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[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

We are also in the middle of a housing crisis that has been developing for years. Canada is in a tough spot to agressively grow from immigration and many people feel like their quality of life is threatened by the economic conditions, housing crisis and healthcare crisis. It is understandable to be worried more people without the housing to support them could stress these systems further.

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I agree, I wish we would target our housing crisis at the root, our outdated zoning laws. The laws only allow low density single family housing.

The ensures car dependency and adds additional cost.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Car dependancy is bleeding many cities dry. It is simply too expensive abd destructive to maintain at this scale.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Don't forget onerous code issues have increased the cost of building a lot. Every year there's another change that increases cost for minimal improvement in safety or efficiency. It's like the people writing code have their raises based on how many unnecessary changes they get accepted into the rules every year.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Especially because these basic resources are required to realize the gains of increased population.

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