When a Canadian dude of Indian heritage told me theres too many Indians coming to the country i burst out laughing thought he was joking. Didnt realise he meant it in a bad way regarding the immigration.
Lots of Indian immigrants who've migrated under the points based skilled immigration system also feel the same way. They waited (in their home country) in queue for years (having submitted all documents including background checks, financial statements, education credentials, language proficiency etc.), whereas they saw people coming under the education visa or the temporary resident visa being allowed to cut the line ahead of them, often through illegitimate means (purchased LMIAs, bogus asylum claims etc.)
Same in my country with Brazilians, the older Brazilians immigrats wanted to get away from other Brazilians that they call “favelados” now they are 800k+ in a country of 10M, our emigrants abroad also vote “far right” despite also been immigrants. It’s a know phenomenon.
One reason why there is resistance to building new housing is a fear that it will lower property values. Most Canadians are in a huge amount of debt, with property being the only asset of value many Canadians, including older Canadians, own. So a lot of voters are pretty resistant to support pro-development politicians, out of fear what an abundance of new housing could do to the value of the property they currently own, and thus their personal wealth and ability to long-term plan.
In Canada all municipalities are nothing more than adjuncts of the province therefore there are only two actual levels of government. For example any Premier can force municipalities to do exactly what is required without further consent from any Municipal level of government
Housing development has no effect on house prices. Houses are built and sold at the market rate and house prices are inelastic. Only a drastic over production of houses could force a market correction and that is simply not possible given the flood of migrants and lack of construction supply. There will never be a political solution to the problem.
@@tifoo1215 we Canadians have the talent we have people who can work but not for minimum wage which is fair like I said these employers are behind the mass migration bringing Indians into canada
the labor shortage is false, most employers with shortages are ones that offer unlivable wages so they can ship in more temporary workers to exploit instead of paying a market wage to fill those positions
When I was in vancouver in june to go on a cruise, there was probably a couple hundred indians outside of a job/career thing I don't know, it was strange.
Exactly what I just wrote. If you are a manufacturer, and missing certain positions; why not just take your other employees and tell them you train them for something else, and pay them more. Who will say no to that? Plus CAN has highly educated workforce. You can train a purple hair, nose ring, hipster barista, and train them to do just about anything.
I definitely believe a lot of industries and communities have labour shortages. The problem is they aren't the ones being serviced by immigration. When people move to Canada, they're moving mostly to Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and the GTA. These communities do not have shortages. If anything, they have massive surpluses (as seen by the hundreds of people lining up for a job at Timmys). Additionally theres a massive difference between a lot of the immigrants' credentials and what they're capable of doing. I interviewed someone from Punjab with a "masters" in computer science that couldn't code and ended up managing a Freedom Mobile store We have a shortage of tradespeople, what we don't have a shortage of is mobile phone kiosk employees.
As a business owner, we'll keep lobbying for immigration. Canadians demands so much but then they don't take pride of their work, and tries to slack off as much as possible. Our hires from HK, and India were much better. Grateful for the salary and work actual hours stipulated in the contract, rather than trying to drag lunchtime and toilet breaks out so they "work 8 hours".
It's not just that, even Canada's health care system is being strained to the brink from unchecked immigration. My Canadian friend died from an aneurysm, 2 weeks ago. He went to the hospital to get himself checked up for a health scare he thought he had a heart attack. The doctor was dismissive of his health scare that they didn't do a proper CT scan. He was sent back to the waiting room for SIX hours, until he gave up and left the hospital. He died hours later at his home from an aortic aneurysm. I'm still devastated by his passing.
Canadian living in California, I am .When I hear Americans talking about how absolutely wonderful the free healthcare in Canada is I take a deep breath and beginning educating them about the reality of Canada's health care. I have creditabilty because I have family and friends in Canada who have endured medical horror stories, like so many of us and I work for a major American Healthcare company. Canadian Healthcare has no baseline, services and competent care differ wildly. Canada Healthcare has failed on so many levels and continues to do so. It is a medical crisis that has been going on for decades. And now with the increase of immigrants, it is catastrophic. Canada doesn't understand infrastructure or preparing for the future, having a plan to meet the needs of the people and the ever changing demographics that the immigrants bring. It is crimminal how the politcans failed to do their due diligence. My heart goes out to all of you who have shared your stories and endured the heartache and loss of a loved because of political and professional incompetence .
Yeah and that is why we have tons of traffic at night. I am also an immigrant that have the French ( Savoie ) /Canadian citizenship. When I came 10 years to Vancouver it used to be an amazing place, now it is just a FFA and ultra expensive. If you don't make $100.000 per year good luck ... Now i have to dodge some fantastic new truck drivers that swerve on the left lane just to do a tiktok with another truck driver ... We almost died my friend and i, just passing those NPC trucks ( 2 JDM Subaru Convoy) ...
Opening up more businesses looks good on paper but what are those businsses lol I live in a small town in BC population 40,000 and we have about 20 pizza places. We do not need that much pizza lol And about 6 fried chicken places. It seems every month a new fast food place is open and most of the people working there don't seem to speak english. It's crazy.
We know, we had our Trudeau under FDR, we got lucky and died before he could run again. We put term limits because before him it was just tradition. We never saw someone break it.
The pro of term limits is for example Trudeau, the con is let's just say for example you get an utterly amazing PM and party that make the country thrive, why not let them stay as long as possible if they are doing good, though tbh I can't think of a time that this has ever happened.
*_"Americans, Trudeau is why you want presidential term limits."_* Nonsense, he had an approval rating of 65% not long ago, and if a prime-minister is doing a poor job, it's the people that will decide whether he can stay at the voting booth.
@@MichaelDomer when was that he didn't even win popular vote the last 2 elections? He maybe had 65% approval pre SNC lavalin anything after is straight lies.
@@DidaMinecraftIt would appear he is Danish (assuming this as the channel is based in Denmark). I could also tell by his accent he’s North European, and his choice of phrasing ‘I regress’ rather than ‘I digress’ suggests he’s a non-native speaker. Anywho, the Danes are quite a handsome bunch, the eye candy is very welcome!
It’s very simple, it’s because Canadians themselves are the reason for their situation, Trudeau is simply the symptom and not the cause. They are a passive, sports ball watching non serious people as I say that as a Canadian who left. “But bro the convoy” I was there and it was nothing but smiling boomers reliving their youths or genetic dead end males. Canada deserves everything they are going to get for not including economics or politics in conversation opting for sportsball, Empowering and respecting the out of touch blood sucking elderly, and just being overall ignorant people. They are third worlders in a second world country
I live in Montreal. I make a little over 28$/hr. I work 40-60hr a week. Any time over 40hr is 1.5x pay & Sundays are 2x. I’ve worked every Sunday for the last 5 years. Moved out at 21 with my girlfriend. Now 25. We Will be moving back to parents house next year. Was renting a 3.5 for 1600 that went up to 1900 so we took a 5.5 for 2270 with 3 parking spots. The upped it to 2440$. By next September they want 2620$. My parents are divorced. Both own a home themselves. Their mortgages together are less than my rent. This country is LOST.
It's so fucked. I'm trying to build on land I inherent. Abouslule clown show. 🤡 8gs in nothing but a run around. U need 8 Pakistan people to live with u.
Why multiple apartment complex aren't made? People they vote against the number of houses that can be built in a plot. People tend to act liberal until it's their house
More than that, the local infrastructure, the schools, hospitals, public transport etc will struggle to cope with a sudden spike in population. Roads will be congested and more parking space needed overall. This is why housing should have been increased gradually according to the needs of the population rather than being left to this point where they have essentially cornered themselves into a very difficult situation.
But CAN has few people for its size, and it has lots of size. I mean a lot of size. CAN is 2nd largest country after RU, and less than half the population.
Hey OBF, Canadian here. Municipalities are actually creatures of provinces, and that means that ultimately, the provinces have complete control over their cities and can overrule any decision that is made locally. This can be seen very painfully with Doug Ford's Ontario administration blocking some proposed re-zoning laws in Mississauga because it would "diminish Mississauga's character" (the city itself is primarily single family homes). It's important to note that, despite many municipalities' best efforts to change these laws, we have provinces who are resistant to them and who ultimately control and overrule all of these changes. Ontario in particular struggles with its outlying suburban majorities making decisions for its urban cores (i.e. in the cases of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury etc).
In Alberta, Edmonton City Council voted for inclusionary zoning (where 'x' % of new build must be "affordable"), but Danielle Smith's UCP vetoed it, and then spent millions advertising Alberta's 'more affordable' housing to foreign/extra-provincial "investors". Pigs at the trough.
That's a very important point. But I do have to wonder why Toronto doesn't end up dominating Ontario politics, given it's population size. I guess the math just doesn't turn out that way.
Dumb neighbor from your south here… is there a way to change or “update” the law to empower the municipalities more effectively or does something like that need the federal government to help? I live in a very blue state so I am trying to understand the laws of Canada and Australia to help people through what could be a bad time in history. I’m hopeful that we’ll re-grow our collective brain and function as a nation and society again. Ok, thx for letting me babble. 🤐🫣
If we removed every home built since the early 2000's, the GDP would be ZERO. It's absolutely bonkers that this country relies on housing to prop up gross domestic product. We never had a housing crisis like our neighbours to the south did, because we just propped up the housing market. What do we do when times get tough? Make housing loans more accessible. The entire system is flawed and never mind the gaps within that system, it's a huge gaping sink-hole that is going to be catastrophic, when the thin layer on the surface inevitably collapses.
@@maxhill1827 it artificially inflates property values because FOMO. If they made housing loans more accessible to renters/first-time buyers only, we'd be OK. But they deliberately enable "investors" with deeper pockets and existing equity in previous properties to access those loans, where they can outbid average people, and do.
There's no such thing as a long term labour shortage and Canada certainly does not have one. Universities and other industries have been lying about labour shortages for years so that we can bring in cheap labour from elsewhere, as well as more international students who pay the universities (and then often leave after graduating).
Some as in 5 million on temp visa about to expire end of 2025 alone. And they think they will leave "voluntarily". It will be interesting to see how it plays out as MOST Canadians really want them gone.
@@marcusantoninus1838 You gotta have strict laws and regulations so people on expired work permits can't work, but I'd imagine a lot of people will start getting paid under the table
LOL at skilled labor shortage. There is never a shortage; only one where they are not willing to do skilled labor at that low of a price point/wage. If a company really needed a certain skill, they can pay to train just about any Canadian. CAN is first world with first world education. Plenty of Canadians can learn any hardest skill. Or if you an individual who needs specialized work, can always fly someone one on temp basis, or travel to another country that has the skill. Especially when it comes to a field like Medicine/health.
But think of India who grew it's population by a Europe (750 mil ish) since 1980, they have to put their people somewhere. Also, remember, It's only colonialism when whites do it.
First world education 😁 is when a 15 y.o. Westerner is expected to have the same skillset as a 10 y.o. Asian. A typical western high school math test is a joke, why does anyone even need to go to school to become able to pass it? But at least westerners are good at gender studies. 😂
That is literally what a shortage means. Anyone would work virtually any job if they were offered a high-enough salary, but when employers are either unable or unwilling to offer higher wages to attract more workers, we get a labour shortage.
@@beyondeconomics...isn't that a service shortage? If there are available workers who are unwilling to do the work that seems like a management problem.
Canadians applying for work NEVER get a response to submitted resumes. Everything is done online now. So they can just ignore all of the well qualified resumes and claim they never got anyone with skills. Bull puckey. They get many every day, they just don't want to pay a living wage or there is some other grift going on.
I'm a Seattle electrician who has considered moving to Canada because of the US's terrible healthcare and housing situation but as far as I can tell the Canadian housing situation is even worse which doesn't make sense to me you guys have so much undeveloped land. I'm 38 now and don't want to do this job much past 60 because its hard on the body and I'm also concerned that moving to a different country will mess up my retirement. Also the last time I vistited BC I was shocked at the cost of groceries I think I paid more for Candian food even when the exchange rate was factored in.
Canadians of means are moving to the US because housing is more affordable and the jobs are more plentiful with much better wages. A great deal of Canada's undeveloped land isn't arable and is too difficult to build on.
Don't live near Toronto or Vancouver. Things aren't so bad in our small towns if you can find a place.... to be fair, there will be less work available, too.
@@alexrubin5955 people say that, but when you realize how much lower the cost of living is and you get a massive tax return every year because the province doesn't rob you like everywhere else you'll be singing a different tune.
The Canadian population is SHRINKING. There's NO need to build a single house just to accommodate the INCREASING FOREIGN POPULATION OCCUPYING CANADA. See the difference?
Hey Oliver, I live in Western Canada, a city close to Vancouver. I can tell you from experience that one of the reasons why municipalities are resistant to have so many people to take up a home into an apartment is just no infrastructure funds to help with the amount of people that are going to be living there. If you think a complex of 2 or more stories, and each apartment is about 2-4 people living there. There isn't a bus route, schools, local clinics or sidewalks to accommodate them. Local municipalities just doesn't have the money to do any of those upgrades at all. I fully agree with your video, and I hope they can do what Canada did in the early 80's til 90's, Federal Government just built social housing on their own :) this is me dreaming though.
I'm from the Toronto outskirts. You are 100% correct - the zonings have existed for so long that you can't just build on top of the land and expect infrastructures to magically appear. It takes years to upgrade the sewage, electricity grid, schools, hospitals, parks, and transits to accommodate for more residents. On top of this, NIMBYs whose entire fortune is tied towards their property don't want their property value to decrease if they allow more units to be built around them, and these NIMBYs happen to be the most vocal voters that can sway local elections of MPs, MPPs, and councilors. But coming back to infrastructure , it's more of a chicken and egg problem. New building permits are limited by current infrastructure , so no new buildings are allowed. Since no new buildings are being built, no new infrastructure upgrades are scheduled. The cycle continues and voila we got a housing crisis.
In the time you build houses you can upgrade/enlarge the schools. Also you can easily implement busses. Comparatively this is cheap easy and fast. On cost. Infrastructure cost goes down because fewer milage in pipes, electrical grid and roads can service the same amount of people. Also regarding the small clinics and small shops like bakeries. Those fit very well on the ground level of apartement building when those are on a connector road. No need for purity there.
But why build Social Housing for people that have yet to arrive here? I think we need to firm up our immigration standards. You'd be surprised how many of them come with their 3rd world living habits. It takes time, decades to learn and adapt to a culture. Open the doors without that and it stagnates everyone's else's standards. I'm not against immigration, it just needs to be a pace that does not disrupt the locals. And we should always be putting locals first. If your born in Canada, you should not have a harder time to get by then all the hand outs the Gov gives to people just getting off the plane.
@@HannibalUvvU Honestly man, it is easier said than done. The truth is you can't build/expand a school without the city, and provincial approvals. You need special zones for the development, also there are laws, for example you cant build a school close to a industrial complex in most municipalities. Secondary, for piping and sewerage systems, it is very complex... 2 completely different systems runs under the city, the storm one and the sanitary one... if you rushed and do not plan accordingly, floods will happen, the best example Abbotsford and Maple Ridge. Regards.
@@HannibalUvvU gosh the way elementary schools are built in this country ugh need portables surrounding them the year after their open like who designed these tiny things???? I remember freezing and sweating my butt off in those portables NOT FUN.
03:30 you showed my parent's house in North Vancouver when talking about luxury houses lmao. I had to move to Australia in 2019 to make enough to live myself.
The Canadian Government have really failed at understanding the appropriate way they should deal with this. They've been making it worse. Why did it become a "bad thing" to even mention chilling out on immigration is probably a smart idea when our country is facing such a massive issue with unaffordable housing even for Canadian born citizens.. (it's actually a compassionate approach to all of this if you really think about it) The US, Canada, UK, Ireland, etc. are seeing CLEAR issues develop from this stuff. One of the biggest issues that's been occurring in these countries is the people who were born & raised there are deeply struggling to get by but no one is doing anything about it. While at the same time seeing that their nation is providing anyone who shows up from somewhere else with assistance & amenities. Where the people born & raised here get none of that treatment. In fact they get the complete opposite treatment. How do these governments think no stress will come from that? People are frustrated with how much they struggle to get by nowadays. BTW This is not about "racism" even tho politics & the media have been dead set on that narrative.. Our people have been multicultural forever. This is the government failing it's own people and communities. How did they not think that all of this might create a lot of division and frustration??
All because the government is told what they will do by McKinsey, the WEF, Canada-China trade organizations etc. The goal is 100million population and they really don't care what to trample on to get there. Everything else is white noise.
"While at the same time seeing that their nation is providing anyone who shows up from somewhere else with assistance & amenities." This is _deeply_ false, at least in the US. Illegal immigrants pay taxes here but do not have access to any social services.
the reason you're comfortable in a third world country is because you have canadian dollars, your currency is worth much more there, you're a burgioise there, exploiting the people
I'm an American and I am being priced out of my lot rent for my mobile home... I don't like the idea of living in my car... Sooner or later greed must stop
It’s not greed as much as it is basic economics. There is a lack of supply, good apartment units, denser neighborhoods, and lack of affordable and good transportation kills these cities. Don’t blame greed blame the politicians and the system for not allowing change when it was necessary
@@princecommander5757 How much you wanna bet that illegals have driven up the housing market and taken the jobs, that left him essentially homeless? Mass deportations now. Trump will solve it all.
One thing to accept immigrants, but accepting immigrants who don't want to assimilate is another thing entirely. Canada could've accepted Ukrainians or Eastern Europeans.
I can't adequately describe the *overwhelming* impact Trudeau's immigration policy has had on my community. I live in what is called a "designated settlement zone" which means a *very large* number of "new Canadians" are placed here. The nearest major city, which had a population of about 100,000 in 2016 is now pushing close to 200,000 people. All the outlying rural areas (where I live specifically) have also seen their populations surge - my home town going from 2,500 people to 5000 people in the last *four* years - with our counsel telling us that they've been ordered to "prepare for an expansion" of up to 20,000 people within the decade. At counsel meetings they tell us they haven no choice. They are told by the province who is told by the federal government: "these are the numbers you need to meet." How does this affect us? The larger city is almost unrecognizable in places. Entire stores such as Tim Horton's, Subway, WalMart, or Home Depot are seemingly owned and run by new Canadians. I have students who were fired from their jobs at such locations due to "restructuring" after they were bought by new owners, only to find they'd been replaced by "new Canadians." Language barriers are everywhere. Traffic is awful. Healthcare is suffering due to overwhelming numbers. Crime has increased : domestic violence, traffic offenses, sexual assaults, and - oddly, a high number of extortion rackets running where "new Canadians" are taking advantage of other "new Canadians." Housing is in such short supply that the prices have more than *doubled* here. Our economy is completely different with restaurants closing down and turning into completely different business catering to "new Canadians." We've had a movie theater that had operated for over 30 years close down after new management bought it and only played Bollywood films. I could go on and on. *NONE OF US ASKED FOR THIS.* We were fine with our small population on a massive land mass. We didn't want it and when we saw what was happened and asked questions - the Liberals lied and said it wasn't happening (and accused us all of bigotry in the process). I don't even recognize the place I grew up. How was any of this supposed to make our lives *better?*
The temporary residency has been a huge problem. Tim Hortons and other minimum wage employers used it to keep wages low instead of raising them to a living level. They claimed a labour shortage when really it was a shortage of people willing to accept such low wages. People from poor countries compare what they would make here and think it's a huge amount of money, forgetting about the cost of living here. Then multiple counts of unpaid wages and other abuses showed that they don't care about people. I don't blame the immigrants for coming here. I blame companies for convincing the government they were in actual need.
And PP won’t solve any of this issues. He’s coming in like trump with a lot of empty promises and “concepts” that will not be fulfilled lol. The middle class with continue to shrink.
Biggest issue is that most Canadian households have all their value tied up in their homes. Any effort to build more homes means the existing ones become worth "less on paper" which owners don't want. This leads to extremely high rent, usually higher than a mortgage so younger people can never actually get enough money for a downpayment to achieve the mortgage, leading to any open stock being bought up as rental properties by people who have the resources/money and don't already need a place to live. It's a vicious cycle that's been going on for decades but the ol' VID blew up the problem even more.
Bahahahaha move to the us then you are aware there debt per citizen is twice as high as in Canada also no government heath care or dental coverage the amount of right and freedoms you would give up to be called an American is moronic. End of the day your just an American boot licker if u think we should really join the fucked up Americans
In Vancouver, housing prices rose so much because Trudeau passed a law that stated that whoever invested 1 million dollars in the country woud get citizenship waay easier. So, some people just went to Vancouver, bought a suburb house that costs 300 000 for 1 milion, and got citizenship. They practically bought their way into the country.
These days, most news and documentaries feel made to create rage, to spark polarization and to radicalize people. This video, on the other hand, is very well documented, neutral and incredibly well narrated. You are one of the best youtubers right now on the platform, keep it up!
And I thought the USA had problems, so much of America's immigrants came either into stagnating cities or into boomtowns that were increasing their housing supplies.
The non-White population in Australia has increased to nearly 40%. That's the real issue. You guys need the White Australia policies back. Mass deportations. Why can't White people just be left alone and have their own countries?
This predicament is one that is faced by most developed countries. In one word, unchecked immigration is the root cause. Singapore had a similiar issue ( still facing to a lesser degree) about 15 years ago. They let the floodgates open with no prior preparation and within a few years, housing prices shot up, locals were unable to find a house and start a family and wages were stagnant. Not to mention a overworked public transportation system.
Asylum seekers get easier permits to work, than the educated/experienced people wanting to get the engineering jobs. Some unskilled international students get their assignments done by a third party/use bogus colleges to get entry and use illegal ways to crack interviews. The hard working international students that gave exams and did their assignments get nothing, drowned in loans from their country just return. The whole thing is clubbed under one immigration umbrella where asylum seekers with skills get top priority and universities keep pushing govt to let students in as they collectively benefit from the fees which is 2x the fee of a Canadian student.
Because the dregs of the earth, who are nothing more than international drifters looking for the country with the best welfare support, are flooding in. Not skilled people.
@@SUemprorx " Asylum seekers get easier permits to work, than the educated/experienced people wanting to get the engineering jobs. " depends on the country. In German speaking countries, it's actually impossible for asylum seekers to start working, unless they spend several years and several thousands of Euros for a slim chance to get a very very limited working permit
As an American developer, I can tell you why multi family can be less attractive than single family from a development perspective. Single family projects involving one or more homes involve significantly less risk than building say 100 units in an apartment bldg. market risk can be a key risk but the main risk difference between the 2 is that a single family developer can stop in the middle of a larger single family project whereas a multi-family developer has to complete everything or nothing at all. There is no in between. Further… margins on single family homes can be greater than multi-family when delivering high end product. Ideally, consumers in North America (ie US and *ahem* the 51st state Canada) still prefer living in a single family home with its own backyard, etc. i can go on about other risk factors… but essentially… single family and multi family only share one thing… they are both residential but have significantly different risks
@@soccerchick1 Nope. Even if you paid them a million dollars each, you can only get so many doctors and nurses as there are high requirements to get into healthcare. You can't just throw money at a bell curve and expect it to magically shift in a beneficiary manner.
LOL at labor shortages. I'm a Canadian land surveyor. I'll never work in Canada ever again. 24/4 shifts are slavery. Hourly wages are bogus. No work, no pay. Beg your boss for work.
The biggest problem in Canada is all the "problems" are blamed on Trudeau, even if it is something that is under the jurisdiction of the provinces and municipalities.
Yup. Nobody wants to talk about the social decay that's been underway for decades that has culminated in what is today's Canada. Immigrants, who in reality are among the most miserable, have become convenient scapegoats. The best thing a young person can do is leave the country.
He's made decisions and choices knowing the provinces and municipalities would not implement the second part of whatever it was he was doing at the time as it was against their interests to do so.....he still opened the borders and all the other stuff he's been doing knowing it was going to collapse the country's economy in an attempt to demographically remove 'traditional white' canadians as the majority and in doing so import a voter base that would support him and his socialist ideology forever.
The reason municipalities are not easing zoning laws is because if more houses are built the existing homeowners lose out , because their house value goes down . The entire banking system in Canada has huge exposure to mortgage loans , hence they cannot afford a downturn in housing price. The housing prices 'CANT' come down for this very reason . This problem is not unique to Canada , same issues have been plaguing the London housing market also.
Feedback on new format: Great to see a face behind the voice, I prefer this format but it’s subjective. You could polish up the background a tiny bit. Overall you look very confident showing your face, one would guess you were always doing it so.
Immigration is the root of all our issues here in Canada. I went from seeing a nice mix of cultures to being a minority in my city. There was a small majority of Caucasian people but they moved once the city turned into Mumbai. We are not a polite society anymore.
I really like the new format you are bringing to the channel. Is great to see the person behind the videos: I like the background, the illumination, I believe that the new format is pretty good as you showed it in this video.
Hello there, good video. Also, I have lived all over lower Mainland in Vancouver; so I will answer the issue about "apartment complexes", or multi-residential family homes... Roads my friend. The amount of cars in the highways, and all main roads has created a serious traffic issue, some cities were more prepare for this, while others don't. A good example is in Surrey and Langley, it is so bad that it takes hours to get to a job site in downtown Vancouver, were most of the jobs are still located... And lets add the amenity and public services needed to accommodate all the new people. Hospitals are at capacity, not enough doctors and nurses; police, firefighters, public transport... honestly everything is crumbling. I have been here for 12 years, and it is so sad to see how everything is going right now. My wife was born and raised here, but we are considering to move somewhere else, many of this issues are starting to become unsustainable.
I spent 13 years in Winnipeg. I survived easily on minimum wage renting $1000 a month with no car or kids. It’s definitely getting more expensive to rent , even in Manitoba..
People didn’t move from around the world to one of the largest countries in the world to live in an apartment…. It’s really that simple. People move to Canada because they want space.
Since you asked: My husband has construction experience. Three flats are actually more efficient than tall apartment buildings. The engineering required for taller buildings, plus the cost of upkeep (try fixing something 9 stories off the ground) make the midsize buildings a better deal long term. But otherwise, great video!
The provincial/fed government had a 8 year warning and multiple warnings followed on foreign investment ballooning B.C housing cost, literally avoided it and played crazy and used re-zoning excuses with no action now its spread like wildfire. By design clearly.
I think this is the mayor issue, at least in Vancouver you can tell there is a money laundry problem, using the housing market for it. Nobody cares were the money comes from.
they CAN all speak English, they just pretend they can't until they want something specific I worked with a lot of immigrants and international workers. They all understand what you say and they could start speaking with you. They just don't want to
@@sneckotheveggieavenger9380 I'm illiterate. My observation is: If they knew English, why are the universities diluting the courses. These public servants asked my English son-in-law to sit for an English test to show their fairness. Public servants run this country, mate. My children, to my luck, completed their studies. They opine the higher education system is pathetic. By knowing English, I mean knowing, not rattling, my name and address. We have Filipinos trying to speak in an American accent. I can't understand them in general. But these Indians, I think they, bribe our public servants. Our lawmakers are pathetic. Our country has gone to the dogs, mate. It was a great country. Believe me.
While Trudeau's attempts to right the ship with the $4B Housing Accelerator Fund and tighter immigration controls show awareness of the crisis, they feel like band-aids on a hemorrhaging wound. The fundamental disconnect between federal immigration policy and municipal housing control has created a perfect storm where millions struggle to afford basic shelter while skilled labor shortages persist. The fact that Toronto requires a $36.50/hr "rental wage" - more than double the minimum wage - isn't just a statistic, it's a damning indictment of policy failures. What's particularly frustrating is watching municipalities cling to outdated single-family zoning laws while their residents suffer. Anyone can make mistakes, but the systematic failure to close obvious loopholes in temporary resident programs while continuing aggressive immigration targets without corresponding housing infrastructure suggests a deeper problem of governance. Canada's merit-based immigration system used to be a model for the world - now it's a cautionary tale of how poor coordination between federal ambitions and local realities can unravel decades of progress.
@@wawaldekidsfun4850 yet no one will give the recent changes a chance to come into play? It’s a big immigration change and I hope maybe everyone will stop moving to Ontario smh the hype is gone and Doug ford has ruined the province. Communication between federal and provincial governments needs to be more clear and transparent.
FYI the "foreign buyer ban" isn't remotely. It only applies to a small pool of "investors" and buying property here remains wide open to both int'l students & temporary foreign workers provided only that they have a measly 6 months left on their visas (whereas formerly people had to be paying taxes here for 5 years before they could buy). It also still allows large foreign REITs, and any property outside of census metropolitan areas of over 100K people (so, almost everywhere, just not in the largest cities). It's a slap in the face to every lower-income Canadian stuck-renter and hopeful first-time buyer who are being displaced & driven into poverty and shelters/encampments by our new wealthy foreign slumlords. And it's not just Trudeau/this administration. 40% of Canadian MPs & MLAs are landlords, real estate "investors" and/or shareholders in REITs. The system isn't "broken", they designed it this way. If there is any justice, every one of them will eventually find themselves on the receiving end of their own parasitic policies designed to extract wealth from other Canadians with less access to capital and power.
There is a fundamental problem. Canadian government doesn't get to tell Canadian Municipalities what to do. Probably a constitutional problem. To change that you need enough votes, and plenty of votes are bought by people who benefit from the current laws. So nothing changes. Same issue in Australia, in Europe and plenty of other developed countries.
An urban sprawl is not a problem we certainly don't need government-funded Apartments everywhere that's a non-starter for most Canadians who want to own a home
Unfortunately, leftists don't understand that. They think that building a bunch of shoebox apartments is going to miraculously solve the housing crisis. The soviets tried that before, and the apartments were so bad they had to force people to move there at gunpoint. People NEED to own land, they need to own their own piece of land along with their houses. The whole "blaming suburbs for the high housing costs" makes no sense once you realize that even countries with little to no suburban sprawl are also going through a terrible housing crisis (look up Portugal)
Urban sprawl not a problem? Apartments bad? I bet you support removal of bike lanes too huh lol. Here’s a tip man, leave the thinking to people who are actually educated in this field
Sorry, this might sting a little but it's not really cheap in Saskatchewan. It might be cheaper relative to GTA, GVA, Montreal, Calgary, etc., but it is still expensive compared to the job opportunities, weather, and other factors that make cities desirable. All I am saying is that the entire country is overvalued and overrated at these prices, whether it's a $1.5 million detached in a desirable neighbourhood in Vancouver or a similar home/neighbourhood in Winnipeg that goes for $500K.
Skyscraper apartment buildings you would think would be most useful but...in practice they often become luxury homes themselves. Because when you build so high it becomes exponentially more expensive, especially because of the specialized construction and technology you'd employ. It also takes a long time and takes up a lot of space because sky scrapers need space to sway and manage other such risks. For canada you'd need to throw up entire neighborhoods of dense housing that can go up less than a dozen floors and can be placed right next to each other.
@@juannaym8488 They are the best way for housing in today's dense, developed, sprawling urbanity; in 100 years, I envision them being the primary type of city home for the middle class, with many families having outback homes secondary to primary living, kind of like how it currently is in certain cities like SZ in China. With transportation developments, they would be very advantageous for younger first-time homeowners, but unfortunately, it seems as many new builds are quickly turned into high-luxury, upper class "investment" complexes, which cost the same or more than suburban family homes. *This* is is the problem: it not out of the good of the developers that they make these buildings, but more so to maximize profit margin; common good is almost never considered
It's nice to put a name to a face. Nice to meet you, Oliver. Been following your channel for a while now and I wanna say it's nice to have a source of easily digestible information on topics I care about. Thanks for what you do. Wishing you lots of success.
I believe immigration from culturally incompatible countries has been the biggest failed social experiment in human history, not just in Canada but across all Western countries. Even if there is no crime, the turmoil it has caused in the labor and housing markets will persist for years, if not decades.
"culturally incompatible"...Decades/centuries ago we thought that about the Italians and Irish. A few decades ago French people thought that too about Southern-Europeans and k*lled a few in a riot...Lmfao and now? Do you still see them as "culturally incompatible"? Or does your knowledge of history only include 2003-2024?
@houseplant1016 You mentioned Italians, Irish and French: the same religion, mostly the same skin color, similar customs, location, holidays, and historical connections. Exactly-compatible cultures.
@@b-art6098 Now compatible, back then not. You still don't get, don't you? I'll chew up it for you: Western European society saw Southern Europeans as incompatible despite the traits you mentionned, they indeed were largely the same. Americans with the Irish and Italians... Why? There's no "culturally incompatible group" every group eventually assimilates and we'll have new people like you every century proclaiming they found thé most incompatible group ever... Culture changes and societal views too. The context matters, not which ethnicity.
It goes back to the "1957-1963 destruction of the once pro-development spirit of the Liberal Party of Canada was replaced by a Fabian Society/Rhodes Scholar-run instrument of technocratic fascism culminating in the 1968-72 revolution in cybernetic affairs early on in the mandate of Pierre Elliot Trudeau."
Future governments will blame Trudeau when it is actually their inaction and refusal to prepare sweeping change that holds back Canada. The conservatives won't improve the immigration situation. Mark my words.
of course the cons won't improve the immigration situation. They never do. It's the issue they thrive on, if immigrants stop coming and start integrating, they lose their grip on voters In Austria, we had a conservative gov that was basically unchecked, they did not do a single thing to limit immigration, only made rules and limitations for already established immigrants significantly harder and constantly complained about the very issues that they could solve in a matter of weeks
When a Canadian dude of Indian heritage told me theres too many Indians coming to the country i burst out laughing thought he was joking. Didnt realise he meant it in a bad way regarding the immigration.
Indians think there are too many Indians in India, that is why so many immigrate all over the world…
Lots of Indians born in Canada feel this way
Lots of Indian immigrants who've migrated under the points based skilled immigration system also feel the same way. They waited (in their home country) in queue for years (having submitted all documents including background checks, financial statements, education credentials, language proficiency etc.), whereas they saw people coming under the education visa or the temporary resident visa being allowed to cut the line ahead of them, often through illegitimate means (purchased LMIAs, bogus asylum claims etc.)
Same in my country with Brazilians, the older Brazilians immigrats wanted to get away from other Brazilians that they call “favelados” now they are 800k+ in a country of 10M, our emigrants abroad also vote “far right” despite also been immigrants.
It’s a know phenomenon.
@@santostv. that sounds like Portugal
One reason why there is resistance to building new housing is a fear that it will lower property values. Most Canadians are in a huge amount of debt, with property being the only asset of value many Canadians, including older Canadians, own. So a lot of voters are pretty resistant to support pro-development politicians, out of fear what an abundance of new housing could do to the value of the property they currently own, and thus their personal wealth and ability to long-term plan.
Foolish
You should make a video on the current crisis
In Canada all municipalities are nothing more than adjuncts of the province therefore there are only two actual levels of government. For example any Premier can force municipalities to do exactly what is required without further consent from any Municipal level of government
@ and under Trudeau, provinces have never been weaker. All roads lead back to Ottawa.
Housing development has no effect on house prices. Houses are built and sold at the market rate and house prices are inelastic. Only a drastic over production of houses could force a market correction and that is simply not possible given the flood of migrants and lack of construction supply. There will never be a political solution to the problem.
Correction there is no skilled labour shortage crisis there is lack of good pay crisis.
That's cuz too much migration and unemployment rate is near 7%
At least if companies refuse to pay us more, then give us job security. Job security is rarer these days.
There's an overabundance of useless degree crisis, a lot of people should've gone into trades. Not disqualifying your statement though
What do u expect when everyone's trying to become famous and rich using the internet and no one is getting degrees or learning useful skills
@@tifoo1215 we Canadians have the talent we have people who can work but not for minimum wage which is fair like I said these employers are behind the mass migration bringing Indians into canada
the labor shortage is false, most employers with shortages are ones that offer unlivable wages so they can ship in more temporary workers to exploit instead of paying a market wage to fill those positions
When I was in vancouver in june to go on a cruise, there was probably a couple hundred indians outside of a job/career thing I don't know, it was strange.
Exactly what I just wrote. If you are a manufacturer, and missing certain positions; why not just take your other employees and tell them you train them for something else, and pay them more. Who will say no to that? Plus CAN has highly educated workforce. You can train a purple hair, nose ring, hipster barista, and train them to do just about anything.
I definitely believe a lot of industries and communities have labour shortages. The problem is they aren't the ones being serviced by immigration. When people move to Canada, they're moving mostly to Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and the GTA. These communities do not have shortages. If anything, they have massive surpluses (as seen by the hundreds of people lining up for a job at Timmys). Additionally theres a massive difference between a lot of the immigrants' credentials and what they're capable of doing. I interviewed someone from Punjab with a "masters" in computer science that couldn't code and ended up managing a Freedom Mobile store We have a shortage of tradespeople, what we don't have a shortage of is mobile phone kiosk employees.
Thats the plan in EU as well...replacing locals with cheaper new arrivals from India, just as EU take in north Africans
As a business owner, we'll keep lobbying for immigration. Canadians demands so much but then they don't take pride of their work, and tries to slack off as much as possible.
Our hires from HK, and India were much better. Grateful for the salary and work actual hours stipulated in the contract, rather than trying to drag lunchtime and toilet breaks out so they "work 8 hours".
It's not just that, even Canada's health care system is being strained to the brink from unchecked immigration. My Canadian friend died from an aneurysm, 2 weeks ago. He went to the hospital to get himself checked up for a health scare he thought he had a heart attack. The doctor was dismissive of his health scare that they didn't do a proper CT scan. He was sent back to the waiting room for SIX hours, until he gave up and left the hospital. He died hours later at his home from an aortic aneurysm. I'm still devastated by his passing.
Deepest condolences ❤❤❤
how horrible. im so sorry for your loss and for the corruption canadians face.
Really sorry to hear that man, RIP. Godspeed in your time of healing.
Very sorry for your loss buddy :(
Canadian living in California, I am .When I hear Americans talking about how absolutely wonderful the free healthcare in Canada is I take a deep breath and beginning educating them about the reality of Canada's health care. I have creditabilty because I have family and friends in Canada who have endured medical horror stories, like so many of us and I work for a major American Healthcare company. Canadian Healthcare has no baseline, services and competent care differ wildly. Canada Healthcare has failed on so many levels and continues to do so. It is a medical crisis that has been going on for decades. And now with the increase of immigrants, it is catastrophic. Canada doesn't understand infrastructure or preparing for the future, having a plan to meet the needs of the people and the ever changing demographics that the immigrants bring. It is crimminal how the politcans failed to do their due diligence.
My heart goes out to all of you who have shared your stories and endured the heartache and loss of a loved because of political and professional incompetence .
Canada has enough uber drivers, Takeaway deliverers and night shop owners for centuries now... Thank you Trudeau
Yeah and that is why we have tons of traffic at night. I am also an immigrant that have the French ( Savoie ) /Canadian citizenship. When I came 10 years to Vancouver it used to be an amazing place, now it is just a FFA and ultra expensive. If you don't make $100.000 per year good luck ... Now i have to dodge some fantastic new truck drivers that swerve on the left lane just to do a tiktok with another truck driver ... We almost died my friend and i, just passing those NPC trucks ( 2 JDM Subaru Convoy) ...
You realize these people go to school to further their careers right?
@soccerchick1 No they don't lmao, they bribe degree mills
Opening up more businesses looks good on paper but what are those businsses lol I live in a small town in BC population 40,000 and we have about 20 pizza places. We do not need that much pizza lol And about 6 fried chicken places. It seems every month a new fast food place is open and most of the people working there don't seem to speak english. It's crazy.
@@soccerchick1No they don't.
Americans, Trudeau is why you want presidential term limits.
We know, we had our Trudeau under FDR, we got lucky and died before he could run again. We put term limits because before him it was just tradition. We never saw someone break it.
The pro of term limits is for example Trudeau, the con is let's just say for example you get an utterly amazing PM and party that make the country thrive, why not let them stay as long as possible if they are doing good, though tbh I can't think of a time that this has ever happened.
Canadians could elect another government if they wanted even without term limits. If they keep re-electing this drama queen it's their choice.
*_"Americans, Trudeau is why you want presidential term limits."_*
Nonsense, he had an approval rating of 65% not long ago, and if a prime-minister is doing a poor job, it's the people that will decide whether he can stay at the voting booth.
@@MichaelDomer when was that he didn't even win popular vote the last 2 elections? He maybe had 65% approval pre SNC lavalin anything after is straight lies.
Nice to see face behind the voice. Keep up the good work and great videos.
took the words right out of my mouth
A rather handsome face it would seem 😊
@thecrimsondragon9744 yeah mans looking spiffy
@@DidaMinecraftIt would appear he is Danish (assuming this as the channel is based in Denmark). I could also tell by his accent he’s North European, and his choice of phrasing ‘I regress’ rather than ‘I digress’ suggests he’s a non-native speaker. Anywho, the Danes are quite a handsome bunch, the eye candy is very welcome!
Agreed. I’ve been watching for a little bit now, and I feel more comfortable seeing someone speak (I see facial expressions)
Why do 28% of Canadians still approve of Trudeau? It boggles the mind.
It’s very simple, it’s because Canadians themselves are the reason for their situation, Trudeau is simply the symptom and not the cause. They are a passive, sports ball watching non serious people as I say that as a Canadian who left. “But bro the convoy” I was there and it was nothing but smiling boomers reliving their youths or genetic dead end males. Canada deserves everything they are going to get for not including economics or politics in conversation opting for sportsball, Empowering and respecting the out of touch blood sucking elderly, and just being overall ignorant people. They are third worlders in a second world country
They are federal civil employees
Freeloaders and Mass Formation Psychosis Sheeple...
1 in 4 ppl who work are govt employees.
Ge created a society of dependent parasites.
Identity politics, his supporters are the type that have blue hair and still wear masks
I live in Montreal. I make a little over 28$/hr. I work 40-60hr a week. Any time over 40hr is 1.5x pay & Sundays are 2x. I’ve worked every Sunday for the last 5 years. Moved out at 21 with my girlfriend. Now 25. We Will be moving back to parents house next year. Was renting a 3.5 for 1600 that went up to 1900 so we took a 5.5 for 2270 with 3 parking spots. The upped it to 2440$. By next September they want 2620$. My parents are divorced. Both own a home themselves. Their mortgages together are less than my rent. This country is LOST.
Vous pensez $$$...
Hang in there, man. You're not alone - there are millions out there feeling the same pain. Things will get better.
The boomers had it all and proceeded to screw us over
Landlords raising rents has nothing to do with goverments, its their own greed.
It's so fucked. I'm trying to build on land I inherent. Abouslule clown show. 🤡 8gs in nothing but a run around. U need 8 Pakistan people to live with u.
Best video I've seen on this wicked topic
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Woohoo, another favourite UA-camr! 🎉🎉
Aint no way
Nice to see you hosers 😊
I like your work
Why multiple apartment complex aren't made? People they vote against the number of houses that can be built in a plot. People tend to act liberal until it's their house
Yep
No budget for infrastructure for high density living. It's a non-starter.
More than that, the local infrastructure, the schools, hospitals, public transport etc will struggle to cope with a sudden spike in population. Roads will be congested and more parking space needed overall. This is why housing should have been increased gradually according to the needs of the population rather than being left to this point where they have essentially cornered themselves into a very difficult situation.
It's all the NIMBYism and strict isolationist zoning laws in a lot of English speaking countries. Japan does a lot better with zoning.
The parking! Think of the parking! I have a birthright to park a car lot downtown for free
A lot of Canadians see real estate as their pension. More supply and less demand means less value for their assets
Yea, and screw the next generation
How do you sell something no one can afford
Your house should not be your pension. We need to change everything.
@@dev4statingx90 exactly
But CAN has few people for its size, and it has lots of size. I mean a lot of size. CAN is 2nd largest country after RU, and less than half the population.
Hey OBF, Canadian here. Municipalities are actually creatures of provinces, and that means that ultimately, the provinces have complete control over their cities and can overrule any decision that is made locally. This can be seen very painfully with Doug Ford's Ontario administration blocking some proposed re-zoning laws in Mississauga because it would "diminish Mississauga's character" (the city itself is primarily single family homes). It's important to note that, despite many municipalities' best efforts to change these laws, we have provinces who are resistant to them and who ultimately control and overrule all of these changes. Ontario in particular struggles with its outlying suburban majorities making decisions for its urban cores (i.e. in the cases of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury etc).
In Alberta, Edmonton City Council voted for inclusionary zoning (where 'x' % of new build must be "affordable"), but Danielle Smith's UCP vetoed it, and then spent millions advertising Alberta's 'more affordable' housing to foreign/extra-provincial "investors". Pigs at the trough.
DOUG FRAUD
That's a very important point. But I do have to wonder why Toronto doesn't end up dominating Ontario politics, given it's population size.
I guess the math just doesn't turn out that way.
@@Robespierre-lI Because toronto's suburbs are just as populous and they vote conservative.
Dumb neighbor from your south here… is there a way to change or “update” the law to empower the municipalities more effectively or does something like that need the federal government to help? I live in a very blue state so I am trying to understand the laws of Canada and Australia to help people through what could be a bad time in history. I’m hopeful that we’ll re-grow our collective brain and function as a nation and society again. Ok, thx for letting me babble. 🤐🫣
If we removed every home built since the early 2000's, the GDP would be ZERO. It's absolutely bonkers that this country relies on housing to prop up gross domestic product. We never had a housing crisis like our neighbours to the south did, because we just propped up the housing market. What do we do when times get tough? Make housing loans more accessible. The entire system is flawed and never mind the gaps within that system, it's a huge gaping sink-hole that is going to be catastrophic, when the thin layer on the surface inevitably collapses.
Justin said he liked how the Chinese Gov handled things...
@@maxhill1827 it artificially inflates property values because FOMO. If they made housing loans more accessible to renters/first-time buyers only, we'd be OK. But they deliberately enable "investors" with deeper pockets and existing equity in previous properties to access those loans, where they can outbid average people, and do.
Your first claim is crazily dumb.
Its not like this is unique though *cough* China.
neighbors to the south? just say america lil bro
There's no such thing as a long term labour shortage and Canada certainly does not have one. Universities and other industries have been lying about labour shortages for years so that we can bring in cheap labour from elsewhere, as well as more international students who pay the universities (and then often leave after graduating).
B i n g o
source? ask genuinely
The America & UK plan for societal dissolution!
What about our declining birthrate?
It's Trudeauver
His days in office are numbered, surely. Unless of course the Canadians have lost their marbles…
It's Trudeont not Trudeover.
@@thecrimsondragon9744 His own party is done with him, minus the cultists. His whole cabinet shuffle was to put in true believers
La condition ESSENTIELLE pour détruire un pays, c'est un premier ministre 🌈homosexuel🌈.
"Some employers... "
"Some International Students..."
My friend I hate to inform you but "Some" in this case is a massive understatement. It's bad.
Some as in 5 million on temp visa about to expire end of 2025 alone. And they think they will leave "voluntarily". It will be interesting to see how it plays out as MOST Canadians really want them gone.
@@marcusantoninus1838 You gotta have strict laws and regulations so people on expired work permits can't work, but I'd imagine a lot of people will start getting paid under the table
More like nearly all..
@@marcusantoninus1838 "Some" Canadians want them gone ;)
Australia probably have same bubbling issues
Entire English speaking world is having this issue, if not the entirety of Christendom.
Australian wages are way higher. I'm a Canadian in Australia and much more comfortable here.
@@ChrisJohannsenyep as a Canadian living in Aus the quality of life is better here. Hoping I don’t have to go back
@@jorkendavsam stop bragging
rich nations are becoming poor
miserable nations are rising to poor
and poor nations are stagnating at poor
LOL at skilled labor shortage. There is never a shortage; only one where they are not willing to do skilled labor at that low of a price point/wage. If a company really needed a certain skill, they can pay to train just about any Canadian. CAN is first world with first world education. Plenty of Canadians can learn any hardest skill. Or if you an individual who needs specialized work, can always fly someone one on temp basis, or travel to another country that has the skill. Especially when it comes to a field like Medicine/health.
But think of India who grew it's population by a Europe (750 mil ish) since 1980, they have to put their people somewhere. Also, remember, It's only colonialism when whites do it.
First world education 😁 is when a 15 y.o. Westerner is expected to have the same skillset as a 10 y.o. Asian. A typical western high school math test is a joke, why does anyone even need to go to school to become able to pass it? But at least westerners are good at gender studies. 😂
That is literally what a shortage means. Anyone would work virtually any job if they were offered a high-enough salary, but when employers are either unable or unwilling to offer higher wages to attract more workers, we get a labour shortage.
@@beyondeconomics...isn't that a service shortage? If there are available workers who are unwilling to do the work that seems like a management problem.
Canadians applying for work NEVER get a response to submitted resumes. Everything is done online now. So they can just ignore all of the well qualified resumes and claim they never got anyone with skills. Bull puckey. They get many every day, they just don't want to pay a living wage or there is some other grift going on.
I'm a Seattle electrician who has considered moving to Canada because of the US's terrible healthcare and housing situation but as far as I can tell the Canadian housing situation is even worse which doesn't make sense to me you guys have so much undeveloped land. I'm 38 now and don't want to do this job much past 60 because its hard on the body and I'm also concerned that moving to a different country will mess up my retirement. Also the last time I vistited BC I was shocked at the cost of groceries I think I paid more for Candian food even when the exchange rate was factored in.
Canadians of means are moving to the US because housing is more affordable and the jobs are more plentiful with much better wages. A great deal of Canada's undeveloped land isn't arable and is too difficult to build on.
@@lynb1022 A lot of Canadians hate America...
Don't live near Toronto or Vancouver.
Things aren't so bad in our small towns if you can find a place.... to be fair, there will be less work available, too.
your healthcare is a bit mroe because its superior do not leave usa for this frozen wasteland just go to texa or florida
Don't forget the grass is greener on the other side of the street.
CApital city of India is in Brampton Ontario
Canadustan 😂
poopstan👳♂️💩
Even the infills and “skinny homes” built on newly zoned lots in Edmonton are insanely expensive sometimes with no yard to speak of
And built as high as allowed so they can fit multigenerational families.
Would rather be dead than live in Deadmonton, never mind the price of the homes. LOL
A true shit hole of epic proportions @@alexrubin5955
@@alexrubin5955 people say that, but when you realize how much lower the cost of living is and you get a massive tax return every year because the province doesn't rob you like everywhere else you'll be singing a different tune.
@@alexrubin5955 Alberta is the only province to live in Canada, otherwise you're boned
didn't even realize i had never seen you before, you're a natural
Yeah same here only realized it at the end
The Canadian population is SHRINKING. There's NO need to build a single house just to accommodate the INCREASING FOREIGN POPULATION OCCUPYING CANADA. See the difference?
Hey Oliver, I live in Western Canada, a city close to Vancouver. I can tell you from experience that one of the reasons why municipalities are resistant to have so many people to take up a home into an apartment is just no infrastructure funds to help with the amount of people that are going to be living there. If you think a complex of 2 or more stories, and each apartment is about 2-4 people living there. There isn't a bus route, schools, local clinics or sidewalks to accommodate them. Local municipalities just doesn't have the money to do any of those upgrades at all. I fully agree with your video, and I hope they can do what Canada did in the early 80's til 90's, Federal Government just built social housing on their own :) this is me dreaming though.
I'm from the Toronto outskirts. You are 100% correct - the zonings have existed for so long that you can't just build on top of the land and expect infrastructures to magically appear. It takes years to upgrade the sewage, electricity grid, schools, hospitals, parks, and transits to accommodate for more residents. On top of this, NIMBYs whose entire fortune is tied towards their property don't want their property value to decrease if they allow more units to be built around them, and these NIMBYs happen to be the most vocal voters that can sway local elections of MPs, MPPs, and councilors.
But coming back to infrastructure , it's more of a chicken and egg problem. New building permits are limited by current infrastructure , so no new buildings are allowed. Since no new buildings are being built, no new infrastructure upgrades are scheduled. The cycle continues and voila we got a housing crisis.
In the time you build houses you can upgrade/enlarge the schools. Also you can easily implement busses. Comparatively this is cheap easy and fast. On cost. Infrastructure cost goes down because fewer milage in pipes, electrical grid and roads can service the same amount of people. Also regarding the small clinics and small shops like bakeries. Those fit very well on the ground level of apartement building when those are on a connector road. No need for purity there.
But why build Social Housing for people that have yet to arrive here? I think we need to firm up our immigration standards. You'd be surprised how many of them come with their 3rd world living habits. It takes time, decades to learn and adapt to a culture. Open the doors without that and it stagnates everyone's else's standards. I'm not against immigration, it just needs to be a pace that does not disrupt the locals. And we should always be putting locals first. If your born in Canada, you should not have a harder time to get by then all the hand outs the Gov gives to people just getting off the plane.
@@HannibalUvvU Honestly man, it is easier said than done. The truth is you can't build/expand a school without the city, and provincial approvals. You need special zones for the development, also there are laws, for example you cant build a school close to a industrial complex in most municipalities. Secondary, for piping and sewerage systems, it is very complex... 2 completely different systems runs under the city, the storm one and the sanitary one... if you rushed and do not plan accordingly, floods will happen, the best example Abbotsford and Maple Ridge. Regards.
@@HannibalUvvU gosh the way elementary schools are built in this country ugh need portables surrounding them the year after their open like who designed these tiny things???? I remember freezing and sweating my butt off in those portables NOT FUN.
03:30 you showed my parent's house in North Vancouver when talking about luxury houses lmao. I had to move to Australia in 2019 to make enough to live myself.
The Canadian Government have really failed at understanding the appropriate way they should deal with this. They've been making it worse. Why did it become a "bad thing" to even mention chilling out on immigration is probably a smart idea when our country is facing such a massive issue with unaffordable housing even for Canadian born citizens.. (it's actually a compassionate approach to all of this if you really think about it) The US, Canada, UK, Ireland, etc. are seeing CLEAR issues develop from this stuff. One of the biggest issues that's been occurring in these countries is the people who were born & raised there are deeply struggling to get by but no one is doing anything about it. While at the same time seeing that their nation is providing anyone who shows up from somewhere else with assistance & amenities. Where the people born & raised here get none of that treatment. In fact they get the complete opposite treatment. How do these governments think no stress will come from that?
People are frustrated with how much they struggle to get by nowadays.
BTW This is not about "racism" even tho politics & the media have been dead set on that narrative.. Our people have been multicultural forever. This is the government failing it's own people and communities. How did they not think that all of this might create a lot of division and frustration??
All because the government is told what they will do by McKinsey, the WEF, Canada-China trade organizations etc. The goal is 100million population and they really don't care what to trample on to get there. Everything else is white noise.
They didn't fail to understand. They even didn't make an effort to understand...
"While at the same time seeing that their nation is providing anyone who shows up from somewhere else with assistance & amenities." This is _deeply_ false, at least in the US. Illegal immigrants pay taxes here but do not have access to any social services.
It's so bad, I left the country as a life long Canadian to go live in a third world country and I'm actually more comfortable.
There's actually so few real Canadians, we could all just go somewhere else and the World would absorb our numbers quite easily.
the reason you're comfortable in a third world country is because you have canadian dollars, your currency is worth much more there, you're a burgioise there, exploiting the people
Which country
Import the third world become the third world.
@@Kingnews256I would like to know as well
I'm an American and I am being priced out of my lot rent for my mobile home... I don't like the idea of living in my car... Sooner or later greed must stop
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It’s not greed as much as it is basic economics. There is a lack of supply, good apartment units, denser neighborhoods, and lack of affordable and good transportation kills these cities. Don’t blame greed blame the politicians and the system for not allowing change when it was necessary
@@princecommander5757 How much you wanna bet that illegals have driven up the housing market and taken the jobs, that left him essentially homeless? Mass deportations now. Trump will solve it all.
One thing to accept immigrants, but accepting immigrants who don't want to assimilate is another thing entirely. Canada could've accepted Ukrainians or Eastern Europeans.
Or Middle-class Brazilians, they assimilate very well into North American culture.
Jesus christ 💀☠️
I can't adequately describe the *overwhelming* impact Trudeau's immigration policy has had on my community. I live in what is called a "designated settlement zone" which means a *very large* number of "new Canadians" are placed here. The nearest major city, which had a population of about 100,000 in 2016 is now pushing close to 200,000 people. All the outlying rural areas (where I live specifically) have also seen their populations surge - my home town going from 2,500 people to 5000 people in the last *four* years - with our counsel telling us that they've been ordered to "prepare for an expansion" of up to 20,000 people within the decade. At counsel meetings they tell us they haven no choice. They are told by the province who is told by the federal government: "these are the numbers you need to meet."
How does this affect us? The larger city is almost unrecognizable in places. Entire stores such as Tim Horton's, Subway, WalMart, or Home Depot are seemingly owned and run by new Canadians. I have students who were fired from their jobs at such locations due to "restructuring" after they were bought by new owners, only to find they'd been replaced by "new Canadians." Language barriers are everywhere. Traffic is awful. Healthcare is suffering due to overwhelming numbers. Crime has increased : domestic violence, traffic offenses, sexual assaults, and - oddly, a high number of extortion rackets running where "new Canadians" are taking advantage of other "new Canadians." Housing is in such short supply that the prices have more than *doubled* here. Our economy is completely different with restaurants closing down and turning into completely different business catering to "new Canadians." We've had a movie theater that had operated for over 30 years close down after new management bought it and only played Bollywood films. I could go on and on.
*NONE OF US ASKED FOR THIS.* We were fine with our small population on a massive land mass. We didn't want it and when we saw what was happened and asked questions - the Liberals lied and said it wasn't happening (and accused us all of bigotry in the process).
I don't even recognize the place I grew up. How was any of this supposed to make our lives *better?*
What is that larger city exactly?
A well done analysis. Showing one's face on this informative and comprehensive analysis adds a level of authenticity. Keep up the good work.
Canada, Germany, Australia, UK, it's happening everywhere.... Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works.
USA also
This whole earth is hell… God/nature is cruel.
W.E.F
The temporary residency has been a huge problem. Tim Hortons and other minimum wage employers used it to keep wages low instead of raising them to a living level. They claimed a labour shortage when really it was a shortage of people willing to accept such low wages. People from poor countries compare what they would make here and think it's a huge amount of money, forgetting about the cost of living here. Then multiple counts of unpaid wages and other abuses showed that they don't care about people. I don't blame the immigrants for coming here. I blame companies for convincing the government they were in actual need.
When they raised minimum wage inflation skyrocketed and look what happened to Subway. $5 footlongs to $50 footlongs
If it's anything like the US the "convincing" was actually bribing (lobbying and campaign contributions).
Trudeau is done
Canada and the west is done and there's nothing to gain it back
And PP won’t solve any of this issues. He’s coming in like trump with a lot of empty promises and “concepts” that will not be fulfilled lol. The middle class with continue to shrink.
@soccerchick1 Pierre is no Trump, Max Bernier is
@ lmaooo max Bernier is hilter. Legit scary.
@@longiusaescius2537 lmao max Bernier is h*lter. Legit scary, so glad Canadians aren’t that dumb YET.
I'm Canadian and this is spot on
Canada is cooked. Millions must work as temporary students.
Any talk of the Canadian economy needs a chapter on corporate consolidation, of lack of competition, of money in politics
They did it on purpose.
Love the new style! Great to finally put a face to the iconic voice, keep up the great work my friend!!
Biggest issue is that most Canadian households have all their value tied up in their homes. Any effort to build more homes means the existing ones become worth "less on paper" which owners don't want.
This leads to extremely high rent, usually higher than a mortgage so younger people can never actually get enough money for a downpayment to achieve the mortgage, leading to any open stock being bought up as rental properties by people who have the resources/money and don't already need a place to live.
It's a vicious cycle that's been going on for decades but the ol' VID blew up the problem even more.
I didn't even realise that it's your first time showing your face
Keep it up!
My favourite channel
A merger with the US would resolve most of the economic problems Canadians are facing.
Bahahahaha move to the us then you are aware there debt per citizen is twice as high as in Canada also no government heath care or dental coverage the amount of right and freedoms you would give up to be called an American is moronic. End of the day your just an American boot licker if u think we should really join the fucked up Americans
In Vancouver, housing prices rose so much because Trudeau passed a law that stated that whoever invested 1 million dollars in the country woud get citizenship waay easier. So, some people just went to Vancouver, bought a suburb house that costs 300 000 for 1 milion, and got citizenship. They practically bought their way into the country.
I’m pretty sure they already passed laws curbing foreign investment in property and that loophole anyway
Wasn't it just Chinese people doing that?
These days, most news and documentaries feel made to create rage, to spark polarization and to radicalize people. This video, on the other hand, is very well documented, neutral and incredibly well narrated. You are one of the best youtubers right now on the platform, keep it up!
And I thought the USA had problems, so much of America's immigrants came either into stagnating cities or into boomtowns that were increasing their housing supplies.
Same here in UK
Too many call center scammers.
This is very similar to what Australia has done. It is all funded by exporting minerals.
The non-White population in Australia has increased to nearly 40%. That's the real issue. You guys need the White Australia policies back. Mass deportations. Why can't White people just be left alone and have their own countries?
This predicament is one that is faced by most developed countries. In one word, unchecked immigration is the root cause. Singapore had a similiar issue ( still facing to a lesser degree) about 15 years ago. They let the floodgates open with no prior preparation and within a few years, housing prices shot up, locals were unable to find a house and start a family and wages were stagnant. Not to mention a overworked public transportation system.
How do you have an immigrant crisis but also a skilled labor crisis??? Happened to Europe, now it’s happening to Canada
Easy, they just ignore all the skilled resumes that come in. Basically, they are lying.
This is all by design, in order to impose their Global Agenda NWO Plan...
Asylum seekers get easier permits to work, than the educated/experienced people wanting to get the engineering jobs.
Some unskilled international students get their assignments done by a third party/use bogus colleges to get entry and use illegal ways to crack interviews. The hard working international students that gave exams and did their assignments get nothing, drowned in loans from their country just return. The whole thing is clubbed under one immigration umbrella where asylum seekers with skills get top priority and universities keep pushing govt to let students in as they collectively benefit from the fees which is 2x the fee of a Canadian student.
Because the dregs of the earth, who are nothing more than international drifters looking for the country with the best welfare support, are flooding in. Not skilled people.
@@SUemprorx " Asylum seekers get easier permits to work, than the educated/experienced people wanting to get the engineering jobs. "
depends on the country. In German speaking countries, it's actually impossible for asylum seekers to start working, unless they spend several years and several thousands of Euros for a slim chance to get a very very limited working permit
As an American developer, I can tell you why multi family can be less attractive than single family from a development perspective. Single family projects involving one or more homes involve significantly less risk than building say 100 units in an apartment bldg. market risk can be a key risk but the main risk difference between the 2 is that a single family developer can stop in the middle of a larger single family project whereas a multi-family developer has to complete everything or nothing at all. There is no in between. Further… margins on single family homes can be greater than multi-family when delivering high end product. Ideally, consumers in North America (ie US and *ahem* the 51st state Canada) still prefer living in a single family home with its own backyard, etc. i can go on about other risk factors… but essentially… single family and multi family only share one thing… they are both residential but have significantly different risks
Also, no one thought, when increasing immigration, to increase healthcare spending to match.
IMMIGRATION IS FEDERAL AND HEALTHCARE IS PROVINCIAL LOL DOUG FORD AND DANIELLE SMITH SCREWED US!!!
IMMIGRATION IS FEDERAL AND HEALTHCARE IS PROVINCIAL LOL DOUG FORD AND DANIELLE SMITH SCREWED US!!!
You can spend all the money you like, but it won't materialize thousands of capable healthcare workers out of thin air.
@@Shieftain if healthcare workers (not just nurses and doctors) got the recognition and pay they deserved then many more would enter the field.
@@soccerchick1 Nope. Even if you paid them a million dollars each, you can only get so many doctors and nurses as there are high requirements to get into healthcare. You can't just throw money at a bell curve and expect it to magically shift in a beneficiary manner.
Fantastic video. I like this format very much! It feels more personal, which is a good thing in my mind
Great video mate! Happy to see whos been educating us all this time
LOL at labor shortages. I'm a Canadian land surveyor. I'll never work in Canada ever again. 24/4 shifts are slavery. Hourly wages are bogus. No work, no pay. Beg your boss for work.
THERE WAS NO LABOUR SHORTAGE.
Nice new format. Its very warm and conforting
This was very informative
Thanks !
The biggest problem in Canada is all the "problems" are blamed on Trudeau, even if it is something that is under the jurisdiction of the provinces and municipalities.
Yeah and the same issues existed before Trudeau
Yup. Nobody wants to talk about the social decay that's been underway for decades that has culminated in what is today's Canada. Immigrants, who in reality are among the most miserable, have become convenient scapegoats. The best thing a young person can do is leave the country.
He's made decisions and choices knowing the provinces and municipalities would not implement the second part of whatever it was he was doing at the time as it was against their interests to do so.....he still opened the borders and all the other stuff he's been doing knowing it was going to collapse the country's economy in an attempt to demographically remove 'traditional white' canadians as the majority and in doing so import a voter base that would support him and his socialist ideology forever.
@@ChrisJohannsenTrudeau exacerbated mass immigration
@@stacymclean7286unchecked mass immiration is to blame for the miserable state of Canada
The reason municipalities are not easing zoning laws is because if more houses are built the existing homeowners lose out , because their house value goes down . The entire banking system in Canada has huge exposure to mortgage loans , hence they cannot afford a downturn in housing price. The housing prices 'CANT' come down for this very reason . This problem is not unique to Canada , same issues have been plaguing the London housing market also.
Im mad asf bro. How A country once so respected internationally has hit rock bottom?
La condition ESSENTIELLE pour détruire un pays, c'est un premier ministre 🌈homosexuel🌈.
Feedback on new format:
Great to see a face behind the voice, I prefer this format but it’s subjective. You could polish up the background a tiny bit. Overall you look very confident showing your face, one would guess you were always doing it so.
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Keep the new style showing your face! I like it better this way, it feels more engaging and you're good at it
Great video and good to see you bro!
Immigration is the root of all our issues here in Canada. I went from seeing a nice mix of cultures to being a minority in my city. There was a small majority of Caucasian people but they moved once the city turned into Mumbai. We are not a polite society anymore.
No different in Australia,New Zealand,UK etc, we allow to many non skilled immigrants in and don’t build enough affordable housing
I really like the new format you are bringing to the channel. Is great to see the person behind the videos: I like the background, the illumination, I believe that the new format is pretty good as you showed it in this video.
I usually don't mind a video with or without a face, as long as it's informative
This new format, with you showing up, is really nice! You've made a good choice!
Hello there, good video. Also, I have lived all over lower Mainland in Vancouver; so I will answer the issue about "apartment complexes", or multi-residential family homes... Roads my friend. The amount of cars in the highways, and all main roads has created a serious traffic issue, some cities were more prepare for this, while others don't. A good example is in Surrey and Langley, it is so bad that it takes hours to get to a job site in downtown Vancouver, were most of the jobs are still located... And lets add the amenity and public services needed to accommodate all the new people. Hospitals are at capacity, not enough doctors and nurses; police, firefighters, public transport... honestly everything is crumbling. I have been here for 12 years, and it is so sad to see how everything is going right now. My wife was born and raised here, but we are considering to move somewhere else, many of this issues are starting to become unsustainable.
@@D34TH30RY same issue in small town Ontario. Too many people using our back country roads. Brings them down to 30km/h and unbearable.
I spent 13 years in Winnipeg. I survived easily on minimum wage renting $1000 a month with no car or kids. It’s definitely getting more expensive to rent , even in Manitoba..
It scares me how similar this to Australia sounds
And Ireland. These liberal governments and politicians are playing from the same playbook.
It is to ensure the UN 2030 Global Agenda!!
@sgill4833 At least Ireland is awake
We in America have aipac instead
And the UK, and every major country in 2024... including the US.
@@longiusaescius2537 At last, someone who is aware of the JQ in the comments.
People didn’t move from around the world to one of the largest countries in the world to live in an apartment…. It’s really that simple. People move to Canada because they want space.
Canada is truly a hellhole. Even though I live in the US I live only an hour away from Canada and I always hear just how bad it is there
It's worse in the US, just not in affordability
La condition ESSENTIELLE pour détruire un pays, c'est un premier ministre 🌈homosexuel🌈.
Since you asked: My husband has construction experience. Three flats are actually more efficient than tall apartment buildings. The engineering required for taller buildings, plus the cost of upkeep (try fixing something 9 stories off the ground) make the midsize buildings a better deal long term. But otherwise, great video!
Canada don't let outside investors buy up your housing
The provincial/fed government had a 8 year warning and multiple warnings followed on foreign investment ballooning B.C housing cost, literally avoided it and played crazy and used re-zoning excuses with no action now its spread like wildfire. By design clearly.
I think this is the mayor issue, at least in Vancouver you can tell there is a money laundry problem, using the housing market for it. Nobody cares were the money comes from.
@@flowermeerkat6827 tell that to the farmers and landowners holding out please.
Now, we have a face to the channel. Well done mate. Merry Christmas.
Exactly the same problem in Melbourne or Aus. The silly people are bringing in silly people; most can't speak English.
they CAN all speak English, they just pretend they can't until they want something specific
I worked with a lot of immigrants and international workers. They all understand what you say and they could start speaking with you. They just don't want to
How is it possible that people who can't speak English easily get in but those with qualifications and English speaking skills find it harder 🤔
@@sneckotheveggieavenger9380 I'm illiterate. My observation is: If they knew English, why are the universities diluting the courses. These public servants asked my English son-in-law to sit for an English test to show their fairness. Public servants run this country, mate. My children, to my luck, completed their studies. They opine the higher education system is pathetic. By knowing English, I mean knowing, not rattling, my name and address. We have Filipinos trying to speak in an American accent. I can't understand them in general. But these Indians, I think they, bribe our public servants. Our lawmakers are pathetic. Our country has gone to the dogs, mate. It was a great country. Believe me.
Your content is incredible. Editing is very high quality and adding yourself to the video adds professionalism to it. Thank you for the amazing video.
While Trudeau's attempts to right the ship with the $4B Housing Accelerator Fund and tighter immigration controls show awareness of the crisis, they feel like band-aids on a hemorrhaging wound. The fundamental disconnect between federal immigration policy and municipal housing control has created a perfect storm where millions struggle to afford basic shelter while skilled labor shortages persist. The fact that Toronto requires a $36.50/hr "rental wage" - more than double the minimum wage - isn't just a statistic, it's a damning indictment of policy failures. What's particularly frustrating is watching municipalities cling to outdated single-family zoning laws while their residents suffer. Anyone can make mistakes, but the systematic failure to close obvious loopholes in temporary resident programs while continuing aggressive immigration targets without corresponding housing infrastructure suggests a deeper problem of governance. Canada's merit-based immigration system used to be a model for the world - now it's a cautionary tale of how poor coordination between federal ambitions and local realities can unravel decades of progress.
I hate to break it to you, but Trudeau isn't trying to "right the ship" - he's actually the main 🏴☠️ agent sabotaging it instead.
@@wawaldekidsfun4850 yet no one will give the recent changes a chance to come into play? It’s a big immigration change and I hope maybe everyone will stop moving to Ontario smh the hype is gone and Doug ford has ruined the province. Communication between federal and provincial governments needs to be more clear and transparent.
It’s good presentation Oliver, we like this way and looking forward for future episodes
Great journalism as always. Keep it up! i'm a bit curious, are you danish?
Thanks man, and yes🇩🇰
A great overall rundown of the contributing factors to the misery in Canada and frustration citizens have with the government.
La condition ESSENTIELLE pour détruire un pays, c'est un premier ministre 🌈homosexuel🌈.
Nice to meet you, Oliver! Is OBF your initials?
Yep ;)
FYI the "foreign buyer ban" isn't remotely. It only applies to a small pool of "investors" and buying property here remains wide open to both int'l students & temporary foreign workers provided only that they have a measly 6 months left on their visas (whereas formerly people had to be paying taxes here for 5 years before they could buy). It also still allows large foreign REITs, and any property outside of census metropolitan areas of over 100K people (so, almost everywhere, just not in the largest cities). It's a slap in the face to every lower-income Canadian stuck-renter and hopeful first-time buyer who are being displaced & driven into poverty and shelters/encampments by our new wealthy foreign slumlords. And it's not just Trudeau/this administration. 40% of Canadian MPs & MLAs are landlords, real estate "investors" and/or shareholders in REITs. The system isn't "broken", they designed it this way. If there is any justice, every one of them will eventually find themselves on the receiving end of their own parasitic policies designed to extract wealth from other Canadians with less access to capital and power.
There is a fundamental problem. Canadian government doesn't get to tell Canadian Municipalities what to do. Probably a constitutional problem. To change that you need enough votes, and plenty of votes are bought by people who benefit from the current laws. So nothing changes. Same issue in Australia, in Europe and plenty of other developed countries.
Your knowledge of this topic is impressive! Thanks for the informative video
An urban sprawl is not a problem we certainly don't need government-funded Apartments everywhere that's a non-starter for most Canadians who want to own a home
Unfortunately, leftists don't understand that. They think that building a bunch of shoebox apartments is going to miraculously solve the housing crisis.
The soviets tried that before, and the apartments were so bad they had to force people to move there at gunpoint.
People NEED to own land, they need to own their own piece of land along with their houses. The whole "blaming suburbs for the high housing costs" makes no sense once you realize that even countries with little to no suburban sprawl are also going through a terrible housing crisis (look up Portugal)
Urban sprawl not a problem? Apartments bad? I bet you support removal of bike lanes too huh lol. Here’s a tip man, leave the thinking to people who are actually educated in this field
I love seeing all these videos on my recommended page as a Canadian
I am so thankful I live in Saskatchewan, where the housing is much more affordable compared to the likes of Ontario and British Columbia
You're certainly not Wong about that
its cheap for now but if we get a huge influx of people it will get expensive
But the jobs though
@@coolbuddydude1 and the weather too.
Sorry, this might sting a little but it's not really cheap in Saskatchewan. It might be cheaper relative to GTA, GVA, Montreal, Calgary, etc., but it is still expensive compared to the job opportunities, weather, and other factors that make cities desirable. All I am saying is that the entire country is overvalued and overrated at these prices, whether it's a $1.5 million detached in a desirable neighbourhood in Vancouver or a similar home/neighbourhood in Winnipeg that goes for $500K.
It's not a miscalculation. They just did what corporations wanted. Cheap labour
In the Vancouver area it actually seems to me that skyscrapers are popping up like weeds, its crazy.
Skyscraper apartment buildings you would think would be most useful but...in practice they often become luxury homes themselves. Because when you build so high it becomes exponentially more expensive, especially because of the specialized construction and technology you'd employ. It also takes a long time and takes up a lot of space because sky scrapers need space to sway and manage other such risks. For canada you'd need to throw up entire neighborhoods of dense housing that can go up less than a dozen floors and can be placed right next to each other.
@@s.m2895 skyscrapers are never a good idea, they exclusively serve as a way to brag for cities
@@juannaym8488 They are the best way for housing in today's dense, developed, sprawling urbanity; in 100 years, I envision them being the primary type of city home for the middle class, with many families having outback homes secondary to primary living, kind of like how it currently is in certain cities like SZ in China. With transportation developments, they would be very advantageous for younger first-time homeowners, but unfortunately, it seems as many new builds are quickly turned into high-luxury, upper class "investment" complexes, which cost the same or more than suburban family homes. *This* is is the problem: it not out of the good of the developers that they make these buildings, but more so to maximize profit margin; common good is almost never considered
It's nice to put a name to a face. Nice to meet you, Oliver. Been following your channel for a while now and I wanna say it's nice to have a source of easily digestible information on topics I care about. Thanks for what you do. Wishing you lots of success.
I believe immigration from culturally incompatible countries has been the biggest failed social experiment in human history, not just in Canada but across all Western countries. Even if there is no crime, the turmoil it has caused in the labor and housing markets will persist for years, if not decades.
"culturally incompatible"...Decades/centuries ago we thought that about the Italians and Irish. A few decades ago French people thought that too about Southern-Europeans and k*lled a few in a riot...Lmfao and now? Do you still see them as "culturally incompatible"? Or does your knowledge of history only include 2003-2024?
Tell me i don't like coloured people without telling me i don't like coloured people.
@houseplant1016 when did italians and irish bomb christmas markets? vaccinated dog
@houseplant1016 You mentioned Italians, Irish and French: the same religion, mostly the same skin color, similar customs, location, holidays, and historical connections. Exactly-compatible cultures.
@@b-art6098 Now compatible, back then not. You still don't get, don't you? I'll chew up it for you: Western European society saw Southern Europeans as incompatible despite the traits you mentionned, they indeed were largely the same. Americans with the Irish and Italians... Why? There's no "culturally incompatible group" every group eventually assimilates and we'll have new people like you every century proclaiming they found thé most incompatible group ever... Culture changes and societal views too. The context matters, not which ethnicity.
Canadians voted this guy in three times. They actually like his policies and stance
It goes back to the "1957-1963 destruction of the once pro-development spirit of the Liberal Party of Canada was replaced by a Fabian Society/Rhodes Scholar-run instrument of technocratic fascism culminating in the 1968-72 revolution in cybernetic affairs early on in the mandate of Pierre Elliot Trudeau."
@studiokiselbach real
As a Canadian... This sums it up perfectly
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Glad to finally put a face to your voice. I enjoy your content and I'm glad you covered the disaster that is my home country.
Future governments will blame Trudeau when it is actually their inaction and refusal to prepare sweeping change that holds back Canada. The conservatives won't improve the immigration situation. Mark my words.
Only PPC is serious
of course the cons won't improve the immigration situation. They never do. It's the issue they thrive on, if immigrants stop coming and start integrating, they lose their grip on voters
In Austria, we had a conservative gov that was basically unchecked, they did not do a single thing to limit immigration, only made rules and limitations for already established immigrants significantly harder and constantly complained about the very issues that they could solve in a matter of weeks