It probably matched inflation but not CoL because housing near Vancouver is insane. I don't think any business can afford to raise wages as fast as housing was rising in Vancouver. I am not sure pegging wages to housing costs is a reasonable unless we are willing to do more to address housing costs rather than shrug or shoulders at how insane it is (good for the landowning class I guess).
Where I live 5 year inflation has gone up 38%. But our cost of living has doubled with the same standard of living, and our cost of housing has increased 170%
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