Sounds like too many landlords, not too many immigrants.
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BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
In Canada it’s causing a huge housing crisis. Lots of newcomers do not have the finances for what rent is here either so end up in limbo.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Mossheart@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Porque no los dos?
Balooog@discuss.online 2 years ago
I’m not from Canada, but because I have the natural human instinct to help people
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The irony of a nation of colonial land thieves complaining about immigration …
Surp@lemmy.world 2 years ago
To add to your point…every nation stole or was stolen from someone else at some point. I always laugh at this argument. No one’s giving anything back that they were born into and didn’t literally take themselves. Are we going to find Henry the Viiis ancestors and make them answer for his barbaric ways? No. Egyptian pharaohs who enslaved countless people and god knows what else? No.
zbyte64@awful.systems 2 years ago
Who do you think the Inuit stole their land from? The seals?
Surp@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Other tribes?
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You can only laugh from a place of privilege. Please educated yourself on the Indian Act and progress with existing treaties. Your comment is at odds with the reality in Canada.
Surp@lemmy.world 2 years ago
My comment just speaks the hard truth. You talking to me on the Internet is on the blood sweat and tears of someone else.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They sure should.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes but that’s a side effect of this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-family_zoning
Which is also screwing over regular people and also causes you to have shittier cities with suburban sprawl
gerbler@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It isn’t just housing it’s infrastructure in general. Governments are happy to bring in more bodies to fill jobs and pay taxes but don’t bother to plan accordingly and infrastructure takes a long time to build leading to a lagging effect.
Hospitals, transit, housing, etc. It’s all being overwhelmed right now.