The problem with Canada’s affordable housing 

Not even if you own the land!

You move to one of the most beautiful cities in the world and then whinge about how much it costs to live there... No shit Sherlock.

Agreed.

The government started pushing Mass Immigration when interest rates went up. That is the next trick up their sleeve.

Minimum wage was never meant to be paid to adults: after working 2 years of minimum wage you should be seeing pay increases away from minimum wage. If you are not getting a pay increase from minimum wage by the time you are 20, you have done something very wrong and you can only blame yourself for that! The last time I made minimum wage I was 17 years old.

@@wilfdarr Ah, the age-old myth that minimum wage was exclusively designed for teenagers looking to earn pocket money during summer breaks. it's true that minimum wage laws have evolved since their inception, they were never intended to perpetuate a cycle of low-wage labor for adults. Suggesting that after two years of toiling away at minimum wage, one should magically ascend to higher pay scales overlooks the harsh realities of stagnant wages, limited job opportunities, and systemic inequality that many workers face. It's a bit like saying if you haven't become a CEO by the time you're 30, you must have been napping in the break room instead of climbing the corporate ladder. While personal anecdotes can offer glimpses into individual experiences, they hardly paint an accurate portrait of the broader economic landscape. So, before doling out blame like a worn-out punch card, let's consider the myriad of factors at play in the labor market beyond simply pointing fingers at hard-working individuals.🤡

@@ottodietz7644 I didn't say you need to aim for CEO, but if you're still getting minimum wage at 30, that's not "systematic inequality", that's choices you made!

and people are willing to bring up anti immigrant racism to sway away from real issue

@@saichandred Few people are at times ethnicists in disguise, tricking others into calling them racists, because that name supposes the fallacy that the human race is not one race. What will happen, is what you expect, if you throw your hands up in the air and say C'est la vie, you are part of the problem.

As for swaying away from real issue, you presume it's the rich who own these houses, and you fail to presume that they instead own the financial institutions that own these home owners.

​@@saichandredAgreed: we have a shortage of construction workers which is a big part of the housing shortage: you know who's really good at swinging a hammer for low pay? Immigrants. Bring them in, put them through a 3 month construction basics course, and put them to work!

​@@Dam-a-fenceAnyone can buy shares in a bank: if you think they are so profitable why don't you buy shares in the banks? I can tell you banks aren't part of my portfolio.

"TaXeS."

"I do not save" That's on you I know several immigrants who came to Canada with NOTHING, who have recently bought houses now. Yes it involved working 60+ hours a week to get ahead. Yes it involved an entire family living in a one room house. Yes they had to take public transit or car pool. I was lucky, I had a decent education, I only had to share a 3br with 2 other people and work 50 hours a week to get where I am! If you work, you are rewarded. If you're afraid of work, there's nothing I can do for you.

@@wilfdarr Oh, so not saving is just a personal choice now? How enlightening! I suppose if everyone simply decided to work 60+ hours a week, live in cramped quarters, and sacrifice every ounce of comfort, we'd all be rolling in real estate. Thank you for solving the financial struggles of the world with your anecdotal evidence. Clearly, the solution to poverty is just to work harder, right? Because systemic barriers and economic inequalities don't exist; it's all about individual laziness. Brilliant deduction! 🙄Do you talk like this in public? embarrassing.

@@ottodietz7644 Yes that is the choice. I made that choice to get out of poverty, so did everyone else who started in poverty and now owns a home. If you make the choice not to, then that is your choice, Iwon't critique it UNLESS you then turn around and whine to me about your choices.

@@wilfdarr The Candian Way of Life and Standard of Living has been horribly degraded, Boomer.

@@zomgoose No doubt it has, but so has the work ethic of the younger generation.

blanket assertions, partisan rhetoric. dismissed.

Stupid planning from the liberal government. No long term vision. Now the Canadians suffer the most . Immigrants are FVCKing subsidized on our tax dollars!