enjoyed this from 22 minutes. Canadian politics aren't a joke anymore and it's affecting the Canadian way of life for all.

Well done. This is a Canada problem. Not just Toronto.

I'm surprised 22 minutes would create this, but I guess Rick Mercer is hanging back. GOOD FOR YOU 22.

Where's the 'The rent is too damn high!' guy when we need him?

AWESOME JOB!! having Comedians taking the piss out of this dreadful housing crisis and GOVT. better than the mainstream media says so much!

Wow, finally. The media finally telling it like it is, very refreshing. So no, we are not crazy, taking this crap is crazy.

Yup anything built after 2018 you can basically charge anything, it’s insane!

The majority of the problem is absolute greed from landlords and the companies behind them, upping the rent because somebody is willing to eat one less meal a day to have a roof over their head, sad but true.

When comedians are making more serious documentaries/stances than our senior journalists like Rosemary Barton, something is seriously wrong.

good job

Canada is aging into obscurity, while at the same time making it harder for families to have even their first child.

These large rental companies which play the stock market which are a part of REIT should be stopped. But I guess that will not happen because the government crown cooperation are the investor's. The only thing that might stop reit if the stock market crashes.Too many rich investors making money off the backs of the average renter. Canadian politicians and government unions should be ashamed of themselves to allow this to happen.

The national building code has changed so much in the the last bunch of years that if you happen to buy at least an acre of property in this country and wanted to put up a shelter for yourself it would cost you 10 times the price to satisfy these rules. This is where to problem starts.

Oh. Good. The one thing they agree on. Lol.

Profit! Replacing citizens one by one ...

I've always said we need News/Comedy shows in Canada like they have it the states like Last Week Tonight. Maybe 22 Minutes will fill that...

22 Minutes is an excellent platform for REAL news so keep up or even INCREASE the included appropriate humour...so that we are motivated to share the REAL stories. Excellent work 'Team22' !!!!!

Things are bad rn so im gonna go live in my dads truck camper for a bit untill things sort them selves out i guess.

This is also happening in the US. Here in Ohio my landlord raised my apartments monthly rent over $100.00 a month annually for past 3 years. They blame it on "market demands" which is ridiculous. I've paid my rent on time for the past 5 years. and they don't give a damn - it's all about what they can make. We need rent control. People complain about regulatory commissions etc but in some case they are needed.

This was a neglected but still manageable problem in Canada for decades, but In the past 8 years it went from manageable to unimaginable. What's different about the last 8 years, and why? There is a simple answer = Uncaring Incompetence and egregious corruption.

Trudeau must go.

Not only this but with the mortgage rate increases due to raising the interest rates they're actually creating a second housing crisis and we're about to have a foreclosure crisis

Why are comedians allowed to say it like it really is, but not most journalists!?

More of this please

That was a terrible way of examining the housing issue. There was no mention of the failure on the municipal and provincial governments, the ones directly involved in approving housing. I miss the old 22 mins team, they actually did the research, explained the issue in detail and did so with good humour.

Holy crap! Real journalism disguised as comedy. Must not be getting a Trudeau cheque. Where do you get more of this, I'll definitely Subscribe.

Greetings from Colorado, USA. Globe and Mail: "In 2015, CPPIB formed Denver-based Crestone Peak Resources, spent ~US$600-million to buy 51,000 acres of producing oil and gas wells and drill sites in Colorado from Calgary-based Encana"

Would like to get the heck out of Canada as not the same country my ancestors built.

The housing crisis in Canada is not a laughing matter. Lots of people are suffering or homeless

rallying the vets in NS, its getting so bad here, action is needed. Most of us are ignoring laws and building. Funk you to Canadians that would sit around and allow this to continue. I'm fortunate I have a home, its uninsurable and it took my moms passing to be able to afford it... But if I'd stayed in Ontario, id be homeless, with mental illness and physical disabilities. Now I'm housed and its time to fight for the right for all Canadians to be housed. For context. I lived with my mom during my depression... She passed, I inherited half of the house, went to buy the other half from my sister, and learned that to qualify for a mortgage in KW I needed income of $150k!!!! Was forced to sell my childhood home and move 2000km away just to afford an outright home purchase. I have guests from China with me right now, they have easier home buying criteria back home. How!? We only have 40mill population, and a land mass that could sustain over 20x that, there is land, and resources....so what the actual funk is going on?? In the next year I will be make efforts to "correct" injustices in our country. Everyone needs to organize. I voted liberal then NDP in the last 2 federal elections, I won't be voting for other parties in this climate, our parties are broken. Time for change (tho in 20 years well likely all need to learn Chinese lol

Cray or 'gay' like here out west too when young people are being forced to get creative about how they can finally convince policy makers that they really do need help to help stop from freezing to death in the winter.

3:35 where would you go? I have an answer for that: Away from big city Toronto and towards the prairies with cheaper housing, like SK, MB, AB That's IF you can handle the cold...

3.5M homes in 7 years? Well if we have net 500,000 people coming into the country for 7 years, that fills that gap - what about for people who already live here?

Doesn't Canada have a Communist party? Did you know poverty alleviation completed in 🇨🇳 CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat

To address housing concerns, we can take one of two approaches: either increase home construction or implement better controlled immigration policies.

Remember folks, when you say CBC should be defunded, that includes programming like this.

Experts say? 4 to 5 million dwellings in 6 years? 2000+ per day. The mind boggles.

With our population declining,why do we need more housing? High immigration policy, that’s what.

Governments, provincial or federal and regardless of party affiliations do not care, they are owned by corporations.

lol. Yes they DO need to build more Khalil. Either that or reduce immigration but you made no mention in regards to that.

Even if they build them, they won't be affordable to the average Canadian.

This is also happening in the US. Here in Ohio my landlord raised my apartments monthly rent over $100.00 a month annually for past 3 years. They blame it on "market demands" which is ridiculous. I've paid my rent on time for the past 5 years. and they don't give a damn - it's all about what they can make. We need rent control. People complain about regulatory commissions etc but in some case they are needed.

This would be funnier if it weren't true at all. This is going to be a nightmare everywhere soon.

One way is to move out of Canada. To show the Canadian government they are not making good decisions.

Issues like this no longer funny at all

Landlords have no rights in tribunal court and tenants are constantly neglecting to pay the rent, clean the units, smoking and doing drugs etc etc etc. I would never buy a property and rent it to anyone under these conditions. The ONLY saving grace as of recent is that the property availability rate has gone very low. Meaning tenants are starting to think what if I lose this place, where would I go? There is no where else to rent with vacancy rates so low. So maybe they will pay the rent and keep it clean since they plan on staying. But I would still never make this investment. To many nightmare stories!

Happy National Housing Day, y'all. Call your lazy urban MP and stay on the line when they put you on hold.

Why are these people in Canada again?

We are devouring our selfs

Like the news 🤷‍♂️

Lol😅

Yup - cons and libs working hard together for Canadians - love it 😅

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Im the crappy roomate lol

Socialism is a snake eating its own tail. Pierre Poilievre understands housing affordability better than this comedy show. The problem is slow approval, zoning restrictions, deficit spending, and a weak economy. I wish it was as simple as some Scrooge McDuck real-estate tycoon milking the market, but real life is more nuanced. It's gonna require all of us to take some personal accountability. That means stop depending on the state and start depending on sound, free market economics.

Thank you

Thank you

Gotta get rid of Trudeau guys ! Hurry up before Canada is totally ruined !!

Rent strike equals forced eviction....they will not get away with not paying rent. They will go to court and police will evict every tenant that didn't pay. So what does that solve...now your homeless.

The RIGHT to have a location or HOME to live in/on. DONT care if its cover with WOOD, Cut it down and BUILD. The restriction is limiting things to Gov. owned lands or PAYING RENTS TO RICH PERSONS. Paying rent to the gov.? ISNT BAD, as it pays for TAXES

Yeah…and stop ripping down my tent..

CPP has invested 2 BILLION dollars in low cost housing. Probably one of the poorest investments any one or any financial group could sink cash into based on the overall return. Oh and by the way, that housing is in INDIA. I sh*t you not.

Those Parliament Clowns don't listen to anyone but their own voice and opinion. Liberals are GARBAGE