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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You are poor when you are shocked that 4 regular Canadian grown potatoes cost $6.75 and olive oil cost $16.95
that's unacceptable.
I am not poor and I am still shocked.
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.
Thanks for the tip!
There's potato farm in BC just trying to farm but govt wants to develop. They started giving away free "ugly potatoes" now 3 indigenous are trying claim the land. Complete clown 🤡 show.
It is shame that I am still living with my parents, because if I don’t, I will be joining those people who living in tents. There is no way I can afford a home by earning nearly the minimum wage. Even rents now reach $2300 for one bed apartment. This is worse than not only the G7 countries, but also worse than most of countries in Asia.
hey! you might like a video we made on how we'd approach living on minimum wage in Toronto. th-cam.com/video/5NwSJRFLBCs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pQLgH59MRpFBo1SR
As Asian background, live together with parent is not a shame, it is an virtue to honor and take care of own parents as long as room and board paid in due time every month
Tiny home its sucks but its your only hope
I've been to 7 countries and 40 cities. I am from Ukraine and I lived in China for 9 years, recently I moved to Canada and I can say one thing for sure. Even if, EVEN IF Canada is 10th economy in the world, it's only on paper. This is one of the most undeveloped countries I have ever been to. Nothing, and I mean it, nothing here works well, nothing here tells you that it's a good (wealthy) country. Everything is old, roads are horrible, no fast speed trains whatsoever, transportation is awful, Canadian government seem don't want to deal with any of their problems, like snow for example. I thought, I'm gonna see some super modern snow cleaning machines or some sort of shit like that. But hell no. They stuck in 90s-2000s. Instead they still send letters to each other. Letters Carl. In 2024 they send paper letters with valuable information, like your credit cards or passwords. Thanks God they don't send pigeon or horseman lol. This country is poor, undeveloped and hyper expensive to live in (considering what you are paying for). Aaaaaaaaaaand when it comes to what kind of lifestyle people can afford in Canada, people are very fucking poor here.
If there are money in Canada. It definitely doesn't go to people. Some yeah, to bums mostly and a little bit to really struggling honest people who want to work. But it doesn't cover it. The amount of taxes that people are paying... At least could deal with the snow. I'm just saying. ))
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.
canada is no longer bilingual english and French. we should add other languages
Only reason french is considered is because of historical negotiation no way Canada adds official language even French as a official language is dumb to me and I’m à Quebec dude from the country side. Fact of the Mather we have no money for anything ah😂
@@infofootageHindi
@@infofootagethe new immigration aren colonizers 100 percent. They don’t come here for a better life they come here for money and then send it back to their 3rd world “home”
@@infofootage no we should not, we should send them back!’
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.
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?
@@noseboop4354 I'm from the South Region, Blumenau city. I would advise teaching English.
@@nikkibelair8899 Sounds good, thanks.
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.
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
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.
Possible? It's inevitable that most tax dollars are wasted. They aren't spending their own money.
@@qwaszx2 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.
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.
@@seanothepop4638Denial, it’s the Canadian way 🇨🇦 😂
Justin is fucked you will see.
Most people would consider me as poor. I don't. I live within my means and I am quite happy with what I got.
Champ! 👏
It all depends on how you handle money. You can have 2 families making the exact same money, one does well and the other is a mess.
1000%
Bullshit
If one of those families has intergenerational wealth, it has probably paid off or largely paid off a home. Income is only one measurement of poor vs. wealthy.
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.
Owning a home is not for everyone, and hidden costs of homeownership can add up to be more stressful than renting.
With the Yuan devaluing sharply against the Canadian dollar future money from China will not be coming into Canada, Australia or New Zealand. Do not buy real estate in Vancouver as that would be the worst possible place. Soon the Chinese will be poor outside of their own country the same as what happened to Japan.
@@MakeThatChange Ya, but as a renter you are officially a second class citizen. You have less rights. You have no certainty of a roof over your head a few months from now. Getting an apartment has become an intense competition which can take months of full time search, and you might end up living in your car for a while because you were not able to land an apartment in time (I know ppl who went through that, smart ppl with good jobs). And if you don't have a really good job, more than 50% of your income will go on rent, or you live with your parents or with room-mates for rest of your life. And you will probably never be able to fully retire because you will always have the monthly rent to pay (vs. homeowners who generally will have finished paying off their mortgages by the time they retire).
@torachirila6928 most Canadians are paying more than 50% of their income on mortgage+ home ownership costs these days. If you ask them, many would be happy to rent for a little more just to have some breathing room on day-to-day expenses. As a homeowner, you’re not guaranteed a roof over your head until you’ve paid off your mortgage, the bank is your landlord until then.
@@MakeThatChange Ya, the main difference tho is that in bank - mortgage situation after a number of years of payments you will own the house from your bank-landlord. And you know you'll have a roof over your head when you retire. But in a purely rental situation you just make payments and you will never own, and with the current and projected rental rates you will most probably never be able to fully retire. And also, a lot of rents are higher than the mortgage payments the landlord pays each month (because the landlord has to cover their costs and make some profit). The only situation where renters are better off than mortgage paying homeowners are social housing (of which we have a severe shortage) and rent-controlled apartments with old rents.
The main topic of the actual report from the Food Bank is the Material Deprivation Index. The report authors say the MDI is not used in Canada, but the authors recommended that we should use it to complement (not replace) our current measurement system, which is the Market Basket Measurement (the EU uses a basket of goods measurement AND other measurements to estimate poverty levels, and New Zealand is probably the best in the world regarding gathering and analyzing the real factors that cause and prolong poverty). The United States does not use a Material Deprivation Index either, but its Census Bureau does carry out research using the "Multidimensional Hardship Index," which integrates several measurement approaches. I have not read the full Food Bank report, but have read the 20-page summary. It is most unfortunate that the politicization and polarization of every single subject in this country has resulted in the Food Bank report being used merely as ammunition in our never-ending sniping at one another, which leads nowhere and stops us from taking action together for the good of the majority. We should focus instead on the Food Bank's recommendation to incorporate the Material Deprivation Index into our understanding of poverty, so that we can work together on effective ways to improve people's lives.
Here is an excerpt from the end of the summary, which is the closest thing to a recommendation the authors provide.
"A better understanding of poverty is critical if we are to accurately evaluate our progress, or lack of progress, in reducing material distress among households in Canada. We recommend that Statistics Canada establish and maintain a material deprivation module - a set of questions to measure living standards via the “normal” goods, services, and activities that households with modest but acceptable living standards would ordinarily be expected to be able to afford. The material deprivation module would complement the MBM, which measures poverty by inputs. Together, the two types of indicators would provide a deeper and more accurate insight into poverty in Canada.
POVERTY IN CANADA THROUGH A DEPRIVATION LENS | FOOD BANKS CANADA
Statistics Canada, with the assistance of Employment and Social Development Canada, is unarguably better placed to develop and maintain a robust MDI than a group of voluntary agencies. Statistics Canada could easily and inexpensively add a deprivation module to one of its existing annual surveys - for example, the Canadian Income Survey. An even more comprehensive understanding of poverty could be obtained by including the deprivation module in the long-form census, permitting a detailed examination of the relationship between economic distress and the many variables included in the long form, including for groups and locations where the samples would
otherwise be too small to permit analysis.
Another, minor but not insignificant, advantage of the MDI if used as a complement to the MBM is that a material deprivation survey can provide feedback on current conditions, whereas the MBM will always be a few years behind because of the time it takes to ensure the accuracy of income data. This advantage of the MDI would be especially important in times of rapidly changing economic conditions and the need to react quickly, such as in the height of the recent pandemic and the surge of inflation in its aftermath, or at a time of rapidly rising interest rates.
An MDI would be a useful tool not only for understanding the nature of poverty in Canada, but also for designing better programs to address poverty. For example, our survey suggests that a simple income payment adjusted for a few factors such as size and age of family will not efficiently address poverty. Instead, we need to understand and address the factors beyond income that determine the lived experience of households. As another example, we have seen that the majority of people who are living in poverty are working or looking for work, so addressing poverty solely through programs aimed only at people who are not in the labour force will fail to reach most of those who require extra support.
In sum, we believe that our research has shown that poverty may be different, and perhaps more extensive, than it appears when viewed through the single lens of the MBM income-based poverty line. We believe there is an opportunity for a more accurate understanding of poverty by applying a second lens: a material deprivation index."
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.
The municipalites are in control of their food banks, so requirements vary from place to place. I lived somewhere where all you needed was ID. The next place I moved you needed to show your income and expenses. All of it. That was a leftwing riding that votes NDP provincially, btw.
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+%.... 😮
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.
@@MakeThatChange you should have receive some commission for this fairy tales 😁
I certainly should. Where do I sign up?
@@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
Sad that it's enough for you to just "see" those things. Want to make that change? Be that change.
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
Money is not always the biggest motivator for people. Besides, a good sales man can easily make 10k+ here.
Maybe he doesn't feel blong there, and that makes him want to go somewhere else, money is not everything in life after all...
The average "salesman" makes 53,000cdn per year........before taxes.....
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.
Chicken is a luxury. Eat eggs instead, you get all the same nutrition for a fraction of the price.
@@noseboop4354Chicken bought ON SALE, put in the freezer, is not a luxury and not too long ago, peasants never ate meat at all.
@noseboop4354
Vitamin pills and potatoes - it's the thing.😂😂😂
Spend less on booze and weed.
@@propheteyebert7063 I don't drink or smoke anything at all... but it doesn't surprise me that people like yourself are a bad judge of character.
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.
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 😃
@@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.
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.
A 5 year old cavalier? Who writes this crap? Cavalier stopped production in canada back in 2005
What’s cavalier and what does it have to do with this video?
@@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
@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.
Yes, the vehicle name and costs seem off base. As a pensioner I would never be able to afford $1300/month on a vehicle (on a Cavalier???).
One way to STAY poor is to buy new or near new vehicles which depreciate fast plus you may be making payments which include interest.
I bought a 2000 Toyota Sienna with 300K km for $2000 cash in private sale, two years ago, and after replacing the catalytic converter, radiator, and valve cover gaskets, it is working great. I drive around 5000 km/yr and spend about $200/month on gas and insurance. There is very little rust on it so I expect it will last me a long time. One saves a lot of money by buying an older vehicle, of a brand that has a good reputation, and taking it to a good independent mechanic.
But according to my Liberal Party of Canada MP they 'raised' 100,000 children out of poverty with their unaffordable Child Tax benefit. While plunging millions of Private sector employees into poverty evidently. Can't cripple resource industries, add Carbon Tax expenses to all businesses and massively increase interest payments without hurting many Canadians.
I think you have fallen for "The Biggest Lie in Politics." It's okay, really, most people have. But you can educate yourself on the subject of Federal fiat currency for sovereign countries such as Canada, if you want, by watching 1Dime's video "The Deficit Myth: The Biggest Lie in Politics." Don't watch if you can't handle the truth.
Many years of my childhood my family was “below the poverty line” and received government benefits to help with children’s dental care, etcetera but now, at 30, am fortunate to have now been able to check off all 11 of those criteria. I am going on a two week family vacation to Europe tomorrow.
Congrats on breaking out of the poverty cycle! Wishing you a wonderful vacation.
@@MakeThatChange thank you so much! It is going well
wow you are taking your videos to a whole new level, ladies. Cheers!
Glad you like it!
And that's why Trudeau and party needs to finally go.
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.
Basically Trudeau is the big bullshit, pollievre is the same bullshit, not as big because he's inherting less to launder money off of.
What will Poilievre do to improve the material wealth of the vast majority of Canadians? Does it involve more boutique tax credits for the already wealthy, corporatons, and slashing environmental and worker protection regulations? Does it involve increased private-for-profit health care, defunding of public education? Most "conservative" economic policy is trickle-down, based on the ideology of ensuring the altready wealthy own 90 or more per cent of a nation's actual wealth. Some of that wealth is then, supposedly, to dribble down to the rest of us. Peer-reviewed evidence over the last 25 years or more shows that, in reality, the trickle-down approach leads to even greater wealth inequality, with many more people falling below the poverty line. And just last year, the Conservative Party of Canada voted AGAINST a bill that would have provided lunch to school children who needed it. We need a better approach than either the Liberals or the Conservatives offer us.
@@seanothepop4638 Agreed. However, people have already forgotten that during the Liberals' first four-year period beginning in 2016, they did try to raise revenue via trimming back the numerous boutique tax cuts to small business that Harper had brought in, which would have replaced the public revenue lost through those cuts under Harper. A huge contingent of small businesses fought back fiercely. BTW, I am all for small independent businesses, but the public at large provides many supports to that sector of our economy; the Harper tax cuts and credits for that particular sector were politically, not objectively, based. No one likes taxes, but no one likes increasing poverty, either. The real world we live in is one where ordinary Canadians are the ones who have to pay higher individual income tax rates (proportionate to their income) to make up for low, or in some cases no, actual taxes paid by the already wealthy. "Passive income" from wealth assets in particular are not treated fairly.
Interestingly the Food Bank Report gives the best rating to Quebec regarding its "report card on poverty." More than any other province, Quebec makes social investments in it people. Its current provincial governing party is more right-wing than usual for that province, but still, compared to other provinces, it remains the most socially democratic jurisdiction and that is one of the big reasons why its people are materially better off. Most people outside of Quebec are probably unaware that the province used to have real slums in its cities, children begging in the streets, and a giant chasm between its wealthy and its poor inhabitants, until the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. Quebecers rebelled against its traditional conservative government and the power of the Catholic church, and compared to the rest of Canada, has a more redistributive model of taxation. Yes, that province has many problems (organized crime being the most notable, and ongoing corruption), but on the topic of poverty levels, it is better off than the rest of us. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quiet-revolution
The poverty here in Canada is absolutely astounding and the worst of it is not even being discussed. I’m on disability and my monthly income is $1300.00. Exactly how is one supposed to live off of that when rent is in the $2000 range? I’m actually managing as I’ve been handicapped since birth and I knew some day I’d be dealing with CPP disability funds or lack thereof and I managed my funds accordingly to accommodate a depleted account. But it’s still an extreme struggle. People are choosing MAID service simply because they can’t afford to survive. I don’t think we can allow this type of abuse to continue. And I’m not saying this to help myself. Like I said, I’m surviving. Not well, but I’m okay. There are so many others who are not. And we are just ignoring these people. It’s shameful and a true tragedy. 😢
While I do feel for your plight, the abuse on our disability is one of the many reasons your monthly stipend is so low. I’ve met plenty of people on “disability” who in all honesty should be working.
@@xeero24 I completely agree with you. There is an abuse of the system and better control needs to be used. But people are choosing death rather than live like this. Doesn’t that prove that the problems are real?
@@ritaparker5233 I’m not denying there is a problem, and i believe those who cannot work should have a reasonable standard of living far beyond what you are receiving. Unfortunately this country picks and chooses what it can afford. Disability, money for seniors, money for education meh who cares. Ukraine? Oh we have endless supply. By the way after I complete more than 40 years of work in this country where I have maxed CPP since I was 25 I prob won’t get more than 1400 a month either. Yes, this system sucks 100 percent.
No sympathy.
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Trudeau and Singh both say 'they have your back'...and they're there for the 'little' guy/gal.
They certainly do like little people and are doing their best to keep you little.
And your back...they stabbed you in it.
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How many times did Canadians vote for the liberal/ndp team?
They fully deserve what they voted for.
The nation always deserves its leadership.
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.
Have you watched the video till the end?
@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 !
You’re a lucky woman/man to be able say that.
@@MakeThatChange What??? what do you mean they are lucky to say that??? I don't think you are being realistic how much Canadians' living standards have fallen. I left my Eastern Europe country and moved to Canada looking for better living standards and life opportunities, and it was great for a while here, but now my friends from my home country have better living standards than me. They have very decent work-life balance, they have way better healthcare than I have here, they travel and take vacations all the time and every few weeks they do this thing called "city-break" (travel to another country for the weekend). Meanwhile, my vacation time is for dealing with personal problems, and I'm lucky when I can take weekends off, and by "off", I mean doing chores and going on a groceries shopping pilgrimage at like 5-6 different stores, to buy the things they have on sale, because of how much things cost here. By comparison, my friend from Ireland is a single mom of 2 kids and she has no idea how much grocery items cost because she doesn't look at prices because she doesn't need to, because things are affordable. She did send me once a receipt from a more expensive, ethnic store, angry at how much she had to pay, and I was shocked "OMG this is special/ reduced prices here. I have to go grocery-store hopping to pay the price that for you seems outrageously expensive, and for me that's the cheapest I can get and I have to hustle for it." Yes, people are poor here and we are so stuck in the hamster wheel because of the high cost of living, we don't even have time to realize how poor we are because we live in this shiny gilded cage and we think we live so good...
Every country has its own cycles. Canada has been a stable, predictable and comfortable society for decades, and that’s been a privilege. All we want to bring awareness to is that knowing a better way of life is a privilege, 80% of the world will never experience the way of life Canadians are having even now. Despite all, we too feel privileged to have an opportunity to live here in Canada, even these days.
Having said that, Canada is not for everyone, and it sounds like you’d be happier in Europe. Don’t let Canada hold you back from happiness! All the best 💙
Great journalism to effectively debunk bogus news headlines. Love this.
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.🙏
I agree, we barely make 40k/year but I don't feel that poor. Compared to the general population yes, but in general no. We actually have no debt at all and slowly building up our savings
Right on! 🚀
Hard to believe these “poverty” statistics when the high end bars and cactus club and keg style restaurants are full of young people and we have stacks of government jobs, like school bus drivers and custodians, private sector trades and construction jobs going unfilled. Second look at the new 60k to 120k trucks these young men drive around! What a waste of money that could be better spent investing. Third, if you live near a Costco and live in a home with a fridge and stove you should have no problem living very cheaply and eating very well. Yes you will need a room mate (s) until you have built up some wealth but these people don’t know how to save and invest, From what I have seen of “poverty” in Canada it’s mostly a lifestyle choice. Yes a small number are mentally ill but the ones I know have chosen never to save and when they do have money they spend every penny on stupid things.
My wife and I are surprised with some of your answers for the poverty quiz...
From our understanding youve both had mid-high level jobs for many years now and settled for quite a while and are well researched in your life decision making.
We only just relocated over here, both after self-funding our own studies and extended layoffs from work, and we still dont answer "no" to any of those questions....
Glad you're questioning this and you're right, we don't consider ourselves nowhere near living in poverty. The survey and the wording yields big inaccuracies, leaning on personal preferences more than true ability to afford something.
If you live in a city and you are owning a car instead of using the public transport, you are probably not poor.
1000%. In any circumstance, owning a car is a privilege.
@MakeThatChange Nah lady, owning a car in a country like Canada, especially if you're a working class, it's definitely a must.
It is not Europe here.....
Many people are ending up living in their cars because of that😂😂😂
Country like Canada?
@MakeThatChange yep, the same goes for US, AUS, and even NZ.
Including all Latin American countries. Pretty much all the far west countries.
The only countries where public transport is REALLY developed so that you dont need a car is western Europe, (especially France where even rich people use metro because its much comfortable and practical)
Japan also has a very well developed public transport system.
And finally, China.
And im not saying they're better than us, just pointing out the facts.
@@MakeThatChange Yes. I am in Canada, (Montréal then Ottawa) I am 50 and I have never had a car. I don't even have a driving license. I live in a centre neighbourhood and I take the bus. Many people with 6 digit salaries here commute by bus.
California population country. Received . 300000 por year (people) no . building enough houses . surprise rent skyrocket for Canadians. Why in the world Canadians are doing that bringing so many people every twelve months? Did they Lost their minds
How much longer before Canadians can vote out Trudeau?
Depends on when Canadians start showing up to vote in the first place.
Things are going to get alot worse because of climate policies and Canada economy is 40% housing transactions.
Keep in mind certain mines like copper mountain, get a million dollars of free power every month. Certain wages are covered as well. When's the last time natural gas, hydro or gasoline, or diesel was subsidized for people on fixed income?
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.
In addition, no matter how well off you are, people will always take free stuff, even if they could go well without it.
How about comparing the quality of life today to that of 20 years ago for similar families in Canada? I believe that would be a fair starting point for discussing poverty.
Maybe it’s just me but in Quebec Montreal it’s very hard find a 3 bedroom apartment! I have 3 children and looking for a 5 1/2 apartments and almost every where I checked they did not have an apartment that size . When I did find 3 bedroom was wayyyy to expensive almost 2000$
3 bedroom is $4000 in Toronto.
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.
Good point, but poverty is not good at any level as it causes other issues such us mental and physical problems, etc. Here in Canada we have encampments in almost every province and considering the winters here I think is brutal to say the least. Another aspect is the high level of taxes we pay to have mediocre services specially health care which is killing many Canadians every day sadly and that is poverty too.
How many are poor because of their own doing or choice .
@@mdf3006 You don't know me . I was raised in a poor family . I made the right choices to make my life better . I didn't expect or blame others for anything.
I'm 62, male, and employed. Lots of work in Canada. It's raining jobs.
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?
white women entitlements destroyed canada. muslims will correct feminism
Being "poor" in Canada, has almost nothing to do with money, it has much more to do with not having enough brain power upstairs to figure out how to make ends meet, and figure out how to work the system to your advantage (not scamming it, making it work as intended). In Canada, I'd say that it's actually very hard to become homeless, and even more difficult to go hungry, you'd actually have to work at it to make it happen. If you are mentally unfit, and unable to competently manage your basic fiscal responsibilities, then in those cases, a lack of money is not your problem, you'll have a much more serious problems to deal with instead.
This video feels detached from reality. The overwhelming majority of Canadians do not have an income to comfortably afford their rent or mortgage (living paycheque to paycheque) and no, housing is not a “luxury problem,” it is a basic human right, and increasing critical the more elderly you become and if you want/have children. Then you need to factor in that the majority of jobs require commuting, meaning a car, because where it is semi-affordable to live is further out from employment opportunities. Then factor in inflation of basic goods, groceries, gas (thanks carbon tax), and cost of living. Then mass immigration coupled with abuse of the student visa system, government tax incentives for foreign workers, and illegal immigrants, all of whom will happily take cash for less than the fair wage of that job, and now you have a wage suppression problem, plus housing and healthcare crisis due to insufficient infrastructure for the unnatural population increase of roughly 1 million+ per year. Anyone real Canadian that has actually grown up in Canada can plainly see how dramatically this country has declined in less than 20 years.
The saddest part, is that they all see it and are choosing to do nothing about it. The nation always deserves its government.
On paper, Canadians are at 50,000+ GDP per capita. A Chinese is 1/5 of that.
Why: Chinese GDP is based on tangible things, not speculation.
Conclusion, which you can verify yourself by going to China and taking a look: a Chinese making 10,000 is as good off as a Canadian making 100,000.
wonder why there are way less people striving to immigrate to China?
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.
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!
The gini index says that Venezuela 🇻🇪 is doing better than US 😂😂
Maybe because we're all poor here
It's funny because i'm Venezuelan
You gotta laugh at yourself sometimes to ignore you're own personal misfortunes
Humour always wins the day 😉
Thank a liberal/ndp voter for the state of Canada
every nation deserves its government, every Canadian has contributed to the current state of Canada.
When you have no money to buy food, you know you are poor. I am Canadian, retired, disabled and broke. Food ?
Closer to 90% of Canadians are poor.
Better be poor in Canada than in most the world then 🤣
@@MakeThatChangeThat's bullshit
@@honesthose😅
❤ ty, sharing this on FB
Thanks for sharing!!
I’ve been poor since a child here in Canada, I’m grown went to school an all and still poor. 40 years almost of poor
Happy Belated Canada Day and Happy FOURTH of July in Advance 💯 Gawd Bless 🇺🇲
Same to you!
@@MakeThatChange are you two friends with Marina Mogilko❓ Marina (LinguaMarina) is originally from St Petersburg,🇷🇺but she has obtained US citizenship you know👀
Nope
@@MakeThatChange Anyways💬 Marina, her husband Dima and their two children reside in Los Altos, California 👀 Should do a live interview with her on TH-cam. I mean at the end of the day Y'all come from 🇷🇺 and now living in North America.
Maybe one day, our content is focused on Canada at this moment. Thanks for suggesting!
besides Moscow or Saint Petersburg, Canada has nothing to envy Russia, I live in the north of Canada, in a village of 150 inhabitants and it is not as dilapidated and abandoned in your wonderful country, yes Moscow and Saint Petersburg are magnificent but the rest of Russia is a nightmare, instead of denigrating Canada why don't you go back to Russia....
Yup Russia sucks. People are great though.
So rude! Why even comment when you're so negative? Russia is a great country, and growing and developing every single month.
Except here i am a disabled homeless veteran that with no pharmacare, no proper medical care, arrested for setting up a tent on public property, no access to real food. No way to cook food. And the government screwed me on taxes and CERB. $500 per month. All because i don’t have an address. The government will not remove that barrier for application. You MUST have an address to get benefits and if you don’t have one, lie to us and get someone to agree to use theirs. Wake up people, the government is controlling you. Don’t try to change it. Break free from it. Stop working for money and build co-op communities. Let my people go Pharaoh!
Sounds like you will enjoy living in a communist country more.
@@MakeThatChange you don’t even know what i am talking about brother. You have tunnel vision and can’t see the trees from the forest. I am talking about forgetting about money and the financial system that we have and radically changing how economics is done. You are still trapped in old construct of master slave relationships and you bought the master’s lie that you are free to make as much as you can. Problem is, you are still a slave to the master’s greed and control. Wake up. The system is the beast. Discover the way, find Christ.
my guess is that the vegetarian alternative would refer to the comparable nutritional value, mainly protein? 🤷♂
It appears that most of the commentators here did not watch your full video. Instead, they have done exactly what you point out happened, unfortunately, in response to the release of the report: treated it as clickbait only, and jumped to Pierre Poilievre's conclusions that it is "taxes" that are the cause of poverty. Those commentators did not watch your video long enough to take in the part near the end about credible research showing that countries that have direct taxes (and that redistribute those taxes to benefity the vast majority of the population) have the lowest levels of poverty. That is the exact opposite of the "solution" promoted by Poilievre and his supporters in the comments.
Glad you were one of the few to watch it till the end .
@@MakeThatChange I appreciate the presentation and analysis you provided.
Govt and corporate nexus is making people poor, for example why auto insurance companies require drivers details to calculate insurance cost...if anyone have license he is eligible to drive by law...corporate forced govt claim policy loopholes so that they will charge in this way.
insurance premiums tend to change based on the calculated risk. If the driver has a history of dangerous driving or accidents, they are considered higher risk, and therefore are subject to a higher premium.
@@MakeThatChange most of the countries doesn't apply this logic, Canada, US and some countries...
most countries don't drive nearly as much as North Americans do. They don't have a car culture.
Excellent video!
Glad you liked it!
wacko has to go
Very informative, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I heard an accent there and are you french-canadian?
Russian, but lived in French Canada for over 10 years.
Just vote for Pierre Poilievre
in a country with
Thank you for bringing more attention to this... Canada is poor first-world country.
This is more my league, love these statistics.
Glad you enjoyed this.
@@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.
@@MakeThatChange Just wanna let you gurls know that Marina Mogilko (LinguaMarina TH-cam ) 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 😮
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)
The reasons is the government favor all the union companies.bail out all the union paying jobs during any election they go to all the unions for their votes .the unions workers when retire get huge pension,cpp oas the rest get the left overs . like cpp ,oas gis just enough to survive.so if you get lucky and get in a union you will have it made.
Canada is an advanced country which not only has but is able to extract, harvest & process so many top tier resources like energy, minerals, lumber & agricultural land it should easily rank somewhere in the top 4 countries on earth, especially given its location & relationship with the USA... but it fails to capitalize on this which would benefit national GDP & personal wealth for Canadians. This has been extremely neglected & deliberately sabotaged by the Trudeau Liberal government over the last decade...
What’s the benefit of deliberate sabotage?
Canada needs to lower the property line to lower the poverty %.
I'm autistic-should have been left at birth. I'm 56, made $7K for 2020. This year I'm on track to make same. If this is my new normal-I sure AF don't want to live anymore!
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.
Where is the "poverty line"? I mean the monetary definition of poor
Apparently it’s fluid, and depends on size of our household and 54 regions (where you live).
These indexes are a joke. I’m considered as living below the poverty line in Canada, and I’m pretty sure I have it much better than at least 90 percent of the world’s population. If you don’t live in a mansion, take expensive vacations every year, and have at least two late model cars, you’re a pauper! Ridiculous!
First world problems, eh?
every million that leaves is 4 or more homes that could have been built...
Im POOR afterwatching this video.. im very poor, just my vehicle is 20 years old
I have only went to a grocery store once this year.
Well, most of our income is taken to support the spending of the Canadian government. Canadians love a socialist government, and they got it.
how would you adjust government spending?
@@MakeThatChange 100% taxation, bunk beds and free potatoes for all. Let's bring it home!!!
potato wedges FTW
Taiwan is first world 🤦🏿♂️. There is no third world country in east Asia 🤣
Where did we mention Taiwan in the video?🤭
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
it's crazy how the country punishes single people financially.
@@MakeThatChange
Indeed, it's super tough to get ahead on a single income
Because of Trudeau.
We are poor for one reason. JUSTIN TRUDEAU
More often than not, people are poor because they tend to blame others for their failures.
Wake up! The Conservatives are no different. They created the worst recession in history during the 1980s. When Harper left office, he left us with a $1.1 Trillion Dollar Debt which we are still paying for. The Conservatives created much poverty when companies closed one after another and put thousands out of work. Conservatives need to go!
Sad truth 😢, canada 🇨🇦 become a very expensive 😢
Cash poor but house rich
Its all relative, you cannot compare first world poverty standards to third world poverty standards !
Why not?
@@MakeThatChange those of is who have visited poor countries know.
We come from a poor country, still don’t see your point.
@MakeThatChange there is a difference, and if you cannot see that, then I can't help you !
Well this was a low value commentary then. Thanks for trying and engaging nevertheless.
Most of the people who are getting food from the food banks are taking advantage of it. You have foreign students taking advantage of it as well while those who really need it suffer.
Kick out or backspace all those incomers.
Video rentals??
More damn shilling damn TH-camrs
thanks for watching and engaging!
Soon enough it will be 4 in 4 Canadians and our mass cowardice will continue. Angry videos, protests, lawsuits, prayer, and voting are not solutions.
Working hard and smart and courage are the solution to make that change. Complaints won’t get us far.
@@MakeThatChange No the solution is more obvious than that but I can't type it out in a comment on this platform. You should be able to figure it out.
That’s a great example of Canadian mentality that brought Canada where we are today: too much effort, too much to type, but it’s obvious and someone else will figure it out.🤣
Not our proudest time in history considering our resources and technology
Good times for too long create complacency and laziness. That in turn creates hard times the country’s not that proud of.
As far as I’m concerned. Trudeau/ NDP must go.
Welcome to Canadian
We need a maximum wage. You cant just have a minimum wage without an outer limit. It really is that simple. But even better, stop working for money. Work for people. But the government would never give up control.
There’s no maximum for wage because there’s no limit to the value someone can provide to the society. The wage is more often than not proportionate to the amount of value each unit of labour creates.
@@MakeThatChange i call BS. There is absolutely NO PRICE on human value. Therefore take the money equation out of it and put a cap on the greed.
If that was indeed true, capitalism wouldn’t exist.
@@MakeThatChange capitalism is an idea that for some reason you only apply to money. You can have a capitalist system under a different economic system. Think bigger. There is a difference between an economic system and a political system. They are different.
Sounds like you have it all figured out. All the best.
Trudeaus lost decade, this will be his legacy.
Esay answer; TAXES
3/4 I will say
Because I have a disability and am elderly
More than 1 in 4, I think
But I am sure it's better than in Russia isn't!!!!!!! Otherwise why are you here...
Yup love it here.
doubtful.
Find me a 5 year old chev cavalier and I’ll buy it lol doesn’t exist.
Maybe that poverty measure’s legitimacy doesn’t either 🤷🏻♀️
Great
Homeless peiple work
peace be upon you maam
🙏