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Canada is getting so bad that even people born in Canada are leaving.

As someone who was born in Canada, lived here my whole life, this country is intentionally being destroyed. If your a new comer its a trap. I feel terrible for those who have to find this out them selves.

As a born Canadian, the state of this country infuriates me.

You forgot to mention --> " If you live in Toronto, PLEASE make sure to leave your CAR KEY outside, so the criminals can steal your car without hurting you/your family"

Own nothing, rent everything, pay your taxes, stay in debt, head down, do your job and shut up. Canadian dream.

My wife is mexican... I am born and raised canadian. I made a huge mistake and sold my house in 2008 and never got back in to real-estate... so we invested in mexico, and now have a passive income and will be moving for good in June. Can't take the druggies overdosing outside my house.

Fully agree with everything you've said. For anyone watching who isn't living in Canada: he's not exaggerating. Not even a little. It really is this bad here in Canada. Immigration is completely out of control, relative to the amount of services available, and finding an affordable place to live is basically impossible for almost everyone who isn't rich to begin with.

You now work to live in Canada. I seen this getting so bad over the last ten years getting out of control. And the standing government now will tax you for everything even rain water.. We have a problem with corruption and greed here.. And our government is a big part of it..

As a 31 years old Canadian making very good money, I am contemplating leaving and getting my first home in South America. I would like a house before I retire where I can raise a family, period. People don't want 2000$ apartments, they want houses and land that they can own. Rentals should be a temporary situation for anybody understanding the value of their hard earned money and their limited time on earth.

The narrative of corporate Canada is that there is a labour shortage hence the need for out of control population growth and both parties have bought into this. With decade after decade of 'multiculturalism' drilled into our minds its extremely difficult for the working class to go against this even though it is ruining their quality of life (wage suppression, high rents).

As a Canadian, i fully agree with you The sad part is that the authorities will label you a radical for questioning immigration.

*THANK YOU* I am a Canadian/Alberta citizen in my 50s, I have been watching this country in free fall for the last 8 years. Prior to this Liberal/NDP gov lead by the UN and WEF, *_WE DID HAVE_* the country you described believing you were moving to. It WAS a country of opportunity, reasonably priced homes, utilities.. fairly good socialized healthcare.. but still GROSSLY overtaxed, now taxes have surpassed even that to the point of insanity and rising more using 23% carbon tax scam every single year. I have watched all the jobs our students and those recently graduating once used to learn skills and pay their way till they found their jobs. Those jobs are now GONE, (as are care and service jobs, plus owning local small businesses like fast food and corner stores/gas stations..), they are filled instead by newcomers and temp foreign workers. Our Liberal and NDP governments tell us we are RACISTS and anti immigrant for being upset our jobs being taken over, and our housing costs skyrocketing. We are told WE are raacists because now our children and grandchildren may never own a home of their own and that in order to have a successful life, marriage and children, we may lose our families who for generations built this country in work and our taxes, to CANADIANS BEING FORCED TO IMMIGRATE! Yes, Canadians are upset, but don't for one second believe the government as they LIE using the Canadian people as their scapegoat. It is this Liberal NDP government who ripped open mass immigration and flooded the country with zero plans or preparation to how they would accommodate millions of new people or what it would do to the citizens of a country who built and paid for it! *_THIS IS THE GOVERNMENTS FAULT_* following the Century Inituative and UN Sustainable development agendas... and worse is coming. Now he will roll out billions and billions more spending and promises (ZERO previous promises like his big housing announcements in 2016 and 2019 have produced nothing), next is this ridiculous renters bill of rights and MODULAR HOMES! This insane modular home plan is meant to produce cardboard like homes that will be stacked and piled into areas with no yards, little parking and enrich his lifelong family friend who is on the board of the company who produces these units! It's the most corrupt government of my life time. I've watched dozens of videos of immigrants who want to leave Canada and I have changed my mind at who is at fault. It is 100% the federal government of Canada and their partners!! I see how the governments, colleges, other immigrants, immigration lawyers...all put out the call to come here and sell this country as a bastion of freedom and a positive future... when that was destroyed with mass immigration. Again thank you for trying to get the word out, we will never rebuild this to be the Canada it was while the swindlers and eliets cont to lie. Your lives, our lives, this country's futures are ALL ruined by these people.

My new coworker is a brand new immigrant and just found out about taxes AFTER he calculated his budget. He lives in someone’s garage now.

Living in the house/appartment/ shack WITHOUT WONDOWS will hurt your mental health, please don't go for this☝️

This country is messed up. The fact that me and my wife earn over 100k and still cant afford a decent home for our kids is the saddest thing ever. Such a messed up country. Living hand to mouth on rent.

As a born and raised Canadian I am ashamed of the lives that are being destroyed by the lies being told.

Canada is a waste of time.

“They don’t invite donkey to a wedding to party, but to bring water” - an old proverb from Balkans

It's definitely a PROPAGANDA. Many of my friends asked me if it's worth, I said : "no, stay away!". I , myself, will not stay here. Just saving enough to get back to my country. I am just sad for the Canadians born and raised here who are struggling and don't have somewhere else to go to because, imagine you live in a country where you can't afford to buy a house or even , if you rent, you will be budgeting and cutting on food because of the rent and bills... let's not even talk about healthcare!

I agree there needs to be a ban on immigration. Like you said, my family too was tricked into donating our generational wealth to this shitty government. I saw my mother cry regreting coming here, we can't return because our home country does not allow dual citizenship, and you can't go back easily. My parents used to be upper middle class in our home country and now we are completely broke. My Parents speak very poor english and have been surviving on minimum wage because no one wants to hire them despite both of my parents graduating from top universities in our home country. Canada is complete Bullcrap. The amount of nepotism in the workforce. Its very difficult to move up by merit alone. You have to be somebody's important's child if you want to be promoted.

Canada: It's cold, expensive and dilapidated. If you're a migrant who has professional skills you'll end up in the USA sooner or later.

Canada is honestly a pretty shitty place to live currently. Things are extremely expensive, and taxes are insane. The weather is shitty, the infrastructure is lacking. I was born here and am actively investigating leaving.

They're doing the exact same thing in Australia. They imported 500,000 'skilled immigrants' last year but somehow there's still a skill shortage. There's been a skill shortage constantly for decades. So something is very rotten and wrong. The only people wanting more immigration at this point are those with something to lose - eg landlords.

Welcome to Canada. Immigrant or native Canadian citizen most are living on the line of or below the poverty level. Become a corrupt politician or corrupt corporate entitie and you’re all good.

Imagine that - if you buy a house you can't even afford to live in it on your own.

Thank you for your work, after living in Canada for 8 years, and working in the Insolvency Field, I was shocked how everything is outdated and inefficient. I was waiting 2 months for gastroscopy exam, meanwhile I had a horrible stomach pain and I couldn't get treatment for 2 months, packed everything and I left to Russia, got a job there in less than 3 days in the same field with only Cad $1000 difference

I can summarize since I emigrated here beginning of 90's that Canada did full "salto mortale" since "our" PM took office almost decade ago. Lower Mainland is without healthy future. We sold everything and moved to Calgary. More sunny days' continental Mountain climate. I understand your frustration, few days ago my older Son showed me a video about food prices in Moscow. Wow, in German owned mega grocery store' bread is around 1$, chicken breast bonles skinless 4 times less compared to our local prices. Apples fruits and vegetables 5 times less, gass price 3 times less compared to Vancouver. If there wasn't current "special operation" going on, I would move there. No hard feelings, but Canada is "free range working camp" . I asked my nice if she was planning to move from Serbia to Canada. She told me "uncle Borko, Canada dropped to 18th spot according to UN statistics "real statistics" as for quality of life.

Small windows or no windows in a basement suite would be an illegal rental unit in AB.

It's not just recent immigrants who go through this. Canadians born here also struggle similarly. I'm 43 and still renting because I have never been able to save for a down-payment to buy a house. About 80% of my income goes to rent, I have a college education, spent many years paying off student loans, now have a small business, my husband works full time as well and we both struggle to get by. We cant afford to have kids either.This country is very badly managed by the government. The liberal government delays new house projects, developers have to wait about 7 years to build houses. They purposely make it hard for people to survive, they just use Canadians as cash cows that pay a lot of taxes, they don't want people to keep their money. They bring in too many new immigrants while have no there is a housing shortage. The economy is bad here, job shortages, not a lot of development going on and also the government charges a lot of carbon taxes here for pollution. Canada pollutes 1.5% of the worlds pollution, which is extremely low but we have to pay more and more taxes for the the air we breathe because it's a money scam. Canada is a hard country to survive in, the quality of life is actually very low because you spend most of your earnings on rent or a mortgage and have to cuts costs on food for example. Canadians have a lot of debt and most live paycheck paycheck and are not able to save any money. If you have a choice, go somewhere else, don't come here because you will struggle for the rest of your life.

As an immigrant living in Canada for more than a decade I can tell you that you are telling precisely what is happening in this country. About immigrants resumes, I went through different agencies as I was said to improve my resume, so I could find a good job, and after being here and there I realized my resume never liked them it always needed to be fixed, also they asked immigrants to remove any specialization or high degree from their resumes, after all kind of changes I ended up with a low qualification resume. It was clear to me, that my education and professional experience would be never appreciated in Canada, no matter what.

❤😂 I am an immigrant. When I tell potential and new immigrants the truth, they tell me that I am a hater. Let them pay the price.

Immigration : Come - spend your money - leave.

My son is living here and united stay with me. We are both Canadian and he wants to go back to Canada. He is young and dumb and frustrated with the social atmosphere here. Here you can buy a home and spend your time killing your money and not worry about everyone's attitude towards you. For now, I think the US is a better deal. I'm gonna send him this video.

I owe attached garage house in Silverado SW Calgary. Here is my monthly bill WITH NO MORTGAGE: $320 electricity, $180 gas, $400 property tax, $140 insurance plus garbage plus Silverado area fee. So I pay about $1200 for my house without even mentioning mortgage !!!!!!!! Insane.

I moved to Vancouver as a teen in the 90s and my family of 4 lived in a 1BR basement. Parents worked their butt off and eventually bought a half duplex for $200k in Vancouver then a house in Surrey for $310k in 2001. I bought a townhouse for $250k a few years later. Then about 10 years ago, bought my current house for $620k + $50k for updates and I'm still in Metro Vancouver (30km from Downtown Vancouver). Its current market value is $1.7m, which is bonkers and it means I'm paying lots in property tax. My wife ($100k in finance) and I ($200k in IT) make decent coin but don't feel rich since a big chunk of our money goes to taxes and everything's expensive. I don't think we can even afford our house if we were to buy it now. We're contemplating just selling everything and moving elsewhere. It feels like Canada was great up until Trudeau. Before, average folks could still buy actual houses.

Bro, I totally agree. My family immigrated to Canada in 1989, with generational wealth, and assets overseas that kept us living modestly for a number of years. But even then in the 90s people were saying Canada was ALREADY on the decline. My parents wouldn’t hear of it, because they were so brainwashed by the propaganda. Nowadays in my country of origin, unemployment is around 3.1 % (a country of approx 120 million) vs Canada’s 6-7.7% unemployment. Canada IS a third world country, masquerading as a first world country.

I'm an old immigrant, coming to Canada today is like buying stocks when the prices are red hot before the crash, the timing has never been worse, if you want to make money do not come to Canada, the US is a much better deal.

I would think a Ukrainian software engineer in 2024 would have better job prospects and standard of living in Kraków than in Vancouver. Few would have said that in 2010.

Why never mention rich Chinese buying all houses in Vancouver? I see the same problem in the US - millions of rich immigrants from China, South Korea, Brazil, UK and Sweden buying tons of real estate in Florida driving prices sky high.

Canada’s strength is it’s BS.

Cheers from 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico 🇲🇽✌🏼

Why you compare renting in vancouver to buying in edmonton? Why don't you compare renting in vancouver to renting in edmonton? Or buying in vancouver to buying in edmonton? The difference would make much more sense. I moved from BC to Alberta and it has been best financial decision of my life. Of course you need a plan for your job, but your personal situation isn't the same for everyone. I agree with you on the immigration propaganda though.

He's back! Thanks for your time Alex.

Everything said in this video is true. I am a canadain PR, and have seen this beautiful country go downwards cos of massive immigration and lack of jobs. Will soon find my square root

Thank you for the clear perspective on the reality of moving to Canada. Most people who move to Canada live miserable lives and most feel stuck in the financial traps.

It’s illegal to have any bedroom without windows. Windows are required for basic ventilation, but essential as emergency access or exit, such as in a fire. Report them to the municipality. But don’t expect they will actually do anything to enforce it, speaking from experience. I responded to an ad for a room rent in Vancouver years ago, nice house, nice neighbourhood, nice photos. Showed up at the address and a Chinese man arrived and said, oh, it’s not this house it’s the one next door. He then entered the (very nice) open home with marble floors and a swept circular staircase - and started down the hidden basement stairs. There were 13 people down there, all men, all Asian and none spoke English. “My” room was about 6’ x12’, no windows, just a single bed, table, wooden chair, and no privacy. I don’t even remember a lock on the door. I left, reported it and the misleading ad which required lengthy explanation in my complaint as the ad, remember, was for a different address (that’s how you skirt around rent licences, I guess).

You are totally right, Alex; however, I don`t understand one thing - if you don`t like Canada, why do you stay there? Why do you continue to jeopardize your psychological wellbeing by living in a place which you don`t like? I also used to live in Canada and when I discover that it has more cons than pros, I just sold everything, packed up and moved back home - done deal.

You are 100% right! Fortunately I came to Canada in the mid-70's, but I have seen the country deteriorate through the years, but precipitously since J. Trudeau took over with his unfulfilled promises and "woke" measures.

I've commented on your channel before and I know you're planning to leave after getting your Canadian passport. Of course, this is unethical on the face of it, but you feel the government has been unethical with you, so it's a wash. In a way, I don't disagree. The only point of contention I have with your comments is that you think the 'rich' are to blame for your woes. It's more complicated than that. The so-called 'rich' have mostly earned what they have, and yet many feel the way you do about Canada. They're cornered on taxes from every direction and there's every indication that things will get worse (eg, I can't even get a family doctor myself after my family doctor retired). And they will get worse, as the future of Canada is not promising. For example, the OECD has predicted that Canada will have the lowest growth rate among all OECD countries until 2060 (not a typo). 2060! There are many economic indicators that point in the wrong direction. Simply put, the economic fundamentals are not in place in Canada, so economically the country is currently is in something of a free fall. I'm not an immigrant to Canada. My advice to immigrants or would-be immigrants is go elsewhere, for your own good. This is not an anti-immigrant comment, but an attempt to offer useful advice. Even highly educated non-immigrant Canadians are exiting in large numbers. The key is to give yourself options. Options equates freedom.

Bro wow I just watched a few of your videos. I am a 35 year old Canadian. Between an online business and a seasonal construction job, I am able to travel outside Canada during the winters for the last several years. People always ask me how is Canada and I try to explain to them that it's not actually that great, only the nature is nice. But your videos articulate the problem extremely well. I can never recommend to anyone to move to Canada but couldn't explain so well as to why. I knew something weird was going on with real estate and immigration but now it is much more clear. Even for myself, I have two bachelors degrees (science and engineering) from Canadian universities, but I work a trades apprentice job. And when I come in for the summers, the rents have increased so much in Alberta since I started this pattern 6 years ago. I used to just find a room online for $500-$600/mo and be good to go, but now rents for a single room are minimum $1000, or a private flat $1500 or more. So now for this year and the previous one I am living at my parent's house. My online business makes a steady $22k CAD per year after tax (it's a YT channel), and when I come to Canada, my hourly rate from my job is $25/h, so my income jumps by about $3,200 per month after tax while I'm here. But if I pay for the regular cost of living in Alberta (rent:$1500, car insurance/gas:$400, groceries:$500, phone:$50, WiFi:$50, socializing:$200, timmies etc.:$100, miscellaneous purchases (tools for work, things for house):$150 = $2,950. So if I did all that, $3,200 - $2,950 = $250. It's a net increase of about $250 per month, in exchange for working 40 more hours per week of hard labour. What about saving for retirement, or occasionally buying new things like a future vehicle, furniture, electronics, down payment for a house, a plane ticket, etc... It's impossible. Only by living with family in my particular situation does my net income jump by about $1,000 per month, which is barely worth it for the effort. I am so lucky to have my online income to supplement the actual employment income here if I choose to stay. But for me now I see that it's probably better to stay outside of Canada and enjoy life on my online earnings rather than all this BS.

@7:08 You nailed it! There are only two functioning industries in Canada: 1. immigration 2. real estate market.

Отношусь к категории старых иммигрантов, но ненавижу во что превратилась Канада с постоянными поборами. Рассматриваем переезд в другие страны. Ни одна страна не стоит таких высоких налогов.

From July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023 (2022/2023), Canada’s population grew by 1,158,705 people (2.9%) to an estimated 40,097,761. Source. Govt of Canada. In that year, we had to build the ~ of the city of Calgary to accommodate them all. Now of course, we did not build any new cites, all these (mostly) 3rd world economic migrants did what they have been doing for decades, crowd into existing cities, which drives up demand for....everything. Pair that with govt policy, and you have the situation Angry Immigrant is talking about here. There is no real economy in Canada to speak of. Consumption sure, and declining employment extracting resources from a a declining resource base. Forestry used to be a mainstay in BC but that has been in slow and steady decline for decades. I guess the future is writing apps to help immigrants find the quickest route to the local Wall-mart.

Just downloaded Ground News. Might be the exact thing i have been looking for. Thanks!

How dare you tell people that our glorious leaders don't care about us (sarc). Letting people know that we are being lied to .... Just commenting so you get some traction. I laughed (with saddness) when you put one of your points down if Canada debases the dollar this would be a reason to buy

I moved to Canada 20 years ago and in the last ten years it's gone off a cliff. They are clearly exploiting immigrants for cheap labour, and to massively increase the cost of real estate, it's the only thing that makes sense. Healthcare has collapsed and literally everyone is a few paycheques away from homelessness. It's sad seeing demoralized young people from India and around the world working like slaves for a dream that will never happen.

I appreciate your input. This is a corrupted country and it’s refreshing to have a new set of eyes to call out the BS

The speaker is correct. We are getting used in order to fund the Canadian government.

You don’t LIVE in Canada. You WORK in Canada. Great nature though if you got $$

Good explanation of the problem in Canada. Australia's most popular cities in the eastern sea board are very closely mirroring Canada but very few have come out publicly to describe it.

Overall very well done. Bang on. I am born and raised here in Alberta. My Great Grandfather used to own what is now Refinery Row just outside of Edmonton. I am in part one of those "Old Stock" Canadians(Nova Scotia Colony) with some Indigenous blend. I am saddened by what my country has become. I so so glad my grandparents are not able to see what has happened. My grandfather served this country proudly, and I am glad he was cremated so he can't roll in his grave. You can see the change in ANY SCHOOL That is over 40 years old that has the class photos over the years. You will see the change really start in 1988 when Multiculturalism (Trudeau Sr) was made our policy. Justin put that into a steroid induced overdrive. It has only gotten bad since Justin Trudeau has been Prime Minister. Then he opened the floodgates with the intention of pushing Canada to 100+ MILLION people and cleary did not care who they brough in at all. I totally agree they pushed an immigration scam on us. I saw this back in 2019 when the PPC started. They were called racists, bigots. xenophobes, etc...and now 5 years later....well...looks like they were right. I'm sorry...but no one has a RIGHT to come to Canada. Canadians are allowed to say No More. It's not in any way predjudiced to say that there is only so many any Country can absorb and Assimilate into their culture. Canada used to go with Ups and downs in immigrqtion....to allow new immigrants time to assimilate and not form ghetto communities. We need to shut the door to immgration for a few years or more. While also encouraging many of those who came recently to go back. Many are going back of their own free will when they wake up to how bad it has got here. I wish there was somewhere else for me to go home to as well.

Canada was a 1st world country that resembled what immigrants thought it was up until Trudeau won in 2015, it started going downhill really quickly after that, and I agree it is a third world country now if you don't have assets from the before-times.

I love your straight to the point opinion with very calm manner, and your English speaking is impressive! I chose to leave after living one year in Toronto, been there and see enough. Canada is a fail of state.

So speaking as a Canadian citizen who was born in Canada, the way we see it is that you're getting a pretty sweet deal. You show up and have access to all the systems we've paid taxes to to establish and finance, without having had to pay a cent towards them until you step foot on Canadian soil. Good luck with your rental utopia... you'll never generate equity, and every cent you pay goes towards the property owner paying off their mortgage and leveraging their capital assets. That's a "get poor fast" scheme for the renter. Everyone who has a mortgage sees a minimal amount of it go towards principle in the the early years. That's how mortgages work for everyone. But even if you were to own a home in Edmonton and after five years decide to pack it up for whatever next location you think is going to give you a sweet deal, you sell that property, and take the profit, to go towards the property you purchase in the next location. But the person you should be most angry with is yourself. You should have done your homework, and before pulling up roots and moving lock stock and barrel to a new country, you should have visited it first and researched what it was going to look like. I'm assuming if you were purchasing a vehicle, you'd want to look it over and take it for a test drive before handing over your cash. So why would you put so much less effort into one of the biggest decisions you ever have to make in your entire life?

thanks for calming music, it made watching less stressful 😅

What an amazing perspective!! Thanks for making this video!!

canada is a mess ... rent is high , mortgage is going up ... its not worth to start a family ... this country is no longer livable !

House prices are much higher than $450 k in Calgary nowadays. Alberta is no longer really affordable anymore. Canada has been completely destroyed.

Hey don’t worry about it you honestly don’t want to live here, especially BC. I’m born in Canada 34 years old making 135k working 6 to 7 days a week and I still live with my parents in the basement so that I can try and buy a place in my mid 40s. My income tax last year was 35k + 12% on most things I buy.

I was born in North Vancouver and had a career in downtown Vancouver while raising a family. Long story short I was kicked out of British Columbia do you think the impossible cost for seniors to live indoors. I came to Quebec city and I can pay all of my bills and eat well. This is my 6th year and I found my place. I can't speak a word in French, but there are good people everywhere. I'm just so blessed to be inside. I see my sisters and brothers in downtown Vancouver, people who had careers and we're introduced to temptation of drugs. Those are just the ones who don't care if they live on the street. Leave the druggies alone. I'd like to talk to the judge. The one who decides who is worthy and who is not.

Many Thanks for exposing this scam and making people aware of the real truth. Really appreciate it very much. Kudos to you...!!

I have a lot in common with you. I'm a software engineer that moved back to Canada in 2020, choosing BC. Everything you say is correct, they do lie to immigrants. The housing market here is completely insane. It's not just Canada though, the same forces are at work elsewhere, like Australia and NZ. Some places are actually worse than Vancouver! Auckland is similar to Vancouver in a lot of ways. We love to insult the US for their treatment of cheap Mexican labour, but we're doing exactly the same thing here. The insane levels of immigration Trudeau has encouraged are causing massive amounts of harm, like you say. Insane rental prices, crumbling healthcare system, etc. I wouldn't expect things to improve with the conservatives though. These immigrants quickly discover the truth and are unlikely to stay. They'll head to the US or somewhere else. How does this benefit Canada? Cheap labour and other exploitation, I'm guessing. This also keeps salaries low for existing Canadians. Great for the elites! You're also right about the tech downturn last year. I got laid off and struggled to get an interview despite being very experienced and having a great resume. 😂 was being hounded in 2022 by recruiters then couldn't get any interest in 2023. It was a crazy time. I don't know if it's any better now. It was nearly impossible for me. Canadian jobs were total bs, they pay about half of what a decent SF area job pays. Even still, it was nearly impossible to get any response from job allocations. Thankfully I got a referral to a great company in SF and I'm working remotely from BC now. I have zero interest in working for a Canadian company. Exploitation is the norm. As an immigrant, it must be terrible trying to find a job here. The competition is crazy. I can see why this would make you angry. I honestly don't know how people survive in Vancouver on the crappy salaries they pay. Meanwhile I see people in their 20s driving Teslas and Rivians. I'd strongly suggest looking for a good remote job from the US if you have the skills for it. Getting your foot in the door is the hardest part. Startups are the most likely to give you a chance. Even though I'm doing well, things change quickly if you lose your job. EI will only help for a short amount of time. The safety net doesn't exist any more. Thankfully I own a house here so I'm not impacted by rental prices. The increase in house prices doesn't even help me, since the next house I buy will go up in price also. This makes it extremely hard for young people to get into the market. I can also see why they're angry. It's only the elites that are profiting from this. There's a lot to love about Canada but the downsides are huge and growing. Sometimes I think about living off the grid on cheap land somewhere, or living on a sailboat. I'd love to get away from the rat race but it's nearly impossible.

It is nice to see you back. You are spitting facts!!! Hope the word spreads around more broadly. I can confirm that I was able to hear whispers from my roommates in all the houses that I lived in so far in Canada. Utterly shambolic.

I moved here in 2012, with my wife, two kids and a fortune of $32 000 CAD (of which we spent about $9000 for tickets and moving expenses) and few boxes of stuff. We are both working. We have a humble but cozy and comfortable house on an acreage outside of a small city; my wife has 10 minutes commute to work, and I run my own business from home. We have four cars, four motorcycles and a tractor - all bought brand new. Not even to mention a bunch of other nice toys. Now is the best part: our mortgage is already paid off and we are completely debt-free. How come? Move to ALBERTA. Work in trades. Run your own business. Do a good job making a product that is in demand by people. Manage your money wisely. And the most important: do NOT expect the government and state to give you a good life. They are not your friends, they are your enemies and parasites that only exist because you allow them to exist. No matter how you vote, you inevitably end up being a slave until you realize that you don't need them at all.

Hey Alex, good job on those videos.

Canada used to be a country where you could come as an immigrant, put your head down, work hard, and eventually afford a reasonable home. My parents arrived aged close to their 40s and were able to buy a home within a 2 years time (on a mortgage of course). Now this would likely be impossible unless you are a very high earner (and even then you'd need to save for a downpayment).

It is illegal to have a bedroom without a window big enough for an adult to climb thru! It is for fire safety! Otherwise you cannot call it a bedroom!

The beauty is that you can always move on. No use being so unhappy. Life is short. Move.

First generation Canadians here. Besides grandma and father we are the only ones left in Canada.

First of all bud. That first place with no windows is a fire hazard and most likely illegal as a dwelling…

edmonton is crime and drug heaven.

This is all so true. Great video!

Alex is back! Every word of what you are saying is so true and everyone who is still thinking of coming to Canada should really watch every one of your videos. In addition to housing problem there is also the issue of affordability : Canadians should be earning at least double the current wages in loonies (Canadian Dollar) to be able to afford the same what US residents can afford after all the massive taxing.

Great content my man, keep up the good work. 👍

Brilliant video, Thank you sir,

I agree with some of what he saids but in the end, you came here because you're country failed to give you a future and now you feel entitled to get it from another country Also, consider the alternative, it's not like all these other countries are opening their doors wide open pleading you to come lol In Europe you're in constant competition for a job across the whole continent, houses are small and old, in Asia you're probably going to have a hard time getting a job because of the language barrier, housing is even more expensive because of density so that's out too, South America and Africa would lack in job opportunities and safety, so what are you really left with? It always surprises me when ppl immigrate to another country (clearly your country isn't good enough otherwise you'd be there) and then start complaining about things being too expensive, too far, too small, not enough etc... the excuses are endless Its simple, pack up your bags and leave as nobody is forcing you to stay. There is no perfect country, you'll always have to trade something

This is all facts. People coming should listen. Living this now is sufferable.

As someone who grew up in Canada - this is so true and I have left...shame on Trudeau and his Liberal cronies

I haven't visited your channel in a while. Great video! Have you gone over the topic of Crown Land? Most of Canada is still 94-96% Crown Land. Yet the population is growing drastically. No one seems to be talking about this much. I have trouble understanding why in Rural Japan some municipalities will give you abandoned houses if your willing to bring them up to spec. A small land mass with lots of people. Yet in BC. You can go as far as you like into the hinterland. And prices are still insane. Why? Lorne.

I was born here in BC and this government is criminal.

Edmonton not a place to live with that crappy weather which makes you super depressed .

Dude, this is hand down one of the most honest video I’ve seen lately about immigration.

Thanks for your video again. I am very happy that these assholes rejected my application. I stayed in the Philippines, I met an amazing girl over a year ago that we are very happy together, I learnt web development and got a good remote job. I am very happy now, thanks to the fate that they rejected my immigration application! By the way, such super "democratic" country as Canada is so democratic that they still haven't returned my refundable immigration fee. It's been more than a year, btw. They just don't reply to my numerous webforms. Very democratic. Of course, it has nothing to do with my nationality, oh no. It's bad to be biased to people based on their nationality if you say that you don't try to hide it, but if you say that you respect all the nations while actually discriminating them, it's totally fine, right?

I was in the army back in my country and it was brutal, but i never ever thought about killing myself or doing harm to my body until i came to Canada

I totally agree that BC is crazy and imposible, but... Edmonton too?

0:40 - those rooms would not be able to be listed as bedrooms in America. A bedroom MUST have at least 2 exit points (usually a door & a window large enough for the average size person to fit through)

"babe wake up the Canadians have something to say"

Prior to 2015 you could actually buy a property, after that the real estate market went crazy, I remember because I bought a condo in 2011 for 190,000 same condo today 700,000 isn't that nuts, a 9 bedroom house with two two bedrooms 700sq foot house in Surrey in 2010 you could buy for 620,00 same house now 2024 1,900,000. Nuts A. It was claimed that the former Liberal party in British Columbia caused this to happen by inviting off shore investors to buy hundreds of properties here as their investment, while no one lived in any of them, driving up the prices, I have seen real estate way back in 1990 the average new home or used home in the lower mainland was around 100,000 in 1993 same house went to 250,000 prices have been heading North for 30 plus years.. it's going to tumble they say really. After 39 years going north really.

These are the conversations we need to be having.