Montreal students struggling to keep up with living expenses
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2023
- "It's hell for students," says Mandy Lokko, a PhD student at McGill University, about the struggle to keep up with expenses in Montreal as a student. The city has seen a 20 per cent rise in rent in just the last two years alone. Felisha Adam reports.
canadians all over the country are suffering except for politicians they are enjoying good salaries from taxpayers' money
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that could easily be remedied if people would just grow a spine and do what needs to be done
yes , of course....
There is still room in the hallways. The federal government needs to bring in another 5 million people.
Tents on the roof maybe?
When I was a student in Geneva, 🇨🇭 part of the requirement of being eligible to study in Geneva is having the finance yourself to do so for the whole year. Student permit will not be issued if you can’t afford school fees and living expenses (rent+food) when students apply.
I believe this applies to most universities in Europe.
Shouldn’t this be the case for students here as well?
Your not in Europe lol this canada crazy lol
It's the same for Canada's study permits but when Canadian themselves can't afford to go to Canadian schools we start having a problem.
@@HalifaxComputersRepair Do you mean “YOU ARE not in Europe lol“? and “This IS Canada crazy lol”?
These are basic admission/study permit requirements.
Why would any country want to bring in international students who can’t afford their own school fees and living expenses (barring exceptional students on scholarships/grants). If Canada does not require students to proof that they are able to cover all study and living expenses then everybody who can’t afford but wants to come to Canada can just simply come 🤷🏻♀️
Are students here to study or work?
You wrong on that, Geneva is in Switzerland , in most of Europe studies have nothing to do with affordability but if you want to study is about wisdom, not a privilege.
The cost of living heightened exponentially, that’s how come this issue came about. If not, the student could afford. Also, Quebec is very different for anglophones. No French,no work, a bill was passed and it’s made things even more difficult. So please don’t be insensitive; this is Canada.
It's not just students. It's most Canadians from all walks of life. Under Justin Trudeau, in the last 8 years, housing prices have gone up by 80%. To make matters worse, Home construction is down 25% year to year. The builders blame high permit costs and the carbon tax driving up cost of building so much that it doesn't make financial sense to build in Canada at a faster rate. A fun fact is in BC 40% of your home cost when building is just building paperwork, fees, and red tape.
With all her education she cannot correlate these issues with her elected party
Her rent is only 750/month.
It's almost as if voting has consequences. Who knew?
It's almost as if you didn't know how the economy works
well who are you voting for that would solve all these issue aye?
Enrol in a trade which requires no student loan debt.
"Hey you're poor so go shovel poop lol"
@@Ofasia777 makes more money than a gender studies graduate. But then again, a kid working a lemonade stand makes more money
@@Ofasia777,
Live within your means.
@@deftone330 Must be all the avocado toasts they are eating amright?
There’s people with PhDs pouring coffee at Tim Hortons. That’s how hard it’s gotten to find work under Trudeau’s government. Education has nothing to do with finding work these days, as no one will hire you if you have no experience, which is very common for students fresh out of university
students? What about people who couldn’t even take out a student loan and have to work 60 hrs a week for 15$ an hour. I did for almost ten years. This country has too many immigrants and too little housing.
The big city have only so much space to go around.
Many Canadians are moving away from this country because of how expensive it's getting.
Are you guys for real!? I am a masters student in Toronto, and I’m about to get homeless, for real! This is not new! This is the reality that’s been covered enough on the media!
*go homeless
Montreal wasn’t like this and now gone berserk.
I feel bad for young people today. Big chunk of youth ruined by Covid. Internet nonsense frying their brains. No chance to own a home. Inflation rocketing. AI looming. Even summers now are just filed with smog and wildfires. We had challenges but we always had hope. Hard to honestly say that right now.
Trudeau will help combat this by expanding student loans lol
Really? I heard he was solving this problem by giving money to Ukraine.
They haven't excepted that were lied too before the banana boat ride over
Why Trudeau, Why?!
Not just Montreal. Many hard working Canadians are struggling to pay bills, especially having to shell out that extra 7-900 dollars to pay interests, extra 1-300 in utilities, vechicle insurance, and paying gas to get to work. Bills are taking a BIG huge chunks of your living expenses. At the end you really have nothing left to pay and than end up having to use your cc to pay bills. Rich can get rich but taking money away from working is really shoring themselves in the foot.
Can this country turn around under PP? And how long do we need Trudeau to be in power for?
🇨🇦 CARBON TAX = CAUSE of all high prices .
Focus on the Cause !
SOLUTION: AXE THE TAX ! 😇👍
Unfortunately, SOLUTIONS are ALWAYS an abomination to those leftists ! 😠
Twenty thousand a year is amazing, I've never made that much in my life and I'm in my mid thirties, I believe I've made 7 thousand dollars less than that
Especially borderline tax-free.
@@shauncameron8390I'm sorry, what do you mean by your comment? Could you explain??
@Michael LambertI couldn't pay certain things for a decade plus** due to a human trafficking situation that I'm** in still with my family, that person who commented is involved in using my identity and has a communication problem apparently
@@IamMichelle88
If you're a student, hardly any taxes are taken.
International students can do 40 hours per week now , my daughter came from university for summer vacation she couldn’t find any job this year
Learn to live within your means and you'll do all right.
you're clearly out of touch
this makes me happy😊
🇨🇦 Life is ALWAYS more miserable under Liberal governance 😩
and the NDP, since they are basically the ones enabling the Liberals to do anything they want rather than act like an opposition party.
Lol 😆 put tents on campus. PhD waste
I can tell you it doesnt get any better after school either. I have nothing to my name and Im almost 30. No one will hire someone without relevent experience, I have no friends, barely 200 dollars to my name and havent been able to afford to live on my own....ever. I lost everything important to me. The genuine only option I have to stop the burden of being a failure is ending my own life. Ive got nothing to live for.
😔😔😔🙏🏾
At least they are studying instead of hard working like me
Maybe the students need to quit studying and start working. She'll enjoy a rewarding career in general labour. Polish up your resume!
Any yt people left in Canada?
And I should feel sad about international students not being able to affored housing because....
Because they add up to Canada’s economy through exorbitant fees and after school, we work and pay taxes. Don’t be discriminatory.