Why 1 in 4 Canadians Are Poor

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Recent study shown that most Canadians live in poverty, with the rising cost of housing, inflation and challenging job market, this report is no surprise, but how representative is it?
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[@nikkibelair8899]

I don't know... While you do make a good point that poverty is measured differently in Canada, in some places the poverty levels can be really shocking. I was living in Brazil, and I was absolutely shocked at the levels of poverty in downtown Calgary and especially Edmonton. It's true poverty, with working people unable to properly feed their families. That's not to mention the huge number of homeless people living in camps everywhere or hiding in river banks or forests. It reached such a point that people are running away from neighbourhoods accessible by public transit because they don't want drug addicts throwing used paraphernalia and syringes on playgrounds, breaking car windows, and being generally dangerous to others, especially women and children. In my condo building, there were always homeless people and drug addicts breaking in, peeing in the hallways, stealing packages, breaking into mailboxes (twice in one month!), and even threatening me randomly. They stole stuff from my car as well. From my apartment, when I look into the park every Sunday, there's a huge line of people waiting for a bowl of soup and some clothing donations. You can also see that places are generally unkempt. For instance, apartment blocks are filthy compared to Brazilian ones, and they smell bad. Even malls are not as nice, and the city itself is dirty. And this is coming from Canada's richest province. The levels of poverty and inequality I saw were so daunting I contemplated moving back to southern Brazil just a few weeks after landing. I think the core of the issue is how Canada doesn't develop really complex industries, but rather relies on resource extraction and real estate speculation, which creates limited job opportunities. To make matters worse, competency doesn't really matter in Canada, but who you know. Canada is the textbook example of "not what you know, but who you know." Unfortunately, more and more people that immigrated here are simply waiting for citizenship to move somewhere else. It seems like the West in general is going through a deep decline, and the population itself is in denial: they keep assuming countries like Brazil are undeveloped, whereas in many ways, it's far ahead of Canada. The same can be said of many countries in Asia, which are far more livable right now than Canada. Not to mention that in the past few years, the population here has become disgruntled with immigrants, and it can be felt clearly in the job-hunting process or even in daily interactions, especially on the phone when people are hostile to you just because you have an accent.

[@noseboop4354]

That's a good read. Which region of Brazil did you come from? If a canadian were to go move there, what advice do you have for them?

[@nikkibelair8899]

@@noseboop4354 I'm from the South Region, Blumenau city. I would advise teaching English.

[@noseboop4354]

@@nikkibelair8899 Sounds good, thanks.

[@nelson-al4663]

You nailed it. Canada is totally overrated by the canadian government imigration propaganda. It has been trapping naive people all around the world. It could be called SCAMNADA. Freezing weather makes life unbearable, depressing and extremely expensive. Also canadian Health care is a joke. Come to Canada to live paycheck to paycheck, poor, cold and depressed.

[@navinchopra837]

Well put sir! I think their videos are getting too optimistic vs. realistic over time. Canada is not what it was. You're last paragraph will resonate with a majority of people, not because people always complain about where they live, but because they are pragmatic, practical, educated, lived in other countries people (newcomers and old timers like myself) . There is in fact nepotism, major fiscal and monetary & policy issues, major immigration issues, major healthcare issues, major housing issues, major leadership issues (provincially and federally), major industry diversification issues. And countries in the "East" have taken a hard look at themselves and resolving many of their 'third world issues' RAPIDLY. Canada still has their head stuck in the sand

[@john.a.gonsalves3731]

You are poor when you are shocked that 4 regular Canadian grown potatoes cost $6.75 and olive oil cost $16.95

[@MakeThatChange]

that's unacceptable.

[@missj.4760]

I am not poor and I am still shocked.

[@randyhuke3773]

Got news for you. That olive oil you are paying 16.95 for is probably fake. It is either over processed rancid olive oil or it is not olive oil at all, and is sunflower or canola oil or a mix. Put some in a shot glass about half inch deep and put in the fridge for 24 hours. If it is still liquid , it is fake. Real olive oil should thicken to a waxy paste at the colder temp.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks for the tip!

[@brucetso7265]

In Canada, few job, low pay, high living cost. Reason? High tax > few business > few job > few facilities and housing. At the same time, Immigration policy lost control > over population > intense competition job market > low pay > expensive rent and housing. Compared other English speaking countries, Canada is the worst in this moment.

[@alaasedki]

canada is no longer bilingual english and French. we should add other languages

[@karinturkington2455]

I guess the situation has changed since I used the food bank back in 2001 and 2002 when my children were young. I had to prove my poverty using a Welfare stub. I was made to feel bad for being poor, even though my poverty resulted from the wealthy father of my children denying us access to money, lying about his income, and fraudulently misrepresenting his financial situation. I wonder how many women out there have experienced this kind of financial abuse.

[@seanothepop4638]

It's very possible to tax people highly and not use that tax properly. It's so possible that I think that's what's happening in Canada concerning taxes. The fun part is that the biggest issues we face is still starvation, homelessness, lack of mental health care and failing health care (we stripped the taxes going to those services). Canada is saying that not having a car and house is poverty because the truth is worse. It's conceding a bad to hide a very bad. We're fucked, we'll see.

[@alanj9978]

Possible? It's inevitable that most tax dollars are wasted. They aren't spending their own money.

[@afdkj]

Taxes are not an evil, but they work best when collected locally and you see how they are spent. Right now Canadians have no say in anything. MPs parachute in and it's a really elitist system. Great when times are good, not so much when bad!

[@seanothepop4638]

@@afdkj I agree with both of you, but I'm mid 50s, Canada's never been that prolific with it's quality of life. Our country was founded on genocide, why would it, going up and developing, not eventually cut out people over including them, in prosperity? Im university and college educated and answered no to all but 2 of those questions. Canada is not transparent, it fucks numbers big time, that's why it can say it's poor poorest are only worried about a car and BIGGER house, that's not a bad time for being poor is it? meanwhile 7 out of 10 children in Canada, (seventy percent) live with food insecurity, there's a drug epidemic, Dr's are leaving, brian drain is big, and we have nothing investors would want at all. The poverty index is layering propaganda to make things seem not as bad as they are.

[@seanothepop4638]

I'd say more canadians are below a poverty line established by any first world metric, and about 25% based on second world metrics, economically and macro economically speaking. I think there's been no money, only debt for decades. How the BoC isn't quitting, resigning left and right, and losing their shit is weird. It's like having -1000 0000 bucks and needing to explain how you have money. The money we "spent" into more debt was not to social services or healthcare, but investment opportunities that fucked off. OR genociding our Wet'Suwet'en, we still do that for pipelines (as of this year we do genocide them, its' fucked) That's trudeau though! He's done a genocide unironically right now.

[@donpeltier6059]

@@seanothepop4638Denial, it’s the Canadian way 🇨🇦 😂

[@robertotorres2087]

For me to buy a house is something that I would really consider and think a lot before doing it. Even with a 200K dow payment, I do not consider it a financial intelligent move. You will need to have a job for 15 to 20 years back to back and nowadays there is no industry/company that can assure you that. Canada is very expensive even for a couple of young qualified professionals.

[@MakeThatChange]

Owning a home is not for everyone, and hidden costs of homeownership can add up to be more stressful than renting.

[@mamzellilooo]

Great video. I was a process control engineer (just retired 2/21/24) I would always stress test my projects just to make sure it would work under all conditions. Also depending on the government. But I found away of earning more income despite my Retirement. $57k weekly returns has been life changing, after so much struggles.

[@darkejon]

Great journalism to effectively debunk bogus news headlines. Love this.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you, but you’re too kind to call us journalists! We’re just curious about how the world works and like sharing what we discover.🙏

[@mikeszabo7775]

A 5 year old cavalier? Who writes this crap? Cavalier stopped production in canada back in 2005

[@MakeThatChange]

What’s cavalier and what does it have to do with this video?

[@mikeszabo7775]

@@MakeThatChange cavalier is a type of car. At 2:53 your video displayed a picture of a car labelled a 2019 chevrolet cavalier. Then at the the 3:15 mark you mention a 5 year old chevrolet cavalier. Nobody can own a 5 year old cavalier if they stopped production of this particular car back in 2005. Your source article is either outdated or talking out their ass making up random facts

[@MakeThatChange]

@mikeszabo7775 well this is fun! This goes further to highlight how meaningless and possibly outdated these poverty measures are. If you can find a more updated measure this would be super helpful, we used the early 00’s publications, which is the most recent we could find.

[@it_wasnt_me]

wow you are taking your videos to a whole new level, ladies. Cheers!

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you like it!

[@AkashGupta-ly1io]

Very well articulated, this channel deserves more subscribers

[@bedardpelchat]

Most people would consider me as poor. I don't. I live within my means and I am quite happy with what I got.

[@lessthandomestic]

❤ ty, sharing this on FB

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@kunal8520]

My friend immigrated to Kenya and is working a normal sales job paying $2000 usd a month. He is able to save $1500 out of it each month after expenses. And is still trying to come to Canada. I wonder why

[@MakeThatChange]

Money is not always the biggest motivator for people. Besides, a good sales man can easily make 10k+ here.

[@missj.4760]

If you live in a city and you are owning a car instead of using the public transport, you are probably not poor.

[@MakeThatChange]

1000%. In any circumstance, owning a car is a privilege.

[@icevoss9917]

And that's why Trudeau and party needs to finally go.

[@seanothepop4638]

You're correct. His right wing policies resulted in not so much cuts but a refusal to reinvest in social services to compensate for taking too much away through cuts to them, conservatives did that, every dollar you remove from social service investment is another person on the street for you to hate while they struggle with addiction and go ham on random people. Vote PP if you want more of the bad, more of this. Wierd that people think they'll get less of it when logically they'll get more with pp.

[@seanothepop4638]

Basically Trudeau is the big bullshit, pollievre is the same bullshit, not as big because he's inherting less to launder money off of.

[@vladoffline]

It's great that you have an encouraging channel providing tips for people who want to settle in Canada. I think it's also important to be realistic about newcomers' financial prospects in Canada and for each person to assess individual circumstances. I am a Ukrainian who grew up in Canada but now lives in Germany. I am surprised how low the standard of living in Canada is compared to (Western) Germany, especially when comparing people with comparable qualifications. While Canada is an inclusive country where English is widely spoken, the ultra-competitive job market and the lack of desire to hire people with international experience makes it hard for expats to benefit from the move financially. Canada is definitely a safe heaven for people from oppressive regimes, war-torn countries and those having enough wealth not to work. I'd love it though if Canada becomes a destination for people who want to make it professionally and financially as well.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad to hear you're enjoying Germany! There's a good place for everyone in the world depending on the lifestyle we all want to live, and the grass is always greener on the other side - until we've lived there enough to get a good reality check 😃

[@vladoffline]

@@MakeThatChange Definitely agree on the lifestyle choice. And I think that's where Canada is losing its middle ground. Previously, it was a country of opportunity with a social support net. I.e. you worked less than in US, but more than in Western Europe. In return, you had a high standard of living and a decent social support net. Now I feel we are in a position where you work in Canada more than in Western Europe (check hours worked and productivity stats) but end up with lower purchasing power due to higher living costs. And the social support net in Canada is worse than in Western Europe. I would love to see Canada get back on track and regain its competitive edge among the most developed countries globally.

[@MakeThatChange]

Agreed. Things are definitely getting much harder in Canada, and in part, it’s because it’s been so easy in Canada for decades. It’s made people and the government complacent. Complacency leads to the ugly situation Canada is experiencing now.

[@mrMacGoover]

Try eating chicken and rice almost all the time because you can't afford much else. BTW... the rice comes from the food bank, and I drive a rusted out 97 van.

[@noseboop4354]

Chicken is a luxury. Eat eggs instead, you get all the same nutrition for a fraction of the price.

[@susiex6669]

​@@noseboop4354Chicken bought ON SALE, put in the freezer, is not a luxury and not too long ago, peasants never ate meat at all.

[@jeromenewzelande1957]

I was really into it until the tax country that you took as an example. Why not choose a country like France for exemple. There are a lot of taxes and the country is completly failing. But thanks you for the explanations on the survey.

[@MakeThatChange]

We don't see France as a successful example of effectively using the high tax returns. Canada's looked up too much to France, time to broaden horizons!

[@alexlaszlo333]

In a debt based society where most of the people just don't make enough for a bare survival, the poverty rate I guess is around 90+%.... 😮

[@MakeThatChange]

The caveat is that ”survival” in Canada is home and car ownership, with winter clothes and YMCA membership. That’s the perks 3/4 of the world can only dream of.

[@alexlaszlo333]

@@MakeThatChange you should have receive some commission for this fairy tales 😁

[@MakeThatChange]

I certainly should. Where do I sign up?

[@alexlaszlo333]

@@MakeThatChange Liberals.... :-) Miss, I appreciate your work and the energy you put into this video. You understandably explain the heavily embellished statistics to ordinary people... those who believe in fairy tales. I am not writing to you to argue, far from it, as both our time is probably valuable. Naturally, you are free to believe whatever and whomever you want. For me, it's enough to see the reality on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver and hear the people's cries. Have a more peaceful, beautiful, and less optimistic day. All the best, regards, A

[@MakeThatChange]

Sad that it's enough for you to just "see" those things. Want to make that change? Be that change.

[@goldguilder9554]

Cash poor but house rich

[@dallassegno]

Kick out or backspace all those incomers.

[@dans1741]

A bit off topic, but.we are broke here in Canada. What's your opinion if a hundred thousand of us migrated to Syria 🇸🇾. Can we then demand,food, lodging, money, work and Citizenship? And possibly make it Cristian. If we lit stuff on fire and made signs?

[@ShitWrangler]

white women entitlements destroyed canada. muslims will correct feminism

[@Anitas-peaceful-universe]

You forgot Denmark. You can just walk down the street. Walk by drop in centeres, food banks and see how many you see in the line ups. No matter in what country you live in, if you have debt, it is harder to put a side for sabing or if you just cant hold on to your money. Then you will never have 500 dollars or more.

[@MakeThatChange]

In addition, no matter how well off you are, people will always take free stuff, even if they could go well without it.

[@KamBar2019]

Happy Belated Canada Day and Happy FOURTH of July in Advance 💯 Gawd Bless 🇺🇲

[@MakeThatChange]

Same to you!

[@KamBar2019]

@@MakeThatChange are you two friends with Marina Mogilko❓ Marina (LinguaMarina) is originally from St Petersburg,🇷🇺but she has obtained US citizenship you know👀

[@MakeThatChange]

Nope

[@KamBar2019]

@@MakeThatChange Anyways💬 Marina, her husband Dima and their two children reside in Los Altos, California 👀 Should do a live interview with her on KZbin. I mean at the end of the day Y'all come from 🇷🇺 and now living in North America.

[@MakeThatChange]

Maybe one day, our content is focused on Canada at this moment. Thanks for suggesting!

[@randyhuke3773]

You might want to bump that number to 1 out of every 2, because many are on the precipice as their housing situation goes sour due to rising unemployment and a housing crash.

[@MakeThatChange]

Have you watched the video till the end?

[@randyhuke3773]

​@MakeThatChange If you cannot even moderately expect to achieve any life goals because of the high cost of living, you are poor. What is occurring in other countries is irrelevant !

[@MakeThatChange]

You’re a lucky woman/man to be able say that.

[@User12345fan]

This is more my league, love these statistics.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed this.

[@User12345fan]

@@MakeThatChange I also would like to add that raising taxes would not benefit you, but it would benefit the low income people more. The middle class would suffer more.

[@KamBar2019]

​@@MakeThatChange Just wanna let you gurls know that Marina Mogilko (LinguaMarina KZbin ) and her husband Dima from St.Petersburg,🇷🇺 have got US Citizenship 👀 Indeed, that couple with their 2 children are Americans 🇺🇲 They reside in Los Altos, California 😮

[@MakeThatChange]

We recognize that the tax will affect the high/mid income the most. At the same time, I don’t mind paying more tax as long as I see fruits of it. It tends to balance itself out too, you pay more in one place, but pay less somewhere else. It’s always a give or take, places with low tax have less opportunities, places with higher tax typically have more opportunities ( because the government benefits from it: more opportunities=more tax revenue)

[@vancegosselin]

More damn shilling damn KZbinrs

[@MakeThatChange]

thanks for watching and engaging!

[@DL-ds7xp]

Things are going to get alot worse because of climate policies and Canada economy is 40% housing transactions.

[@sean45642]

every million that leaves is 4 or more homes that could have been built...

[@wondessenyabru2633]

Great

[@afdkj]

Labour is the answer to all of Canada's ills, but sadly conservatives are 90% the same like in the UK. I get why LGBT people would move to Canada from Russia, but I moved the other way. There are more Canadians in Russia now than you would think. I am happy you are both happy in Canada, I think it's a fair trade, but the problem is that it's not just you who came with skills, it's those without skills. Canada would have done better to make Russia visa free and work permit free if it wanted to actually beat Russia with competitive taxes on business. Right now I pay 4% taxes in Russia as a programmer, the government pays 10% of the cost of a flat for people who have kids recently, and the government subsidizes families/IT further with 5% ipotekas (inflation is 20%). Life is happier in Russia, at least in the Moscow/SPb. This is not really what I expected 20 years ago, but here we are.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you’ve figured it out, congrats! There’s a phase for everything in life, it is impossible to predict where we all are gonna be 5-10 years from now.

[@afdkj]

​@@MakeThatChange Ultimately politics come down to happiness and having means. Canadians are being squeezed, while Russians with means have fled leaving opportunities in their wake. I remember in the 1980s our neighbours moved to Australia, and then in the 90s it felt like everyone was. Now Canadians are going to the USA when it used to be the unrealizable dream for many Americans to come to Canada. I like how the Nomad Capitalist says go where you are treated best. That's always different for everyone.

[@MakeThatChange]

I don’t always agree with the nomad capitalist, but I wholeheartedly agree with that statement of his.

[@DParker-qv2kz]

Bull Shit. Half of York region is gone to the cottage on weekends

[@TheNewSchoolGamer]

To be fair, if you don't/haven't owned a home yo will rent and rent in major Canadian cities is generally a multiple of mortgage payments. I've lived/owned properties in multiple cities across Canada over the years and the mortgage payments are around half that of something equivalent if you're renting. Renters have a really tough time here, especially if you want to get ahead; being a single income house hold also increases the challenge

[@MakeThatChange]

it's crazy how the country punishes single people financially.

[@TheNewSchoolGamer]

@@MakeThatChange Indeed, it's super tough to get ahead on a single income

[@TheSpyder699]

3/4 I will say

[@Stark_dan97]

If I need to buy clothes for a job interview wedding or funeral I’ll just go to a thrift store cause I don’t see the point of spending a ton of money on those clothes. I can’t afford to buy a car so my parents haul me around I’m thankful for it. Plus I’m in college right now so a major expense like a car isn’t an option for me. Plus I had to work hard to afford to get my passport and that was a huge expense in its self. I wouldn’t mind having a kid or two but again I can’t afford one.

[@lucstpierre6401]

wacko has to go

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

peace be upon you maam

[@MakeThatChange]

🙏

[@kurtukh]

Thank a liberal/ndp voter for the state of Canada

[@MakeThatChange]

every nation deserves its government, every Canadian has contributed to the current state of Canada.

[@Jan-fx2ny]

Homeless peiple work

[@hchalz]

Well, most of our income is taken to support the spending of the Canadian government. Canadians love a socialist government, and they got it.

[@MakeThatChange]

how would you adjust government spending?

[@hchalz]

@@MakeThatChange 100% taxation, bunk beds and free potatoes for all. Let's bring it home!!!

[@MakeThatChange]

potato wedges FTW

[@louisecote3542]

But I am sure it's better than in Russia isn't!!!!!!! Otherwise why are you here...

[@MakeThatChange]

Yup love it here.

[@carmenlajoie2719]

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