Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Sky-High rent shock in Toronto leaves reporter with no fixed address" video.

  1. <This is News, and politicians don't care or listen because they live in a bubble and cater to the elite who have money to control. > And the 68% of Canadians who own real estate.
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  2. Because a lot of Canada's current GDP is based on real estate. Canada needs to close its borders.
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  3. Lax immigration laws.
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  4. Victoria is expensive. And most of the rest of the places you named are not that desirable and have fewer jobs and amenities to offer.
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  5. While socialism destroyed whole countries.
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  6. No. It's just a problem in Toronto, Vancouver and their surrounding areas.
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  7. <especially in a social-democratic country.> But it is due to high taxes and restrictions. Canada depends on real estate to grow its GDP to compensate for declining local industry.
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  8. Because minimum-wage workers are a minority.
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  9. Including personal greed in the case of the reporter living beyond her means.
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  10. Landlords have nothing on the ultimate landlord which is the government.
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  11. Very little compared to unchecked immigration.
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  12. New York and California are 2 of the most desirable states to live in.
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  13. LOL.
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  14. With Toronto Community Housing being the biggest slumlord of them all.
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  15. Starting with the Mayor and City Council.
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  16. Not really. Most politicians are landlords themselves.
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  17. Living in the city is a privilege.
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  18. There's MAID.
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  19. No. Vancouver is even worse.
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  20. Or better yet, live within your means.
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  21. Not really. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec excluding Montreal are not suffering.
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  22. They did through jacked-up property taxes, utility costs since they own the companies, etc.
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  23. With that place to live she can't afford being Downtown Toronto?
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  24. So is the government.
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  25. But the average NY salary is about double that of Toronto's.
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  26. Rent control is not a viable solution.
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  27.  @Anarcho-Pragmatist  Oh look! A clueless simp. The poster is right.
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  28. That's just not going to happen as long as you live in the city especially if it's popular.
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  29. Because rent control = shortages, no new housing built and new renters locked out of the market.
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  30. No. It's only a problem everywhere that's deemed desirable.
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