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ALina I see you are a jet setter ( going around the world seeing different places which. Is great and educational ) but remember your dear. dad. he. raised you in a good and Loving way and he’s getting older not younger have you ever considered Living close. too him. and working from home ( And I agree Toronto suck’s I trucked 18 wheeler’s in there delivering product’s in the the 1980s for a. while and everything you said is true about Toronto , I also worked. there. about 5 year’s ago on night shift on a union pipeline job, and stayed at Bradford, Ontario about 40 miles or. so north of the city of Toronto , driving a small truck , I don’ t want too sound. negative either but you couldn’t pay me enough. too. Live there, Now. or Never not. my cup of tea / I grew up most of my Life in. Saskatchewan , I’ am about the same age as your Dad or a year younger , / A good Looking Lady Like you would do well in Saskatchewan , and if you didn’ t Like the cold in the winter you could be a snowbird. you and your Dad ( go away for a few month’s too a warmer place) just. saying. there are a lot of good people in Saskatchewan (Ukrainian, German, Norwegian,Finnish, Irish and English and Scottish just. too name a few, I think there is a good future for a young person or person’s in. Saskatchewan for. a future, and Listen too your father , he Looked Like he’s worked hard all his Life on. the farm, I can tell Listening too him , he’s no dummy ,smart man, I still have a neighbour where I had a small acreage 17 acres south of Tisdale, Saskatchewan ( Brent Butt country ) he farmed across the road from me ( still owns the farm ) retired Lives in nearby Melfort, Saskatchewan has an apartment room he’s around your dad’s age , / I. Live in a small town on the edge of town between Toronto. and. Ottawa ( winter are quite damp here , do too all the Lake’s in Ontario )Anyway the best too you and your Dad in the new year if he is still. farming l hope he had a good crop this ( or if the Land is rented l hope the renter got a good crop) also. best too you and your Dad / Bill S. Canada

Providing shelters to terrorists in their city and using hospitals kind of place shows how much dignified are Palestinians!

In my teens, early 20s (early 00's) i dreamed of emigrating to Canada and Toronto. It had beautiful nature, was clean, safe, nice people and a great standard of living. But seeing it now especially the big cities is really sad. Many countries have had major turn arounds (Colombia for instance) and hopefully Canada can get back to being a great place again. Love from the UK .

CANADA is a BORING COUNTRY/ CITIES......\nI live in kitchener, ontario \nnothing exciting happens here \n**NO CELEBRITIES/SINGERS**\ncoming into our city ?? \nI call it the BORING city.....

Good articulation by the host. Immigrants arriving in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s were lucky as house prices in large cities were cheap then. Those started some small businesses can own few houses then.

There is no one to blame but the Biden administration and the mayor of the city of New York

1. Before Israel there was a British Mandate, not a Palestinian state\n\n2. Before the British Mandate, it was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n3. Before the Ottoman Empire Was the Islamic State of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.\n\n4. Before the Islamic State of the Mamluks from Egypt, the Arab-Kurdish Empire was the Ayyubid, not a Palestinian state.\n\n5. Before the Ayyubid Empire was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.\n\n6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem was the Umayyad and Fatimid empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, the Byzantine Empire was not a Palestinian state.\n\n8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.\n\n9. Before the Sassanid Empire was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n10. Before the Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n11. Before the Roman Empire it was a Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.\n\n12. Before the Hasmonean state was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.\n\n13. Before the Seleucid Empire was the Empire of Alexander, not a Palestinian state.\n\n14. Before Alexander's empire it was the Persian Empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n15. Before the Persian Empire was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.\n\n16. Before the Babylonian Empire were the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.\n\n17. Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was no kingdom of Israel in the kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.\n\n18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel was not a Palestinian state.\n\n19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an accumulation of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.\n\n20. In fact, in this plot of land kingdoms fell and fell .. But there was never a Palestinian state or a people

An analogy would be jews from new york city moving to miami….settling their and then killing the cuban americans who have lived there for generations. The property that cuban americans own in miami, florida belongs to them! \n\nBut the jews from nyc who just moved to miami start forcing out the cubans and demand that georgia and alabama take the cuban americans. \n\nThat doesnt make any sense.\n\nThat’s not right.

Says the guy who's countrymen dropped five buildings in New York City 20 years ago

Stinking Arab States have stopped Arab Palestinians from migrating to their countries since 1947 so as to put pressure on Israel. \nWhy are their refugee camps (now cities) ? \nJordan ejected one million Palestinian refugees by military force in the late 1960’s, Kuwait took 300,000 for labor then threw them out after the gulf war because they backed Hussain.\nArabs have consistently failed Arab Palestinians and have since 1947, they, the Palestinians are their pawns and their real enemies are the Arab States but their bigotry blames the Jews. \n\nArabs don’t care for the deaths of over 600,000 Arabs in Syria or 400,000 in Yemen nor do they care of the ethnic cleansing of 2 million Afghanis from Pakistan but we are supposed to believe they are full of tears for a few thousand Palestinians?

I came here 20 years ago from south asia. got my master's degree from Mcgill, started a business with my husband. We are doing well, working hard and having a good life in general. We did tighten our budget, planned our finances to a T. We live in Toronto, contrary to most, people are super friendly and social. Agreed, immigration needs to slow down to a bare minimum and prices needs to be adjusted, but please step out and touch grass. There is no war going on, canadian cities are still one of the best to live in the world. We frequently host get togethers with our neighbours, who are old stock canadians and new canadians alike. We support each other. We have a great community. Step outside talk to your neighbour.

Most immigrants just use Canada as a gateway to US in ultimate goal. Canada is known for its welcoming immigration policy in comparison to US. And at the end how brain drain Canada has to its neighbor. Living cost in major US cities is much higher than Canada. At least there is more career opportunities in US.

I'm from Hamilton. And the ugliness that I find in my city is the amount of homeless people on the streets living on opioids laced with fentanyl. We have a homeless problem, a drug addiction problem, and a mental health problem in the downtown core.

Coming to a City near you...Detroit, Minneapolis, Atlanta\n..etc.

As a Canadian I can tell you, if you are an everyday Canadian the government doesn't care. If you are indigestion they will say they care but do nothing, the government would rather change a street sign in toronto for 13 million, then give the largest indigenous community in canada nothing for clean water. The city of Prince Rupert BC is a city of 13 thousand people, and it has high amounts of lead in its drinking water, it's also mostly indigenous surprise surprise.

All of those issues are the same in any OCDE country. \n\nHousing market is shit in Europe too, even worse I would say, but at least they have decent public transports, so you can live outside a city and still go to your work fast. That’s the only real advantage. (Okay maybe construction quality and norms also)\n\nFrom experience, aka a French software engineer now living in Quebec, cost of life is waaaaaaay cheaper here than in Europe. I just don’t buy shitty stuff I don’t need, and eat responsibly. \n\nSure Canada have a lot of issue. Probably due to the current liberal government and the usamerican capitalism, healthcare is in shambles (as any other healthcare system in OCDE), public transport is non existant, etc. \nWherever you go, at some different levels, theses are issues you find in any developed countries because this is just how we made our society and how it’s deteriorating because our model is just bad overall. \n\nI do have gripes with Quebec stuff, which I think it’s one of the worst province in the country, but as far as I’m concerned, as well as most of my immigrant friends, this is still a prime country to immigrate to. \n\nAlso, the Canadians are really welcoming, progressive, kind. (In general, not all of them, don’t get me wrong)\nOne of the best people I’ve encountered and this is very important when you immigrate somewhere.

I had the opportunity to emigrate to Canada circa 2015/2016, but choose UK(Edinburgh) instead. I don't regret is for a second, lovely people, affordable -I live 15 miles outside of the city, people are great and plenty of destinations are 2-3hr. flight away.

The British terminated the Mandate at midnight at the end of 14 May 1948. On that day, the last remaining British troops and personnel departed the city of Haifa and the Jewish leadership in Palestine declared the establishment of the State of Israel.\n\nBritish ruler of Palestine gave that land to Israel in 1948..!!!!!

Don’t come to Canada. Housing is expensive, food is expensive, taxes are high and rising. If you do come to Canada bring your own tent so you have a place to live after you get tired of the homeless shelter. Don’t worry there are plenty of tent cities all over the country but do your research because some of them are dangerous. Don’t get sick because it’s hard to find a doctor and the emergency rooms are backed up for many hours to see a doctor. Violent crime is on the rise as well. I’m doing ok but will leave Canada when I retire.

Housing crisis is manufactured. The problem is not of cities not growing, they are, but the real issue is that the places between the cities such as in central Canada are vastly undeveloped. Why crowd out existing cities when entire new ones could be created? It's really a management issue. As for other things it's way too risky to be a small business. Everything is overly taxed on every level. Money was worth nothing for the last ten years so demand for housing went up. Owners won't rent because the laws are on the tenants side. Crime is up because nobody feels secure in their futures. Inflation needs to be pulled to zero so that some stability can be established, the debt and deficits need to be eliminated.

Excellent video. I am a 29 years old Canadian with high education. I make 125K/year and yet after 2-3 years of looking actively I still can't manage to buy a house near the city as a first time buyer. I made many offers but lost every time. The demand is so high and the offer so low that many people bid way above the asking price even though the prices are sky high. Most of those people sold their previous house for a lot more than they bought it many years ago and therefore, are able to do so. First time buyers like myself don't have this advantage and the ones with lower salaries might never have the chance to have a house except if they move far from the city. Our government does not slow down on immigration because there is a labor shortage due to the older generation retiring but they don't build enough houses and allowed foreign investors for too long which results in the housing crisis we are currently in. My father bought a decent house near the city for the equivalent of 2 years of his gross salary at the time... Now the equivalent is more than 4-5 times my gross salary even though I make more than him at the time (taking inflation into account). Our healthcare and education systems are falling apart as well. Both are currently on strike in the province I live in due to terrible work conditions and salaries from our government. The cost of living has increased considerably in the last few years as well, especially the food even though the companies are making record net profits this year. Yeah... Canada is not doing well right now.

Another video confusing Toronto for Canada. Even tho some of these issues do penetrate into most Canadian cities, Toronto is it’s own ecosystem and has its own unique issues. Do simple research (you should know Canadian weather before coming here)

These Are The Issues With Them And Many Cities In Europe Will Face Challenges And Its A Warning To Christians And Also To Christianity As You Will Become Minority And They Will Be Majority.

God Bless All. Jesus Christ loves you all. With everything happening in this world, please spare some time and pray for your respective countries, states and cities.

Don't come to Canada and esp, Toronto! It is literally turning into a city of garbage, drug addicts, crime, homeless. The city is doing NOTHING to alleviate these problems and turning the city roads into construction mayhem where people are facing noise, traffic jam, and public transit never runs properly. So, don't come to Canada, esp Toronto.

Don't come to Toronto unless you want to live with garbage, drug addicts, and homeless all over the city. Toronto offers NOTHING.

Thats called Democratic Dictatorship! The socialists in the western so called democracy try to destroy their society in the name of democracy! Representatives by election are all socilaists, corrupt minded, controlling as Hell. Canada is very close to western China. Australia is also socialist tyranny. The U.K is as well. Those 3 british colonial countries are all socilaists dominant. America is still has political hope except for big cities like San Franscisco, Seattle, Chicago, and NYC. Florida is now more and more become safe haven for business owners.

Love all your videos bro.\nBut just a correction. \n1. The Great Punjab Plaza(Job job job) is in Mississauga not Brampton.\n2.Brampton itself is a city and not a suburb of Toronto \n3. The insurance information provided by the other bro is false. I live in Brampton and i pay $450 for 2 cars. Yes insurance depends on your driving history but again its not tht expensive unless you are a new driver

I have lived in almost every big cities in Canada, situation is same everywhere in Canada. There have been massive decline in quality of life in recent few years.

My parents came from India to the US and eventually became professors at the University of Arizona in Tucson where the cost of living was relatively low. Being an only child made our living standard that much better. Had we lived in a city like New York or San Francisco, the cost of living would have been much higher and possibly we would not have lived as well. But then there are many places in the US where the cost of living is even less than where we lived in Arizona! Indeed, in the United States, the cost of living can substantially vary depending on where you live.

Stop working with them on Neom city , stop all your relationship with the genocidal nation then talk !

I am a Canadian and I am puzzled by many of the claims you make. First housing price will vary a lot depending if you are in Vancouver, Toronto or Quebec City. Where I live, in the greater Montreal area, it's not difficult to buy a house if you have 2 median salaries. You say healthcare is expensive ?? It's mostly free (paid by our Taxes) and there are a lot of jobs posted. Almost all companies have a very hard time recruiting as there are very few candidates. The only thing I will give you is grocery price which is indeed expensive. Ultimately I agree that Canada is not great but where would I go ??? U.S. , Western Europe or every where I can think of is even worst in most respect.

The city is metaphorically and literally crumbling down. \n\nAnd yet, people remain to be Pacifists and smooth brained about issues.

The housing thing is fucked up. Nobody can buy a home bcuz selfish owners dont want their city build more houses bcuz their value would drop. Like fuck off!

Canada has the same problem as the United States: wrong kind of politicians elected. Like the U.S., most Canadians consider themselves compassionate liberals and thus feel obligated to vote for said, compassionate liberal politicians. The problem is, for Canada and the U.S., these compassionate liberal politicians don't know how to run the nation's economy except to run it further into the ground. And when the problems get really bad, the solution is always, raise taxes because liberal politicians are either Marxist Socialist and believe the citizenry are obligated to pay higher and higher taxes for more government intervention, meaning, interference, in most cases.\n Whenever Canada does get around to voting in a conservative prime minister and government, the Canadian mass media immediately goes on a years-long negative campaign of deliberately undermining the government in the eyes of the Canadian People, demeaning them as inept and uncompassionate and comparing them to fascists. Eventually the Canadian People get so distressed they have to vote back in the liberal party. And then the same happens again.\n I'm just glad our Canadian brothers are not blaming the U.S. government or the CIA, but instead are clear-headed and courageous enough to blame their own government and past legislations and laws that do the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen, level the playing field for all Canadians.\n I'm reading about the outrageous pricing of Canadian housing and am astonished. But one YouTuber explained this about his Canada. Everyone in Canada wants to squeeze into the few, concentrated urban areas that concentrate business, finance, manufacturing, job opportunities, et al. As it happens, these areas are too few and far between. So what ends up happening is geographical overpopulation, despite Canada having a total population of around 32 million souls. People in California can certainly understand this phenomenon. You can purchase a 3-bedroom house out in California City, which is near the Mojave Desert, for $176,000, but there's nothing out there to make it worthwhile living there. Conversely, a tiny, 3-bedroom home in Torrance, Los Angeles, was selling for $800,000 in 2018. \n As realtors put it this way all the time, location, location, location!\n I'm going to pass on commenting on Canada's National Health Care. I've read criticisms from native Canadians on the Internet. As Canadians, they're entitled to say whatever they want about their country. If I, a Yank, open my big mouth, I'm going to get trolled by a hundred angry Canadians defending their National Health Care as the world's greatest socialized medical care. Health Care is already expensive enough in the U.S. Most people get it through their employer, which pays a part of it. But employees' monthly deductions for health insurance have been growing steadily over the past 30 years to where it's now a huge chunk out of one's monthly paycheck.

I'm am leaving Canada after 6 years here, going to central Europe: Higher salaries, stronger currency, way more PTO, more sick days, lower taxes, also free health insurance but way shorter waiting times, less crime, the cities aren't filled with drug zombies and homeless encampments, etc. etc.

Weird, given 3 Canadian cities (Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary) were voted in the top 10 most livable cities on Earth.

I left this city 20 years ago. It is the most correct thing I did in my life. To immigrate to Canada is the worst decision I made in my life.

In my province healthcare is ostensibly nonexistent. Wait times at ER's are well over 12 hours and you're often directed to go home without ever seeing a doctor. \nThere is an extreme deficit of doctors. I've been waiting 6 years for one and there are people who have waited much longer with no relief in sight. \nHousing is unaffordable. A decent (nothing special) one bedroom 1 bath apartment is around 1600 a month and this is a largely rural province, not a metropolitan city. \nHomes are being bought as fast as they go on the market at extremely inflated prices by people moving here to escape the more populated provinces. This has raised property taxes by 20% in the last 2 years.\nThe economy is in shambles. Homelessness is exploding and the government seems uninterested in fixing it in any realistic or helpful way.\nFederal and provincial income taxes are nearly 50% of your income (44% for me and a bit more for my wife). So, what money you do make you get to keep a little more than half.\nElectricity is about 3 times what it is in the US and the rate here is increasing by 29% over the next 3 years.\nGroceries are unreasonably expensive and becoming more pricey by the day. Provincial sales tax is 15% on top of those groceries as well. \nThis is a short list of a few of the more glaring issues but there are far more. Canada has transformed over the last 5 years into a place I hardly recognize anymore. If something isn't done about it soon we'll be living in a third world country by 2030.

big cities all over the world have these problem.

They show a lot of grocery stores when they talk about monopolies, but it’s in everything. When I was getting my internet set up I found out only one of the two main companies in Canada is provided for my area (they do this on purpose). So I pay over $100 a month just for internet. And literally have no other cheaper option other than living with no internet. (I’m in a small town so there aren’t even any cafes or anything to pop into). And live alone. Another thing, we’ve got a big country, and I live in a rural community, so most of my colleagues drive at least 45 minutes to get to work, one way, because they’d rather live in the city. And this is NB so you can’t take public transportation like trains to get here, you’re driving on the highway to get here. Since the pandemic houses have more than doubled, I did get a raise, but it was I think 4% over the last three years. So cost of living is definitely increasing at a much higher rate. Before the pandemic I could buy a week of groceries for one person for $60, now it’s more than $100 for a week easily, and that’s with looking for bargains and reducing the amount of meat and fresh produce I eat. It can’t keep getting worse, because people already can’t afford it, so something is going to have to change before everything breaks completely.

All points are bang on. Too many monopolies inside too many extremely large categories. The taxes are out of control!!!! Everyone says free health care. Not true. What percentage of healthcare is done through company benefits? My guess is a high %. Also, look at some of the salaries people are making who work for the governments! The city I live in, about 150,000. There are dozens of “captains in the fire department as well as dozens of captains in training making 120,000 per year and have the ability to work 24 hour shifts (how much downtime) and I’m not sure how many days total in a month they have to work 6 or 7 shifts a month. We have a LOT of firemen. My property taxes are over $6000 per year now.

LOL, Don't go to the higher cost city ! .. I bought a HOUSE for $70k in quebec (3 bedroom) out of major city center !\nDO NOT GO to Vancouver, Toronto or Even Montreal, before my house I had an $900/month rental 4 1/2 apt.

I live in Brazil and we have almost all these issues. Most of these problems happens because of systemic questions in all the country around the world, citys planning for cars, real estate market completely dominated for super riches and Great fortunes operating without any kind of control. Canada still is one of the best countries to live.

I lived and worked in TO in a few areas for several years. I left in 2016. I am glad I left before it got bad. I started witnessing more racist comments on subway and platforms were becoming too crowded. After 30 plus years I moved to live in a rural area before moving to live in a similar setting to where I grew up in Oakville. I do love TO and it has so much to offer. I worked downtown and just could not keep up. I spent my spare time walking along the beaches especially Scarborough Bluffs and skating at Harbourfront on a weekday. These are fond memories that I will cherish.\n\n I heard that the shelters were over crowded and unhealthy places. I met a nice man in my building who was successful, lived on street for 13 years before successfully integrating into low-income housing. I learned the most from his stories and met some of the most fabulous people in the worst buildings. I had to leave for safety and mental health reasons. I could not see myself remaining in TO without support. \n\n I made the right move in the right time. Not everyone can afford city living. My quality of life and mental health are better but I cherish the friendships I made in TO. My Grandfather was a Mcleod and I am amazed how much you look like my mother when she was younger. She modeled for Ford and volunteered for a local Vet and hospital. I wish you well. I appreciate your honesty. Since I left, I have driven by TO on 407 a few times. I just didn't have the right mix of education and work to survive in the city any more.

We don’t need single detached homes. We need town houses and walkable cities. Cities are so car focused, with VERY few exceptions if you don’t have a car you aren’t going much anywhere

Things are changing sure for good in India. It may not be the best institute or city infrastructure in the world but things are changing gradually. We are in progress. Thanks for sharing your experience.

things go downhill\nman i love this city \ni grew up here all my life\n\ntheres those funny memes going around like WHY didnt i buy a condo in grade 3 when the prices were nice lol\n\nwe need UBI government can send billions of dollars to other country for all kind of other purposes but cant build their own infrastructure\nwhy are humans so backwards\nwhen it comes to growth and well being\nwhy? \nsomeone tell me why

Is this problem only in big cities of Canada?

This issue seems more like a Vancouver issue; not all Canadian cities are like this. Vancouver has consistently been one of the most expensive cities globally.