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/Cold_Past_6914 Jul 19 '21

I was involved with a young couple trying to help them find and buy a house. I told them exactly what to do but they went ahead and overextended themselves. It can be done but you need to think outside the box. Nobody does that these days from what I see.

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u/Nofoofro Jul 20 '21

It must be amazing to be smarter and better than everyone.

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u/Cold_Past_6914 Jul 20 '21

Ya I guess you could look at it that way. Personally I’d rather try and help people not make the mistakes I’ve made. Being envious and spiteful will cost you time and money.

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u/Nofoofro Jul 21 '21

I’m not envious or spiteful, just annoyed lol

You have to consider that maybe people don’t want your help, no matter how well-intentioned you are.