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[-] markev@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Land ain't cheap where most of the immigrants end up going. Canada still offers a better quality of life but that will dimminish over time if housing issue is not addressed.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

What we need is further investment in tech hub towns and cities, like Halifax did. In places that don’t burn/flood seasonally and have a reliable power supply. If that got spread out, housing wouldn’t be as much of an issue.

[-] markev@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I fully agree with you and it's encouraging to see things like "Alberta Is calling" campaign. But, I wish the federal goverment would be more involved in spreading the immigrants around our vast land. It feels like all they do is set targets and "job done"...

[-] quafeinum@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

You mean the radio spots that tell me I can own a house for 400k in Alberta? As much as I want to believe that that's not complete bullshit, I think it is bullshit and pity everyone who goes through just to come back to wherever they were before.

You can totally own like a nice 3-bedroom house in a nice area in Winnipeg right now for 400K. My house cost that much and even had a finished basement and is one, a much bigger plot than most houses.

[-] MyNameIsSkittles@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

But then you have to live in Winnipeg. There's a reason everything is cheap there

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

From Winnipeg, can confirm

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Up to a few years ago, you could have the 400k 3-bedroom AND a postal code that looks like 'banana' as well. BONUS!

Not now, though. Everyone found out and barely beat the investor scum to snap it all up.

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