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I am currently living in Vancouver, BC. And all of this in the video is real and 100% true.

I have been living in Vancouver, BC, and this video is very true. Hastings Street is the hub of dr@g people. The health care system is really broken.

TORONTO, BC, Manitoba legal drug hai. Me khud canada me hu air wapas 2025 me aa raha hu. PR aur ghar rent bhot high hai. Aur yea logo ka cycle esa hai ki jitna kama rahe ho utna wapas canada me hi chala jata hai. Savings kaam hai. Me ek achi job karta hu lekin 70% immigrants survival jobs karte hai. Jo dikhate hai wo sach nahi hai better try invest in india and grow there. Far better

Provincial governments will pay at least 50% of immigrant wages in most provinces and in Ontario and BC they will pay 75%. That's why fast food restaurants are now filled with Indians, we as Canadians are paying for it to happen. We have been betrayed.

I WAS ALREADY PLANNING TO MOVE but I hope if I see you guys I can pay for your food or something bc you gots did a lot for my life

I live in Abbotsford BC, it has a massive Punjabi Sikh population. For the most part everyone gets along. Most of them are hard working and do most of the work traditional Canadians won't do. I don't understand how the Sikhs get such easy access to Canada, I'm guessing it's political, immigrants should come from all parts of the world.

I work in construction in BC. Indian labour pimps are filling jobsites with non english speaking cheap labour, bringning down the quality and value of the trades. \n\nWhy isn't anybody doing anythjng about it.

Wow from the 1980s I lived in Surrey, BC and now I feel like a minority; I have seen the changes over the years. I feel displaced and betrayed.

??????In Surrey and Delta BC every month one or more Caucasian Canadian families are moving out of this area Churches are empty with few attendance.And bought and replaced by Gurudwara,Temple and Mosque.Canadian becoming minority in their own country.Why??? liberals government open arms immigration policy allowing families with children to come with five and ten years visitors visa in Canada from India I was shocked when I heard that ???Oh Canada ??

I lived in BC all my life and it's sad that while so many places are beautiful it's too expensive to customize your life as you want simply with starting at a new home for yourself.

I thought the ndp in BC created cheap day care… it’s like 10 dollar a day day care program ??‍♂️ John Horrigan

of course - living in BC (vancouver/victoria) is a joke\ncanada is looking like a 3rd world country

55 years old born in BC can’t wait to leave Canada

Vancouver real-estate is essentially a money laundering operation for rich foreigners looking to stash their money somewhere. Protections were put in place a little to late back in 2016 with the foreign buyers tax. But honestly most of these foreigners can either be exempt from this tax with their citizenship loop hole (anchor baby) Or honestly they just pay the fine since they can afford it and just need to get their money out of the country they are coming from. Its quite dystopian because building more homes like the government keeps promising isn't going to solve the problem either. This is because its just going to add more to the volume of housing that the foreigners can buy up from the locals and adding more fuel to the problem. Immigrations Canada is lying to new comers. To top it off, BC just recently passed a law in 2024 where you can no longer build single family residences in the lower mainland area. WHERE are the families going to go then? Can anyone even afford a family anymore? Vancouverites like myself who were diligent and saved every penny are walking away from mortgages in droves because who wants to lock into a 30 year term amortization period where at rate plus prime your looking at 5.5%-7% where the bank makes more than double in interest from you. Over the course of 30 years you still lose because even if your property appreciates past double. Capital Gains will take into effect. Your loosing money no matter what! It truly is a nightmare designed to enslave you financially. This is simply wealth creation suicide. Came from immigrant parents in the 1990s, I slaved for 10 years during my twenties, didn't come from wealth, didn't party, didn't have fun, studied hard, and started a business and I still cant break into the Vancouver market. So I ended up just barely squeaking into the market in Abbotsford. Vancouverites as a whole are screwed. Time to pack up and move to Alberta I suppose. I will also preface by saying that most of BC is empty and that it would make sense to built outside of the Vancouver area as Vancouver has now basically become fiscally unlivable. It might make sense for the next government that come into power to decide to invest in building in other towns and cities around BC to incentivize Canadians to move.

I was born BC, Canada 40 years ago. In my 31 years of working, the minimum/general hourly wage has gone from $7 to $17/hour. In my 24 years of renting, a one bedroom apartment went from between $500-$600/month to $1700+/month if you're lucky. Most businesses make too little to pay a living wage and governments make too much off of people trying to get rid of questionably gained money to care about the lives/best interests of the average person.

Double whammy for BC - we have the NDP messing up the province and Trudeau screwing up at the Federal level.

The house prices will go down when people stop buying them. As long as there are people who can afford to pay what the homeowner wants, they will NOT go down. That's how a free market works. Leave the Lower Mainland if you can't afford it. Have you ever looked at a map of BC? Big place. Lots of choices.

Stop foreign black money in real estates purchases in ON and BC. Why they are allowing foreign students to buy a house? International students are here to study.

Don’t come to Alberta. It is also becoming not affordable to the high influx of people moving from BC and Ontario

my issue with immigrants is that they take up seats in our universitys and colleges,,how many canadians are not accepted that would be staying here bc they are citizens,,,a healthcare shortage,,,how many of those students go back home with our education.

Several years ago we moved to the USA bc of my husband’s job . We didn’t last a year we absolutely hated it there . One thing we learned was we’ve taken how wonderful it is to live in Canada for granted. So so happy to be Canadian ????

TRUE NORTH TRUE NOTHER GET THIS STRIGHT: *****CANADA IS NOT MULTI CULTUREAL IT IS MULTI ETHNIC*****. Our government structure, our laws, our language, the way we dress, our comedy, our sports, which side of the road we drive on, what holidays we celebrate, our buildings and social structure is Canadian. Immigrants need to learn to simulate not dictate to us what we should except. \nDelta BC was turned to little India where all the homes are owned by East Indians, the businesses and right down to the street signs. This is not simulation this is dictation.

In BC, can't imagine if the management company of my building posted rentals for white man or woman only.

In Surrey,BC..international students linevup at Food Banks. They take illegal Security Guarding jobs for $10 per hour.

my friend just broke his collarbone near vancouver bc, and waited 5 days for surgery. totally screwed system

Have you seen Surrey BC lately?

We recently moved from Switzerland to BC Canada and to be honest, we somehow regret it because it feels like it's a big downgrade. Maybe we are still transitioning but seeing homeless people, drug addicts and litter everywhere almost every time we go out are way too shocking. We've never seen these in Switzerland and not even this much in every country we've lived and traveled at. We are questioning if it's safe to even stay here for a year. And the taxes, it's ridiculous really! The average income tax in Switzerland is only 11-12 percent, less than half of Canada.

In Surrey BC many Indian landlords wont rent to white people, black people, East Asian people or mixed couples. That's Surrey BC Canada. This contributes to the housing crisis.

So what would you say about BC with all the Chinese in Vancouver.....is that any better than Brampton with all the Indians ?

it;s such a shame, i was in vancouver, bc for 1 month from sydney, australia and honestly the country and city is really so nice, i would love to move there but i really learnt quick that vancouver and my home city of sydney are twins with the economic downfall and cost of living crisis, also heavily taxed, and proof is on the pudding now with sydney and vancouver being direct 2nd and 3rd most unaffordable and expensive cities on the planet right now as we speak in 2024, such a shame

Delta, BC

Make video on Surrey BC ?

My father is a BC man but mother is Ontario all the way.

Do a video of Surrey BC

COME ASK THIS QUESTION IN SURREY BC - it’s 90 percent India people

Recently I took a walk at the famous White Rock pier in BC, as I've done over the years. But this time during a long weekend, I was shocked that 95% or more of the visitors on the pier were Punjabi families, most of whom spoke only their own language. I felt like I was the outsider. \nThis is the Canada that Justin Trudeau and his father had envisioned for the rest of us. \nNot assimilation, but asian diversity.

I’m a 68 yr old female Senior (caregiver) living in my car because my only option after a 3 yr wait was BC Housing near the DTES … these are SLUMS that we are supposed to be Thankful for … most of these buildings answer to no one because they get their funding from a number of sources … the STAFF are allowed to treat the Residents anyway they like, with No Conscience… if Canada can’t supply decent housing to their Citizens then they should STOP IMMIGRATION… most new immigrants are treated better financially then the citizens who live here …. The building I lived in is called PENDERA at Pender St. & Beatty Street in Vancouver… it ALL looks good from the outside so people really want to move in …. That’s when the trouble starts … I lived in a RAT INFESTED APARTMENT FOR 6 yrs!!!

I wanted so badly to become a Canadian but sadly, after living in Vancouver for 1.5 years, it became apparent that staying in BC would mean never being able to afford to start a business (let alone buy a house) and that making friends was not something locals were interested in doing. I discovered that Canadians were exceedingly polite and helpful to others in the community, but not friendly. The difference is someone being kind enough to return a lost wallet (with the money/cards still in it!! WOW) or phone but won't invite you to their homes, join friend groups, or social circles. Side note.. I also learned that I prefer more overt racism than the polite version experienced in Canada. At least you know where you stand with someone..

we starve our own for some fucking coward that runs from his country., Bc has a homeless shelter problem know full of boat jumpers the old of my counrty are dying becuse a none tax payer has his bed wrong you fucking goof sick 81 a day for syrians for food a day tax payer on a pension 11.50 the truth we fuck ourselfs over a imigrant mother fuckers go home

I think that Pollievre isn’t saying anything about immigration bc he’s going to shut it down big time when he gets elected & he doesn’t want any negative press about it ahead of that. Maybe I’m just wishful thinking.

No mass immigration on crowded provinces. Especially in BC (Vancouver), Ontario or Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton).

Kelowna bc is the same u wall into a walmart in kelowna bc feels loek your in brampton

My brother professor in BC was intimidated & harassed by these Indian students when he called them out for cheating and plagiarizing in his class ... All they do is cheat, steal and rob. He was provided by protection at the University... it's not funny !!! They mean it !!\nAnd the others are trying to grab land in Alberta and Saskatchewan for their beloved Khalistan. Not Kidding. Google it. Trudeau brought in a lot of 3rd world trouble to our country... I'm voting People's Party Canada next election.. AND YES it should be an election issue.

100%. Not just students. Many industries are complaining about this. Logistics companies are the main issue as Sask is a problem maker as well issuing zero license for temp foreign farm workers just after the Humboldt crash. BC allowing foreign investment and stopping it cold turkey. These foreign investors have moved inward where they will continue to manipulate the economy until canada makes harsher sentencing for foreign interference and investment. We need more incentives and laws to keep manufacturing in Canada instead of allowing 3rd world outsourcing.

BC is following suit.

Can't read your comments on the screen bc they're behind the subscribe button. A lot of channels have this problem. Maybe put the comments at the top of the screen. I wonder if any of these creators even look at their final product.

Canada is better in every way especially getting to live in the GTA or BC whichever is ur jam, i personally love vibrant big cities so i choose GTA but obviously NYC and SoCal or even Chicago living makes it better to be in the US

BC at 4th kills this list. Vancouver area and the Okanagan is hard to beat.

It's sad that so many Canadians have to move from their hometowns/provinces in droves to financially survive and get ahead a little. Unfortunately, the droves of people fleeing Ontario and BC are driving up prices now (to buy/rent) in other parts of Canada like Alberta and Atlantic Canada where this is having a trickle effect creating Albertans, Nova Scotians, etc. to be homeless and strains on their provincial healthcare systems. It's a sad state of affairs, and I do not think a politician can fix this, unless they start demanding more and curtailing the power of corporations. A big rebalance needs to occur, but it seems unlikely when politicians and business leaders are on the same side (aka corruption / conflict of their own interests). Canada needs a division between government and business which is the case in many Scandinavian countries.

Hi Febby,\nI am a Canadian Citizen living in Toronto and would like to move to Vancouver for a better employment. Could you please advise me on which suburb is safer to find an apartment to live in the BC.