Immigration has long been a polarising issue in the West but Canada mostly avoided it - until now. With protests and campaign groups springing up in certain quarters, some argue that this - together with housing shortages and rising rents - contributed to Justin Trudeau’s resignation. But could Donald Trump’s arrival inflame it further?
It doesn’t make sense that in such a country with so much space they can’t build houses, especially as as migrants are mostly young and energetic, so what’s stopping them from applying their energy to build - is it conservative planning laws ?
having a neighborhood in the middle of nowhere away from jobs is possible (and still happens, increasing sprawl and creating nightmarish commutes and awful car traffic due to lack of rail infrastructure) but most people move into the same high demand areas where people already live
Believe it or not, that land is used by nature to keep us all alive. The solution to population growth cannot be expansion into the greenbelt. More efficient, denser cities and PT are the way forward.
Immigrants don’t set rents. Landlords do.
Immigrants need places to live, can you guess what increased demand does to prices?
I bet you large companies buying up properties to rent for profit for both short term and long term has done far more to increase rent prices the the supposed immigration problem everyone keeps whining about.
That is whataboutism and does not change the fact that immigration increases demand and results in higher prices.
Burying your head in the sand won’t change facts or voters minds.
Same effect as landlords buying up all the property I’d imagine.
