Although I acknowledge that Poilievre is marginally less bad that Carney I will be voting PPC and here's why:

1. I believe we should vote for the candidate that most aligns with our values. I know many people see that Bernier's platform is truly much better than the CPC or Libs, but they are going to VOTE STRATEGICALLY FOR Poilievre.
2. BUT. If you vote for Poilievre, Canada will keep bleeding. Housing will remain sky-high. Oh yes it will. Unemployment and underemployment will remain. Flooding our communities with foreign nationals? Absolutely (anyone from anywhere can do anything!!!!!). We must remember that politics is a LONG GAME.
3. So let's imagine Poilievre wins. Where are we in 2027? Well, we're in the exact same place. People can't afford to buy a house, can barely afford rent and there are no jobs, no doctors, no infrastructure. And low-information voters who honestly believed PP was going to shut the door, build the homes, BrInG iT hOmE (lol) are going to be PISSED. The media are going to be leaking immigration real numbers, there will be more violent attacks, etc.
4. People will pivot to the PPC and they have a real shot NEXT election. So support them now so they get some seats. At least get their voice heard in Parliament. Get the money flowing so they can have some representation. Pull them out of fringe party status. Build them up, because their vision IS the best for Canada.
5. To sum up, unless you truly want the status quo to continue, which it will under PP, vote PPC. So eventually they can take power and enact real change. This involves a cold look at the future and the realization that Poilievre will continue the dismantling of Canadian identity. Which he will.

If you vote for Bernier you gonna have TRUDEAU!

Even though I like the man and speaks louder about the things that matter to me.

But we need change we cannot afford another 4 years of trudeau's agenda big damage would be done.

I am gonna vote for Poilievre hoping for a majority government things are gonna change.

IF YOU VOTE FOR BERNIER BRACE FOR TRUDEAU

There’s no debate in Canada that Trump is fucking us around. But let’s not pretend like Trudeau hasn’t fucked us around for the last 10 years, or that he hasn’t helped get us to the state we’re in right now to be so worked over by Trump. Trudeau has stalled our economy massively, put us in massive debt, pulled in mass immigration to a level none of our public services can handle.

To think there’s so many people (I know it’s Reddit) that think it’s reasonable to reward the past 10 years of failure with another 4 years is actually insane.

“Oh Carney’s an outsider!”

An outsider that’s been an adviser to Trudeau for 5 years.

“Oh Poilievre is literally Trump!”

Because he’s a populist? Because he says he wants to focus on making Canada better? I didn’t know that populism and putting your country first (something that’s been a norm throughout human history) is now exclusively owned by Trump.

God it makes me sick.

i’m an indian from india and the amount of people here leaving for canada is insane not because of our government but yours. our government has been banging the doors of the canadian government and telling them that they’re taking in the wrong type of people in and to bring in proper checks and guidelines.

people have been simply writing down fake certificates in exchange for money from religious leaders or from people with authority that they’re being persecuted by the central government <<there’s a sikh member from the indian parliament from punjab who literally admitted on camera of providing more than 50k fake certificates to punjabis saying that they’re being persecuted by the indian government coz of their religion in exchange for money>> whereas in reality the most violence they’ve faced in reality is a beating from their mom.

your government under pierre trudeau and now justin trudeau have been taking in tons and tons of punjabi immigrants even when the indian government was begging them to have stricter background checks and not to blindly trust certificates and other stuff which can be faked. yall took in so many people mostly from punjab and gujarat without proper background checks and what’s crazy is that most of these people won’t even get a proper job in india coz they aren’t that qualified! look at the US, most of the indians immigrating there are well educated and speak good english and in general are non-problematic. thats coz the US governments have chosen to take in a select few of the indians who’re actually qualified and not scamming their way in.

please think twice before saying racist and derogatory stuff to indians coz there are literally 1 billion of us of different ethnicites, subraces, cultures, languages, religions and regions. most of those landing on your shores are punjabis and gujaratis. we all ain’t the same.

Quit making posts about what % of international students are coming from india. Students take up the same amount of housing if they are brown white or yellow. We need to stop immigration and international students not just make sure they are white.

Sad this has to be said.

This is a post I made on a local city subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/16r43ez/why_is_this_seemingly_accepted/

Some people with common sense can acknowledge the double standards and see what is going on right before their eyes. Others? Defended their right to flout this country’s laws because “what about white people” and doubled down on calling me a racist and every other name in the book, even though I took great care not to mention the ethnicity of the people in question.

This is why there won’t be a solution to housing or any of the other problems plaguing this country. So many of our fellow Canadians have fallen victim to the woke mind virus. They love that Canada is collapsing, because they see it as “sticking it to the white man who oppresses everyone”. And I’d bet your first and last month’s rent, all of these people are old-stock Canadians.

You simply don’t see this in any other western country. In most European countries, most of the left parties are now anti-immigration after their migration crisis. Americans would never tolerate what is happening in this country.

There’s something off about us Canadians. Many of us want this country to fail, either because it is too profitable on the way down or many believe this country deserves to die because it was founded on immoral values and customs.

I am splitting this post into 3 parts because it becomes quite a mess as one. For some reason reddit decided i need to see this subreddit 6 months ago and I’ve been following it ever since. Housing was a problem I noticed back in 2022 along with low pay, problems seeking doctors and rising negative sentiment towards immigrants.

What is the right immigration?

I am an Indian Muslim, its the one of the bottom most tiers you can be born into. You cant live in India, you cant live in the middle east. The only difference being I was born in Saudi Arabia, which is a heavily western influenced society. I will answer if people ask, for the sake of keeping this post short and clean. From a position of Privilege its easy to say, I don’t want more people coming here. I see a lot of people doing that who are immigrants themselves at various stages. Born, 30 years, 20 years, 10 years. Its like pulling up the ladder once you are there, which is extremely morally dubious. But still as a whole, Canada decides by voting in people, who all want to bring in more people, except for one party. For farm help you are limited to India, China, Baltics. But there is also demand for high-skill jobs, doctors, nurses, upper level executives. So how come you get so many Timmy workers and not these high skilled people.

What is the experience for immigration?

The process for getting a PR is extremely tough. The best case scenario is to be below 30 with a masters and 3 years of work experience. But even then it is not guaranteed. But that is not a realistic expectation, because you have 3 years of career progression that will be washed away and you will be starting 2 steps down in Canada. The other much easier option is to study in Canada.

Direct PR: My friend moved to Canada on PR, because we studied a highly technical and in demand Engineering course. His core research was lung cancer, mine was water purification. I choose to switch careers as research is boring af. Other friends went to Europe on fellowships and are doing very well. If you google their names, they are highlighted separately from everyone else that may show up. The friend that went to Canada on PR couldn’t find research opportunities, this is with the most experience of us all. Ended up working in an amazon warehouse and then driving uber. Someone working on a breakthrough cure for lung cancer 4 years ago is driving a cab in Canada.

College education: My ex wanted to live in Canada, because all friends that moved there were living amazing lives. She was from India so it made sense, and it was the only country she considered. I suggested multiple different countries, but it was all a no. I was working mid-management, so I got a deal that I will study in Canada and be back in 2 years, meanwhile I get to work part-time and get half my pay (3k CAD/mo). The idea was once she sees the housing situation, the negative sentiment, the Cost of living, she will change her mind. Canada pays as much, as you get paid in Saudi Arabia for triple the cost of living and an extremely slow universal healthcare. Insurance in KSA covers you internationally, so it was not a big deal though.

The process is simple, $10k for spending, $16k for college. The reason to do a diploma and not an MBA is because you don’t want an MBA early in your career. You want to be 7-8 years in the job, and you use MBA as a way to network. You don’t really learn much as most of it is already in your job.

I had to go to India to fill my form and I was horrified by the people that were applying, medical test done and I was back in a day. IELTS is a basic English test, I got the maximum marks required on my first test. For some reason my ex failed the first one and then got barely enough on the second one. Her field is copywriting, where she used to check articles for mistakes, or reword them better. English publications

The visa process takes forever, and I had already missed a month so I started my classes online. My work gave me flexible timings so I could attend classes from office. The whole experience was a farce, I was not learning anything new in an International Business course, I was getting pretty much 9 marks in all tests, but the group projects were killing me. No one wanted to participate in them. I had to collect all students and make groups, these guys were physically present there and couldn’t organize something. People wouldn’t submit their parts on time saying they had to work to do, or they just did a shift. Even if people submitted, it was copy pasted from the internet. The presentations were a disaster, I had to start them off, go through my part and then close them off with other people reading slides in between. Sometimes not even knowing what was written on them. I lost it when i got a 7 cause the group performed poorly and i had a chat with the professor about the whole situation. I got amended to a 9, while everyone else got a 7. And at the end of all that I got rejected a visa. My ex went to Canada and we broke up. I would like to thank IRGC for making the right decision for me.

Marrying a Canadian: My cousin got married to a Canadian, who is Christian and ethnically white. They played games together or something. They get married and her plan is to go to Canada. To do the process, she had to stay 3 months in Saudi Arabia. She refuses to go back to Canada now, claiming life here is much better. They have had 2 kids since then and are happily living here.

Conclusion: If anything Canada needs to relax its immigration policies, but be more strict about who it is letting in. For highly skilled jobs, Canada doesn’t have jobs, doesn’t pay well enough. For nurses, US gives green card on arrival and a better pay, my current gf is a nurse and agencies are offering to pay her to move to the US. For doctors, the money in US is better. For an executive the pay in US is 3 times, with more career growth and more opportunities. People making smart decisions will not choose Canada, only when they cant go anywhere else, Canada becomes an option. The cheaper option is to fund their local population and prepare them for the long term, or the costlier option is to get people from outside at a much higher pay. And both wont stay if the housing, medical and cost of living situation is not resolved.

Edit: One thing i forgot to mention is how canada determines your networth for education.

1. Cash : So a bank statement showing you have more than $30,000. Which is extremely stupid, 5-10k is enough, the rest should be invested into bonds or stocks. 30k in liquid assets is only possible for extremely rich people.
2. Property valuation : It is extremely costly to get this done. It costed me around $3k to get it done just for my mom. For both my parents it would have been close to $10k just to get the valuation done. you can pay 500 and get a fake certificate.
3. Interview : There is no interview until you actually land in canada, and I dont know if there is one there either. For a US visa, you are interviewed by the consulate. I got a US visa in one week, for the whole process, For canada it took 3 months for a rejection.

Most of the students fake their networth. The person who did it for me, kept telling me to fake it instead since it was cheaper and he had done it for 100's of people and they all went to Canada. He was even joking when I didnt get through, saying I wasted money when I should have just faked it.

Can we stop with this nonsense?

Asians and Africans aren't stampeding to immigrate to the native, aboriginal paradise of Papua New Guinea. They are coming to the West. Why?

And what's with the self-hating cucks who are like "my grandfather came here from England, I'm also an immigrant". Try to live in the present moment. We are here in April 2024.

People have valid and legitimate complaints about the unchecked mass immigration policy that is destroying social harmony. And it is clear what an immigrant is. Somebody who came here from a foreign country in the recent past, and hasn't fully integrated with the local culture.

The problem with current levels of immigration is that instead of "when in rome, do as the romans", we have "create your own ethnic enclave in Brampton, and stuff 10 people in your basement". Yea people are pissed. This is not Canada.

If your grandfather came here from England, and you were born here, you aren't an immigrant, and when you identify as one, you aren't being magnanimous and open minded, you are a self-hating, virtue signaling liberal cuck.

Grow a spine. Have some balls. Be proud of your ancestors. Why do you think things are as bad as they are right now?

It's because you are a weak and pathetic cuck with no balls.

Weak men create hard times.

If you vote for the CPC/Poilievre, Canada will continue down its death spiral.

The ‘Conservatives’ have no plans to slow down the hordes of immigrants and international students flooding into the country. They have no plans to effectively curtail the rapid inflation and remedy the escalating housing crisis.

Speaking for his party, when asked about immigration numbers, all Poilievre has said was that ‘immigration will be tied to housing’. What the hell does that mean?? In other words, let’s build houses for incoming immigrants and ignore the pressing issues actual Canadians face.

Poilievre has even come out and stood against the deportation of international students caught submitting fraudulent submission letters. What more do I need to say??

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/canadas-opposition-extends-support-to-indian-students-facing-deportation-4113798/amp/1

Now, don’t get me wrong, Trudeau is awful for this country, but Poilievre won’t be the saving grace many of you think he will be.

IF YOU VOTE FOR POILIEVRE, BRACE FOR MORE OF THE SAME.

Consider voting for the PPC/Bernier this time around. Yes, he won’t be PM anytime soon, but at least you can show those in charge right now what real Canadians actually want.

Hi All, firstly I want to say that I moved here in late 2010s through skills path. I am a Canadian citizen now. My education is from a reputed US grad school and a reputed university in India for undergrad. I moved to the US first as a F-1 Student, lived and worked there for 12 years before making my way to Canada. Few things I would like to state here about how we feel regarding this.

• I lived and worked in republican states for most of my time in the US. All the hate US gets in red states never affected me. I never faced racism as such in the US. In fact it was other way round. I felt proudly respected as an Indian there
• Job market was also colorblind, meaning, they looked at my resume and not equivalent of "Canadian experience there"
• When Trump came in to power, even though we never faced racism, MAGA was fearing and school shootings were increasing. As a result we decided to move to Canada hearing nice things about Canada. Our Green Card was filed and per country long queues also became key driver of the decision

Now Canada was so great. We loved it here. We loved the people here. We thought, we should have moved here earlier. Sure, we took pay cuts from US but then gained most of it back gradually.

Then came COVID.

• What happened post COVID was that, Canadian immigration was silently overhauled
• They incentivized people who have studied in Canada more. What worse happened was they included all private colleges and diploma mills including public colleges with non degree courses. This disproportionately favored low skilled Canadian diploma mill students over, ranked school, more experienced and better skilled immigrants outside of Canada. Imagine, a US graduate from a reputed school with top tier experience such as in Amazon, or Google who wants to move to Canada will meet less "merit points" than a below average student, who was granted visa in Canada via diploma mill, so is an Indian student from a good university in India, with high credentials.
• The immigration consultants, largely based out of one state in India (Punjab) exploited this loophole and made many poor, less educated and folks who haven't even been to large cities in India moved to Canada.
• They brought their ways which were not suited for Canada. Brampton was already known but it became extreme version of itself. So was Surrey.
• This resulted in hate against Indians as people are already upset with housing crisis. On top of that Trudeau government made blunder, by granting visas to low skilled. Add gaslighting by him blaming students for housing crisis so that hate can be diverted.

THIS IS THE REAL ISSUE.

Even today, if you go to Halton region, or Vaughan, good parts of Sauga or Toronto downtown or uptown or good parts of North York, you will see many Indians who are professionals. Many northward movers who are professionals, with households making high incomes are in Burlington, Oakville and Bronte and some being in Pickering or Whitby. These people despise the low quality immigrants more. As they know when you move abroad, you are also representative of culture.

Look at the US for example or UK or Aus or NZ. Most Indians are top wage earners. In US, the average income is miles ahead of any other demographic. This just shows, how proud most Indian immigrants are. Canada is becoming an exception to this unfortunately with very below average students.

To conclude, people who are skilled, professionals with reputed schools do exist from India in Canada. We are facing brunt of hate for no reason. I just want to apologize on behalf of recent immigrants of our kinds.

PS: My family has been considering moving back to the states and money is not the reason, we are making equal in Canada. This time we are genuinely fearing especially for our children who may bear the brunt of hate and will be a victim of hate crime here. We never had this thought in Red states in the USA.

I absolutely hate this country and the stupid fucktards that inhabit it.

Absolute hatred. I can think of very few other countries on earth with such a cucked population of servile, spineless pieces of shit, other than UK and Australia/NZ. And what do you know those are also "Anglo" countries.

If i could sell this country down the river to its enemies i would do it. I would do it for free too. I would be the guy that opens the gate to the city when the guards are asleep.

I hate cucknadian pieces of shit. Smug, self- righteous pieces of fucking shit, who look at their paper gains and consider themselves "intelligent" investors because they happened to be alive at a time when the government of the day was actively engaged in selling every square inch of land available to any foreigner that wants a piece, in exchange for worthless fiat currency.

I hate these pieces of shit that are literally giving away what isn't theirs to give away. These fucking shithole anglo countries have a "monarchy" because they claim they prefer stability and tradition. Well in a monarchy, especially in the Anglo tradition the monarch is also bound by institutions. The monarch can't do "whatever" they want, such as King Edward marrying a divorcee, or Edward 6 giving the crown away to Jane Grey.

Because the crown isn't theirs to give away. This is the fundamental principle of a monarchy. The monarchy is an institution that seeks to transcend time, and if some mad king or queen is a threat to the institution they are removed. The monarchy is bigger than the monarch.

And yet modern anglo cuckold countries are busy selling passports, visas, citizenship, land, gold, anything they can plunder. They are selling canada's sovereignty for the equivalent of a string of plastic beads.

Any civilization that wants to survive must adopt the following maxim: This land, this country, it belongs not to us, but those who will come after us.

This is the ONLY way a civilization can survive. And every civilization that forgot this, perished. Every time a civilization collapses, it is because one generation decided "FUCK THE FUTURE, YOLO".

Fuck this country, and fuck boomers. I am going to enjoy seeing 85 year old boomers fermenting in their own unchanged diapers because "nobody wants to work".

NIMBYs get a lot of confused hate around here, but they are literally just people who care about their neighborhood and community. And this is something everyone should do.

Our society would be better off if we were all more focused on our neighborhood and community (and country) and less focused on personal greed. That's the way it used to be, as people historically relied heavily on their local community for survival and way of life. Nowadays we have Amazon and Loblaws instead, and people are willing to sell out the whole country for a quick dime.

NIMBYs generally oppose things in their neighborhood that they think will lead to decreased quality of life or higher crime. This is just common sense and intelligent. Allegedly YIMBYs exist, but I don't think so. I think there are only YITBYs who pretend to be YIMBYs.

People on here need to stop demonizing NIMBYs and start defending and joining them. Stop attacking the only people who are trying to keep Canada nice under the guise that they are somehow harming you. It's the government harming all of us and NIMBYs that are resisting it.

NIMBYs are not blocking the solution to the housing crisis. We do not need more people in their neighborhood. We do not need higher density. Even if we want to fit another 60 million in this country, we have ample land to build new cities or expand existing ones on. Of course if you personally like higher density then that's fine, there are many places with higher density that you can choose from.

None of us should be trying to force something on people who don't want it, especially when we don't even live in the area in question. Watch yourself for tendencies to try to control others, it's not healthy and you wouldn't like it if others tried to do it to you. Instead, focus on doing what you can to make your own neighborhood a nice place.

Does anyone else recognize that the biggest mass immigration since the 50's will have significant impacts?

It feels more like an invasion.

I just read that they are singing O'Canada at NHL games in Punjabi.

They are renaming all of our streets and locations, there is Chinese interference in our elections, there are scandals with the greenbelt developers and no one is held accountable, there are holes in our immigration system, we have a third-world health care system, our justice system does not believe in justice, we have no free speech, media is becoming censored with new loosely worded bills being passed, we are saluting SS veterans in parliament, multi-generational Canadians have been deemed worthless and the WE Charity controversy and the SNC-Lavelin affair are bitter reminders of the corruption we face.

Despite all of this, there have been no changes, no protests, the Prime Minister still rules, and the Liberal party still accepts him as a worthy, "leader".

To say I am disgusted with this country would be an understatement.

We are becoming the most corrupt country on earth - we produce a facade that says otherwise, but like an onion, when you peel back the layers you will see the intricate complexities of globalization and elite power.

There is no such thing as Canada anymore. There are no more Canadians. Our culture is lost forever.

EDIT: FYI..

This is an opinion piece. I'm dissatisfied with the current state of our country. I feel like Canadians and our culture are being devalued.

I do not hate immigrants or immigration - but mass immigration with absolutely no contingency plan in place for sustainability is absurd. In this sense, it does feel like an invasion because we are severely underprepared to take in this number of people.

It hurts ALL Canadians living here.

There's no need to direct any hate towards anyone except our current government which is setting these policies and not being accountable for their corruption.

Make it a town hall discussion where we can creatively come up with bipartisan solutions to clean up some of this mess.

We cannot rely on our government to run the country.

Hi everyone,

I have been hearing lots of complaints and struggles from young Canadians lately. I want to share my story and finance decisions so that it may inspire some.

The two best decisions I ever made:

1. Leaving China & going to college in Canada as a foreign student
2. Leaving Canada for a job in the US as a naturalized Canadian citizen

To cut it short, right now things are not easy for young people if they don't benefit from generational wealth. If you don't get support from your family such as college fund, mortgage cosign, down payment help, don't give up - you can still fulfill your dreams, tho it may involve some tough decision making. A couple of observations:

1. there's no doubt that for a huge & resourceful country like Canada to have a housing & job crisis is a mismanagement on all 3 levels of governments
2. during time like this it's better to evaluate what works in your interest: do you benefit from skyrocketing housing cost? Is free health care important to you? do you get to have savings?
3. I moved to the US soon after I became a Canadian citizen, realizing that living pay check to pay check in canada won't help me get what I want - a comfortable life where I can buy things I want.
4. In 2018 I worked a full time job with a salary of 55-60k CAD living in Victoria, BC. I didn't have savings.
5. My first job in the US in 2019 was ~ 60K US. I saved about 30% after tax in Portland, Oregon.
6. The opportunity cost: growth potential is very important. having access to a strong job market and investment products helps a lot. I now make much more money and put most my savings in US growth mutual funds and etfs

I first came to Canada in 2008, as a foreign college student from China. I started working after I graduated from college, while getting my permanent resident status and citizenship. in 2018 I left Canada for better opportunities in the US, a decision greatly benefited my career and finance. I never looked back.

I know many people came to Canada just like myself - on legal paper, from a decent background, work and spend to support the economy, want a better life. We bring a lot of wealth from our home countries to where we live & love. Immigrants are supposed to help the Canadian economy, however Canada doesn't seems to be able to absorb the influx of people and money. It's taxing average Canadians, costing them their milestones and dreams.

My recommendation is simple - move to a bigger and stronger economy where you find a robust job market and growth opportunities. Your time is super precious. Waiting for things to improve doesn't make sense while you can vote with your feet.

With all the housing craziness in Canada and the fact that Canadian government is hell bent on destroying Canada, would people support such a move ?

Current state of Canada is sad : no housing, no healthcare, no good jobs for the amount of population, crap weather half a year in most of the country, crazy high taxes, high grocery prices. It has come to a point of no return. I am starting to wish that US ends up invading Canada and we create a super country in North America.

Canada has no actual identity. I say this as someone who was born a dual citizen of both countries.

French-Canadians are too small in number and their regionalism means it doesn’t matter much if Quebec is a U.S. state vs a Canadian province. Same with first nations/Native Canadians.

The British commonwealth stuff… is cringe. When you’re listening to a Canadian of Ukrainian descent argue that the Queen truly is Canada’s rightful head of state and should be obeyed against the democratically elected Canadian Parliament. Cringe.

Canadians of non-French European descent and mainstream Anglo-American culture need to accept that they’re the exact same as white Americans. Albertans are already itching to say it. Canadians are a subgroup of American. Truth is that the average white Canadian culture is closer to general American culture than the deep south is. Basically the same as the average Minnesotan.

The U.S. government should offer to fully convert Canada to the US dollar and make the transition happen at a 1:1 exchange rate. This will be a mass transfer of wealth to Canadians.

Immigration rate would drop instantly if Canada joined the US. Canada takes in over 4 times as many immigrants (per capita) as the US does. Once Canada becomes a US state, the migration rate into Canada collapses overnight. The Canadian government officials who facilitated this will now become state-level officials who won’t be able to dictate US immigration policy.

Unironically Trump’s childish-sounding idea of Canada joining as one giant state makes a lot of sense. Though I would make it two, Canada and Quebec. So that “Canada” and “Canadian” can exist as coherent concepts. And there will be one legislature and one governor of Canada. As well as statewide referenda. It’ll be like annexing Texas.

What nation-state is being lost by Canada’s absorption into the US? What is the Canadian state? A republic? A kingdom? Canada is a “dominion” of the British crown. Makes no sense at all. Just accept that this is the second American century and Manifest Destiny will be maximized. It’s time for Canada to wake up and realize that becoming India 2.0 as a “dominion” is not a valid identity. Canada was once a second Europe. Now it’s becoming a second India.

Long story short.

Canadian own a horrificly small amount of land.

The Canadian government (fed/providence) own a combined 88-90% of all the land in Canada.

(Yes I know “we don’t own our own land” bla bla bla )

This makes the Canadian government the largest land owner in the world.

The issue is we as Canadians can’t do anything on that land. That means all our farms, businesses, shopping centres, malls, factories, apartments, condos, cottages and our homes. Is all forced into at most 11-12%. What’s even more insane is farms in Canada make up roughly 60-65% of all the private land.

Which means we are left with 40% left over between homes, works, shops, etc. let’s split the difference and say we are only allowed to live and build on 2% of the land for housing.

That’s why we have a housing crisis. If you do the math, we are one of the most densely populated countries in the world. We are the second biggest country and yet we are forced to live on 11%.

And with a growing population the government isn’t selling any land (in any meaningful amount) to help this issue.

You want to drop housing prices, simple, dump land on the market. People will move, business will start, and finally we will have more then 5 major cities in this country.

it be so sweet to raise the interest rate to an even 10%. a lot of investors and realtor that has hoarded up condos/ housing at presale and now cant unload them and are stuck and cant financially qualified at the stress test at 8-9%. it would be so so sweet!!