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As an immigrant into Canada: even if that description were true, it still would make it a lot better than the majority of other countries in the world.

Luckily, Canada is a lot better than your description.

>>diego_+(OP)
The comment is complete hyperbole and isn't even correct. Real estate is bigger in the US than Canada.

Every developed country is running into immigration and housing issues. Canada isn't alone and isn't even the worst case.

>>ashcon+lc
Yes, but there's Canada's climate. If you try to live in a tent outdoors in Canada you will likely die.

>>ashcon+lc
Isn’t allowing everyone and essentially recruiting immigrants a major cause of the housing crisis and expenses in Toronto?

>>xcrunn+mh
Sure and immigration should be stemmed, short-term, until housing reforms can be implemented.

They've already announced measures to reduce student visas which were uncapped previously.

https://www.ft.com/content/085cda38-9060-4da1-8532-1a3af9cd7...

Still. This isn't going to solve the issue. They need to build far more than they currently are doing. They need to strip local government of its veto over housing. They need to definancialize real estate.

>>ashcon+Vj
Yep. It’s such a cancer in the US too. So many NIMBY’s. Toronto when I went was so odd like a mix of dense and then houses.

>>diego_+(OP)
OP is comparing Canada to other developed nations. Canada is pretty subpar compared to most places in EU or US on all fronts: weather, housing, quality of life, innovation and salaries.

We have people renting a single bed in the same room for 600$/mo in Toronto.

I suppose that however if you are an immigrant from a war torn country or a developing country, Canada would look like heaven.

>>tharma+Dg
You can do it Vancouver. Seattle and Vancouver’s homelessness problem are remarkably similar, only differing in how Canada handles it better than the Americans do.

>>swat53+ao
Weather: Canada's weather certainly isn't the best, but not really worse than other northern climate countries.

Housing: Large cities like Toronto and Vancouver are unaffordable, but so are other large cities like London, New York etc. Just like most other countries, if you want to pay less for housing, go to a smaller city

Quality of life: how are you measuring this? By most measures (life expectancy, crime etc) Canada is well ahead of the US.

Innovation and salaries: Innovation is a bit hard to define, but salaries are definitely lower than the US. But here the US is also an outlier (at least for high earners) compared to most other countries. Tech salaries in Canada for example aren't lower than most European countries.

>>seanmc+pp
And that's essentially the only place you can. So all the homeless make a trek to Vancouver?