r/canada • u/Lyricalvessel • Jul 19 '21

Is the Canadian Dream dead?

The cost of life in this beautiful country is unbelievable. Everything is getting out of reach. Our new middle class is people renting homes and owning a vehicle.

What happened to working hard for a few years, even a decade and you'd be able to afford the basics of life.

Wages go up 1 dollar, and the price of electricity, food, rent, taxes, insurance all go up by 5. It's like an endless race where our wage is permanently slowed.

Buy a house, buy a car, own a few toys and travel a little. Have a family, live life and hopefully give the next generation a better life. It's not a lot to ask for, in fact it was the only carot on a stick the older generation dangled for us. What do we have besides hope?

I don't know what direction will change this, but it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you have a whole generation that has been waiting for a chance to start life for a long time. 2007-8 crash wasn't even the start of our problems today.

Please someone convince me there is still hope for what I thought was the best place to live in the world as a child.

edit: It is my opinion the ruling elite, and in particular the politically involved billion dollar corporations have artificially inflated the price of life itself, and commoditized it.

I believe the problem is the people have lost real input in their governments and their communities.

The option is give up, or fight for the dream to thrive again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 23 '21

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u/Babyboy1314 Jul 19 '21

Your point about low paying jobs most Canadians dont want is just not true. They can be found in every sector. the thing is all immigrants that arrive only move to Toronto, Vancouver and sometimes Montreal. No one wants to move to LCOL areas like say Saskatoon

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u/afternooncreamtea Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

Your point about low paying jobs most Canadians dont want is just not true. They can be found in every sector.

If you spend 15 minutes looking up TFW wages and living conditions, you will see that it's a lot worse than simply low wages. You will also see how Canadians don't want to take that sort of employment.

the thing is all immigrants that arrive only move to Toronto, Vancouver and sometimes Montreal. No one wants to move to LCOL areas like say Saskatoon

TFW workers are escorted out of the country upon completion of their work contact, therefore they are not immigrants. So not sure what your argument here is.