Governments don’t seem to give a shit. I’m Canadian and all our government talks about are foreign affairs, scandals, bureaucracy. While ignoring housing costs, food costs, lack of safety net and jobs with decent wages. They’re just kicking the can, while we drown in debt.
Governments actually do talk a lot about local affairs, but people generally don’t tune in for it. Become more active in your local and regional governments and get involved in the conversations and debates about these local issues.
I think cost of living has gone beyond being a local issue. Frankly it’s a global issue, but at the very least it’s national, and the federal government telling us to complain to the local governments (who have zero power to change food or housing costs) isn’t a solution, it’s a merry go round.
its less of a global issue, its very specific to countries. it basically affects countries who has a lot of property that can be seen as an investment for profit. house ownership is a rolling ball, once you own a few, it becomes easier to own more, and then it results into a situation where concentration of ownership is in the hands of the few.
I don’t know how it works in Canada, but in the US, each state has its own minimum wage. In California, we just upped minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. If there’s something similar that you can do in Canada, that would certainly be a great first step.
I love how people point the finger at Trudeau, citing his disastrous immigration policy as the main reason housing is fucked. PP claims he’ll fix it…by literally changing nothing. The NDP is a joke at this point. I’m not sure what parties people support, but something is truly rotten in Ottawa. And don’t even get me started on Bernier and his one man culture war.
Governments don’t seem to give a shit. I’m Canadian and all our government talks about are foreign affairs, scandals, bureaucracy. While ignoring housing costs, food costs, lack of safety net and jobs with decent wages. They’re just kicking the can, while we drown in debt.
Governments actually do talk a lot about local affairs, but people generally don’t tune in for it. Become more active in your local and regional governments and get involved in the conversations and debates about these local issues.
I think cost of living has gone beyond being a local issue. Frankly it’s a global issue, but at the very least it’s national, and the federal government telling us to complain to the local governments (who have zero power to change food or housing costs) isn’t a solution, it’s a merry go round.
its less of a global issue, its very specific to countries. it basically affects countries who has a lot of property that can be seen as an investment for profit. house ownership is a rolling ball, once you own a few, it becomes easier to own more, and then it results into a situation where concentration of ownership is in the hands of the few.
I don’t know how it works in Canada, but in the US, each state has its own minimum wage. In California, we just upped minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. If there’s something similar that you can do in Canada, that would certainly be a great first step.
I love how people point the finger at Trudeau, citing his disastrous immigration policy as the main reason housing is fucked. PP claims he’ll fix it…by literally changing nothing. The NDP is a joke at this point. I’m not sure what parties people support, but something is truly rotten in Ottawa. And don’t even get me started on Bernier and his one man culture war.