The Canadian population sailed past the 40 million mark for the first time in history this summer and new data shows that the country continues to outdo itself, adding 430,635 people in the third quarter of the year alone.That figure, which puts Canada’s population in the ballpark of more than 40.5M...
  • Showroom7561
    62·
    6 months ago

    Maybe it’s just me, but you’d think that anyone moving to another country would try to secure housing BEFORE making the move? Heck, I’ll double and triple check hotel accommodations when I’m visiting a new place, let alone assume there will magically be tons of housing to choose from.

    This situation is bad for everyone.

    • Nora@lemmy.ml
      8·
      6 months ago

      A big part out our immigration system is post secondary schools. Students will come to get a diploma and fit into apartments with multiple people to a room. After they are done they now have to find a new place and there aren’t enough. Our government should be building so much more housing.

      • Showroom7561
        22·
        6 months ago

        Our government should be building so much more housing.

        I think the problem is that you can never build enough.

        Having a surplus would be bad, but having “enough” today would only mean “not enough” tomorrow because it would increase the demand for housing.

        How do you even catch up? Where I live, apparently the fastest growing city in Canada (or Ontario), new developments are everywhere - at alarmingly fast rates, and massive amounts of land are being swallowed up by new housing, apartments, condos, etc. Our infrastructure can’t keep up, and our tax rates have gone through the roof.

        Building more puts hardships on existing residents, especially with the way the Ford government set things up to accelerate development.

        It’s a tough problem to solve, and I don’t think you can make everyone happy. Maybe we need to start converting old malls and commercial buildings to residential property. Other cities are already doing this.