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Republicans Should have pass the bill instead of being petty so Biden couldn’t have a win I blame both party’s

always looking for someone to blame now it's the people coming in the country ??????

Guardian: blaming foreigners for raising rental is scapegoating\n\nExcuse me? Do people not understand supply and demand? Is the west so uneducated?

Blame it all to the wars.

I blame this on the fools that voted for Trudeau

Don't blame them were handing out freebies

Blame goes to Doug Ford for the backlog. He is worried how to sell more beer.

Landlords pretending that evictions are even possible, and that rent inflation and the biggest housing crisis in history doesn't directly lead to them not getting their rent checks? 2+2 is still 4 big guy, welcome to your Canada 2024...whatever you do, don't blame the goverment and keep voting the way you always have, I'm sure someone will help you out if your problem

I am all for immigration, but the foundation work has been sloppy. Immigration needs to be controlled. I wouldn't blame the fault on immigrants, but on mismanagement

Blame Trudeau.

Please, blame the govt. I don’t think citizens or immigrants are to blame. Finding stable work in Canada is a challenge these days even for permanent residents/new citizens. No guarantee of work even after acing an interview and building skills as needed. At this point I feel like immigrants are just tax paying scapegoats, who are used by the government and hated by local people. This is not real inclusiveness. Govt must give priority to their citizens and encourage immigration if there are real opportunities to offer. Everyone needs work and stability inorder to live a civilized and stable life. Calling loads and loads here to benefit the economy and politicians just be called third world trash isn’t fair.

Don't worry kamilla says she's got it under control.?? Somehow she will look right into the camera and blame this on Trump? The sad part is the liberals will believe her.

It is very easy to just blame one set of variables as the cause for the entire country’s problems. \nImmigration is only a single item on a very very longer list. \nCanada is a tax haven for the super wealthy - start there.

Cost of living as soared all over the world not only Canada.get off your butts and stop being lazy instead of blaming immigrants and immigration.i see all these so called first world nations pushing this narrative when the ppl are just lazy.immigrants do all the hard work the so called citizens don't.

Foreigner ARE to blame for the housing situation. Why should Canadians pay taxes to provide societal services to foreigners?

It is not fair that individuals immigrants are blamed for this crisis! It is called discrimination. People is very shallow to judge complex situations.

A tenant of mine - a social worker - shifted a homeless man into an empty apartment in my house without asking for a permit. I offered him to shelter the homeless man as a guest within his rented apartment, yet this he did not want. Typical socialist: placing the rotten egg in the nest of others to deal with. I told him, if he does this again, then eviction time comes.\n\nThere is a way to get the above lady out. No, I am not talking about hitmen from the dark web. What I mean is, get the government agencies involved by claiming she endangers hygienic conditions within the building. There is always some evidence for that, if not then be creative and shift the blame.

The Guardian is one of the groups who must take some of the blame.

Capitalism is to blame, as it requires a housing shortage for higher profits. The govt needs to build homes.

Inflation is due to government printing money at a high speed. Don’t blame immigration policy alone

Democrats policy on full display ? can’t blame them tho their ideology has a zero percent success rate through out all of history

Being a patriot and taking your country back is not racist at all.. The liberal govt and mainly Justin Trudeau is to be blamed.. period

Her sister died of cancer and they blamed the doctors for delaying diagnosis and filed a lawsuit. I think she's now delaying rent

Why do you let people IN and then blame them \nWe Indians take a pride leaving in the west , here back in India as well

Does she really just blame Venezuela for our southern border debauchery?

Outrageous prices are also partially to blame. I see this all the time.

I, MYSELF IS IMMIGRANT AND I HATE TO SEE THIS THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. FOR ME THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS THE ONE WHOSE TO BLAME NOT CANADA. \nINCOMPETENCE. SELFISH. IGNORANCE. FAILURE.

I like multiculturalism and this country is founded on immigration. But we need to put cap on each country when receiving them so to maintain the balance of good mix.\n\nI get bothered why this guy statistically divide white vs others. In the end this land belongs to the indigenous people none of us. \n\nAnyways, most of my friends from Western Europe, Japan, Korea and Singapore - first world nations, have already moved back after couple of years of living here. Aa a dual citizen myself, I plan on retiring in my other country.\n\nThis country has to realize if they receive massive influx of people- they need to invest and build more infrastructure. Look at Gardiner- it's constantly on construction mode. Hire more surgeons and make better family doctor system. This government only legalized marijuana and brought more problems. We used to live near Trinity bellwood and the park is now filled with used needles. \n\nAs for homelessness, it's always been there and it got worse during economic depression (2008 mortgage crisis) and current prime rate/inflation situation. Even if you study stats from government subsidized housing, most immigrants work and get out of help but the old immigrants (whites) usually don't flip out of the situation for generations. So there is no reason to tie and blame the Indians for our old problem of homeless population. Stay on point and stop tying it down with non-related issues.

Instead of blaming immigrants, Canada should focus on creating more jobs. For example, the Engineering Council of Canada has a lot of unnecessary red tape. Doctors' and engineers' qualifications from foreign countries should be recognized so that they can contribute to society. Even PhD holders cannot work in Canada because they LACK Canadian experience according to businesses.

The 2nd biggest country in world with 40 million people complaining they are getting too many ppl??? \n\nNo! You guys are being eaten by the rich and they use immigrants as human shields and as an excuse to keep exploiting everyone while their property value keeps growing every year and they pay less in wages.\n\nYou can blame immigrants all you want but the problem won’t be solved until you guys stop corporations from governing and stop trickle down economic policies that only benefit the top 1%

@CashJordan please do you home work! And report the countries coming in! Not just blame Mexico for everything!!!

These are folks from Honduras/Nica/Guatemala/Cuba/ Haitian/China ….. For the first time in history there are less Mexican coming in then what they are telling you…. These folks need to report the the countries flooding in and STOP blaming everything in Mexico…. ?? let them breath for once!!!

This sentiment is rising everywhere in the world unfortunately … But it’s important to look at the historical facts that’s been causing this mass migration and these developed countries only have themselves to blame for not allowing the so called 3rd world countries to prosper

Property prices being high is to the benefit of the older establishment generation.\n\nBut blame immigrants.

Blame the USA and Europe, they brought it on themselves to have a migrant crisis, so to the reactionaries ?? cope, and blame your governments

when economy goes down, people find something to blame or someone. They don't look into themselves.

We can all agree that the lack of new infrastructure going back to the 80s is why we are in this pickle.\nBut just blindly bringing in mass amounts if people just so the federal Liberals can create false GDP while pointing the finger of blame at past governments is not acceptable either.\nStop the inflow, \nbuild the homes\nRestart the inflow at a sustainable level.\nSimple!

Thankfully Modi & Hindus are not blamed....

Ford and his goons are to blame

Private banks, Monopoly, politicians who put foreign interests first and no government oversight caused all of our problems, and immigration just made it worse.. why are people blaming immigrants who were lied to about Canada for cheap labour and not our useless politicians? Someone please make it make sense

They're coming over to get those Biden/Harris 20k stipends. I don't blame them at all. At least migrants are getting what they won't give their own citizens

Blame the hebrew cause in commercial they have lots of rights but regular people have no rights

As an immigrant who grew up here, I am always judged because I say Canada should limit the number of immigrants coming in the country not because I am egoistic or what but because I think that Canada is selling a dream to people who sell their houses and everything to come to a place where the system has lost its structure. ? I don’t blame immigrants but the government for failing not the country but also new arrivals

These days, every country blames their pre-existing problems on immigrants (easy to do). The realtor girl in the video clearly explained why housing is expensive, because it's expensive to build. Is that the fault of immigrants? No! In fact Immigrants should technically bring the cost 'DOWN' due to 'cheap labour'. Poor infrastructure, govt corruption and corporate greed are not problems created by immigrants.

how do you suppose they get into Canada?? You're simply fearmongering.. Can't get into Canada without a visa., first of all, and second if they are let in to Canada, they got there by flight and a one-way ticket from Mexico city is $518 plus tax and fees per person...next, the passport exempt for the visa is Mexico, the influx of migrants are not Mexican, they are other countries and regardless of the perron, they need a passport to enter the country... How about we stop blaming everyone else and look in the mirror.. You jackasses voted Biden in, knowing what was going to happen, its the democrats own laws and own fault for simply opening the borders just to contradict Trump.\n Had Trump not been robbed of the presidency, youd have secure borders, no destroyed economy and wouldnt have let millions of foreign actors take root in the country... An interview with a terrorist leader told the reporter that the attack on America that is in the works will make 911 look like a warm up attack and it will be like nothing ever seen in the history of man... Better belive the southern border is an invasion. over 100,000 a month cross in the south, with 16000 total for the whole year on the northern border...

Easy answer: we have housing- we dont have AFFORDABLE housing... blaming the housing crisis on migrants instead of taking responsibility for their failures as politicians who have not kept up on infrastructure and then baiting us against each other so we dont blame the actual problem. Banks raise the cost of mortgages, which in turn raises rentals. This is not the fault of ppl who have had no say in our systems as they just got here, they didnt choose when they're approved to come n work n live in Canada.

You have to admit that landlords had it good for many many years. The pendulum has swung. Landlords should blame the bad/greedy landlords that caused this to happen. LOL Tenants were exploited for years and now are fighting back! Can't really blame them.

The easiest way to stop a right wing movement is to attend to your citizens needs (housing, jobs and infrastructure) but its much easier to blame racism.

Scapegoating is the right word. The same people complaining about a lack of infrastructure for everyone are the same people who voted for politicians who cut social services and removed rent control. Blame yourselves.

He wil just divert the topic blaming students, no action in reality