Montreal students struggling to keep up with living expenses

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11 ай бұрын

"It's hell for students," says Mandy Lokko, a PhD student at McGill University, about the struggle to keep up with expenses in Montreal as a student. The city has seen a 20 per cent rise in rent in just the last two years alone. Felisha Adam reports.

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@palestinelucas 11 ай бұрын

canadians all over the country are suffering except for politicians they are enjoying good salaries from taxpayers' money

@whathandleUtalkabt 11 ай бұрын

💯

@grimerrorz 11 ай бұрын

that could easily be remedied if people would just grow a spine and do what needs to be done

@annavesna5557 11 ай бұрын

yes , of course....

@zomgoose 11 ай бұрын

There is still room in the hallways. The federal government needs to bring in another 5 million people.

@peej91 11 ай бұрын

Tents on the roof maybe?

@ButthurtImmigrant 11 ай бұрын

Are you guys for real!? I am a masters student in Toronto, and I’m about to get homeless, for real! This is not new! This is the reality that’s been covered enough on the media!

@email5023 11 ай бұрын

*go homeless

@Expensive-op6pn 3 ай бұрын

Montreal wasn’t like this and now gone berserk.

@beach2787 2 ай бұрын

@@Expensive-op6pnwell, Montreal finally caught up with the other major cities !

@fionaliew 11 ай бұрын

When I was a student in Geneva, 🇨🇭 part of the requirement of being eligible to study in Geneva is having the finance yourself to do so for the whole year. Student permit will not be issued if you can’t afford school fees and living expenses (rent+food) when students apply. I believe this applies to most universities in Europe. Shouldn’t this be the case for students here as well?

@HalifaxComputersRepair 11 ай бұрын

Your not in Europe lol this canada crazy lol

@Ofasia777 11 ай бұрын

It's the same for Canada's study permits but when Canadian themselves can't afford to go to Canadian schools we start having a problem.

@fionaliew 11 ай бұрын

@@HalifaxComputersRepair Do you mean “YOU ARE not in Europe lol“? and “This IS Canada crazy lol”? These are basic admission/study permit requirements. Why would any country want to bring in international students who can’t afford their own school fees and living expenses (barring exceptional students on scholarships/grants). If Canada does not require students to proof that they are able to cover all study and living expenses then everybody who can’t afford but wants to come to Canada can just simply come 🤷🏻‍♀️ Are students here to study or work?

@plutoniusis 11 ай бұрын

You wrong on that, Geneva is in Switzerland , in most of Europe studies have nothing to do with affordability but if you want to study is about wisdom, not a privilege.

@Expensive-op6pn 3 ай бұрын

The cost of living heightened exponentially, that’s how come this issue came about. If not, the student could afford. Also, Quebec is very different for anglophones. No French,no work, a bill was passed and it’s made things even more difficult. So please don’t be insensitive; this is Canada.

@kurts3779 11 ай бұрын

With all her education she cannot correlate these issues with her elected party

@evangephone-two7877 11 ай бұрын

Her rent is only 750/month.

@tannergoodwin-kr6rk 11 ай бұрын

students? What about people who couldn’t even take out a student loan and have to work 60 hrs a week for 15$ an hour. I did for almost ten years. This country has too many immigrants and too little housing.

@shauncameron8390 11 ай бұрын

The big city have only so much space to go around.

@user-fj9ki4by3i 11 ай бұрын

Many Canadians are moving away from this country because of how expensive it's getting.

@Landis_Grant 11 ай бұрын

Enrol in a trade which requires no student loan debt.

@Ofasia777 11 ай бұрын

"Hey you're poor so go shovel poop lol"

@deftone330 11 ай бұрын

@@Ofasia777 makes more money than a gender studies graduate. But then again, a kid working a lemonade stand makes more money

@mickeyandres2651 11 ай бұрын

@@Ofasia777, Live within your means.

@Ofasia777 11 ай бұрын

@@deftone330 Must be all the avocado toasts they are eating amright?

@HalJordan0 11 ай бұрын

There’s people with PhDs pouring coffee at Tim Hortons. That’s how hard it’s gotten to find work under Trudeau’s government. Education has nothing to do with finding work these days, as no one will hire you if you have no experience, which is very common for students fresh out of university

@SSingh-nr8qz 11 ай бұрын

It's not just students. It's most Canadians from all walks of life. Under Justin Trudeau, in the last 8 years, housing prices have gone up by 80%. To make matters worse, Home construction is down 25% year to year. The builders blame high permit costs and the carbon tax driving up cost of building so much that it doesn't make financial sense to build in Canada at a faster rate. A fun fact is in BC 40% of your home cost when building is just building paperwork, fees, and red tape.

@wally7856 11 ай бұрын

It's almost as if voting has consequences. Who knew?

@nancetardiff339 11 ай бұрын

It's almost as if you didn't know how the economy works

@edyl7393 11 ай бұрын

well who are you voting for that would solve all these issue aye?

@sibbyeskie 11 ай бұрын

I feel bad for young people today. Big chunk of youth ruined by Covid. Internet nonsense frying their brains. No chance to own a home. Inflation rocketing. AI looming. Even summers now are just filed with smog and wildfires. We had challenges but we always had hope. Hard to honestly say that right now.

@BDee3126 11 ай бұрын

Trudeau will help combat this by expanding student loans lol

@elephantgrass631 11 ай бұрын

Really? I heard he was solving this problem by giving money to Ukraine.

@manolaykhounviseth1864 11 ай бұрын

Not just Montreal. Many hard working Canadians are struggling to pay bills, especially having to shell out that extra 7-900 dollars to pay interests, extra 1-300 in utilities, vechicle insurance, and paying gas to get to work. Bills are taking a BIG huge chunks of your living expenses. At the end you really have nothing left to pay and than end up having to use your cc to pay bills. Rich can get rich but taking money away from working is really shoring themselves in the foot. Can this country turn around under PP? And how long do we need Trudeau to be in power for?

@user-qb3ls3eg5w 11 ай бұрын

Why Trudeau, Why?!

@kylehines3185 11 ай бұрын

🇨🇦 CARBON TAX = CAUSE of all high prices . Focus on the Cause ! SOLUTION: AXE THE TAX ! 😇👍

@kylehines3185 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, SOLUTIONS are ALWAYS an abomination to those leftists ! 😠

@darshiliyanage9429 11 ай бұрын

International students can do 40 hours per week now , my daughter came from university for summer vacation she couldn’t find any job this year

@IamMichelle88 11 ай бұрын

Twenty thousand a year is amazing, I've never made that much in my life and I'm in my mid thirties, I believe I've made 7 thousand dollars less than that

@shauncameron8390 11 ай бұрын

Especially borderline tax-free.

@IamMichelle88 11 ай бұрын

@@shauncameron8390I'm sorry, what do you mean by your comment? Could you explain??

@IamMichelle88 11 ай бұрын

@Michael LambertI couldn't pay certain things for a decade plus** due to a human trafficking situation that I'm** in still with my family, that person who commented is involved in using my identity and has a communication problem apparently

@shauncameron8390 11 ай бұрын

@@IamMichelle88 If you're a student, hardly any taxes are taken.

@AllRequired 11 ай бұрын

Learn to live within your means and you'll do all right.

@zacatkinson3926 2 ай бұрын

you're clearly out of touch

@johnnyboyvan 11 ай бұрын

Lol 😆 put tents on campus. PhD waste

@yurbamate3969 11 ай бұрын

this makes me happy😊

@kylehines3185 11 ай бұрын

🇨🇦 Life is ALWAYS more miserable under Liberal governance 😩

@SSingh-nr8qz 11 ай бұрын

and the NDP, since they are basically the ones enabling the Liberals to do anything they want rather than act like an opposition party.

@Amm17ar 11 ай бұрын

I can tell you it doesnt get any better after school either. I have nothing to my name and Im almost 30. No one will hire someone without relevent experience, I have no friends, barely 200 dollars to my name and havent been able to afford to live on my own....ever. I lost everything important to me. The genuine only option I have to stop the burden of being a failure is ending my own life. Ive got nothing to live for.

@duchesstyra 11 ай бұрын

😔😔😔🙏🏾