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*The Changing Face of Canada: Immigration and the Rise of Anti-Immigration Sentiment*\n\n* *0:00* Introduction: The video opens with a statement about Canada's changing image from a welcoming nation to one facing challenges related to immigration. \n* *0:29* Cost of living in Toronto: The video highlights the significant rise in rental costs in Toronto, up 40% in just two years.\n* *1:43* Housing crisis: The video discusses the lack of affordable housing, leading to overcrowding and difficult living conditions for both immigrants and Canadians. \n* *2:29* Consequences of expansion: The video shows the impact of rapid expansion on infrastructure and the strain on public services.\n* *2:50* International students: The video focuses on the struggles of international students who are often lured by promises of a better life in Canada, but find themselves unprepared for the high cost of living. \n* *5:09* Homelessness: The video discusses the growing number of homeless people in Toronto, many of whom are refugees or migrants. \n* *7:48* Scapegoating: The video addresses the issue of blaming immigrants for housing problems, arguing that it's a complex and multi-faceted issue.\n* *8:03* Growing backlash: The video examines the emergence of online forums and groups expressing discontent with current immigration policies and advocating for more restrictive measures. \n* *9:56* The benefits of immigration: The video highlights the government's continued commitment to promoting the benefits of immigration and its contribution to the economy and cultural diversity.\n* *11:06* Competing narratives: The video discusses the conflicting viewpoints on immigration, with some arguing it's essential for Canada's prosperity while others believe it's unsustainable. \n\n\nI used gemini-1.5-flash-latest to summarize the transcript.\nCost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.0013\nInput tokens: 14532\nOutput tokens: 709

If you’re raised in Mississauga or Richmond hill, etc. You’re not really from Toronto!

Walk around Toronto and take note of all the unoccupied spaces in appartment buildings. All the appartments used for AirBnB. All the already unoccupied office spaces before covid have double since. There's the missing housing.

Toronto became Mumbai India

I came to Canada in 2020. I studied for 3 years in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto 6 months ago to work. My opinion is that the city of Toronto is deeply ill and something is definitely wrong. I live and work Downtown, and have to pay 2650 CAD/month to live in 400 sq ft inside a condo. There are no trees/wild animals within many square kilometers of my house, but there are a lot of homeless people and dangerous drug addicts. I learned the hard way that living in Toronto and visiting Toronto as a tourist are totally different things. I hope to be able to leave the city as soon as possible, and possibly get back to London.

There are only two major cities in the world with a majority foreign born population. Not NYC or Los Angeles, not London or Paris. The two cities are Miami and Toronto. Miami is understandable because of the 'Mariel Boatlift' of the 1980's. But Toronto's surge has no explanation, other than it coincided with Trudeau as PM

not enough black people in toronto ?

He is acting to get refugee approval. I have a Ghanian ex-friend who after coming to Canada on a tourist visa spent over 1 month to think of a reason to apply for refugee and someone from Toronto advised him to pretend to be a bisexual and now he is a PR and has a Ukrainian girlfriend.

There is a great deal of reverse immigration now. My nephew works at the Toronto airport and they find discarded permanent resident cards in the trash cans as the people leave the country. Yes, that is how bad it is.

I just visited the City of Toronto and two things were real obvious. Immigrants, mostly Indians and Middle Easterners, have two or more children. White people, including couples, had cats and dogs. You did this to yourselves.

9:30 Fun fact: I live in Detroit and it’s much much less expensive to fly to Europe from Toronto than it is from Detroit Metro Airport.

I visited Toronto this past week from the US. The city has definitely declined since I last visited in 2008. I was shocked to see how devastated Yonge Street looks.

I grew up in Brazil, been living in the UK for a long time, I've been to Toronto in 2017 and LA, New York, I saw homelessness everywhere. In the UK things have been bad for a long time. Accommodation is very expensive and landlords are very dishonest. I would definitely assume the UK has become a Third World Country. \n\nI would love to live in Canada but these days, Canada, US, Australia, UK and even New Zealand are very expensive places to live. I am aware more and more Westerns are moving to Southeast Asian countries > Cheap, Good people, Good food and is not full of drugs as it is in Western countries.

Lol this colour of people need to learn some manners. Dumb Toronto accent on top makes this way harder to watch too. He’s lucky I moved back to van, I’d find out where he’s at and he’d be on a T shirt asap.

what a generalisation! like whole canada was concentrated in vancouver, toronto and montreal! there are plenty of small towns ready to welcome newcomers and where you can still find a rent for 500$ and houses below 200 000$ houses... just beside my 500$ appartment in my small town in quebec there are many appartments building in construction remarks those are way more expensives than mine but still it does exist

From Ontario. I live in the GTA, so that exactly in Toronto, but nearby a lot of tourist attractions and somewhat near the boarder. It actually isn't that cold, but wheatear can change pretty drastically. One day its burning hot outside, the next its windy as hell.

Canada is more than Toronto!!

Bro I would request you to visit India 's Mumbai once , Mumbai alone is the home to 1.2 crore people , it's just a city of the state Maharashtra with more dynamic culture than toronto , among that a Canadian citizen ( Sunny leony ) stays

Toronto does not represent the best of Canada. Too big and not friendly. And if you are Jewish like myself, there is ongoing antisemitism coupled with an antisemitic mayor. Plus there have been attacks and a Jewish business which was firebombed. I would suggest anyone contemplating moving there, don't.

I'm in a similar situation. As a Canadian citizen who recently lost my job, I'm unable to apply for EI, and my only option seems to be leaving the country. It's incredibly challenging to find a job and make a living in Toronto or in Canada in general right now.

used to be proud of saying i was from Toronto, now i wear it like a badge of shame. working on getting tf out of here asap.

They raised the rent till the pandemic how we gonna pay 2k for one room in Toronto this insane and that why people can’t afford

Toronto is a small part of a very large country. This is a Toronto and Vancouver story, not a Canadian one.

Toronto real estate is like a tube of toothpaste that only has a little bit of paste up around the cap. It is now one of the worst investment products in the world because someone else already took all of the profit out of the system. In other words, they have brushed their teeth a lot and the tube is basically spent. Deploying money into the market in 2008 was brilliant. Doing that in 2024 is financial suicide as their nothing left in the tube for profit. Will an interest rate fix that fundamental problem? Would you buy a nearly empty tube of toothpaste for the same prices as a full one? Why would you waste your money on such a profoundly over-valued asset class? The emperor is not wearing any clothes... its not a new see-through type of clothing! No matter how expensive rent is, at least you can keep your savings for something more profitable.

In the 90s my family were making like $5/hr and were stilll able to buy their houses at around $100,000 in toronto city.

Just came back from a month long trip visiting friends and family in Toronto and this is by far the biggest topic that has been brought up in every conversation I've had. But you can always tell it's a taboo topic when it comes out only in the comfort of their own homes or after 2-3 beers. ?

I'm Canadian, and left over 8 years ago. You couldn't pay me to move back. \nWhenever I go home to visit, I'm absolutely shocked at the prices. Although I'm from the East coast, I spent my last few years in Toronto. The apartment I used to live in was $1200 back then. The rent for that same apartment has now has doubled in price. Groceries are also ridiculous, and tipping culture has gotten out of hand (even though service has gotten significantly worse in many places). Besides spending more time with family and friends, I can't think of a single reason I'd ever move back. Even if I wanted to - I couldn't afford it! \nI've lived in 7 countries since, and have preferred them all over my home city. ?

Based off this guys accent he sounds like a Portuguese/greek/or Italian-Canadian guy from the Toronto area. This doesn’t sound like your typical Canadian white guy accent. Vast majority of people do not act like this

Why don’t we dive into the real problem, foreign investors gobbling up the housing market . 36% percent of ontario condos are owned by investors, up to 80 percent in many Toronto neighbourhoods. Millionaires , usually foreign, eating up entire neighbourhoods and jacking up the prices purposely, just as they did in Vancouver. Finding ways to surpass China’s taxing regulations by buying up our housing market here and making bank. How are people overlooking this ? Don’t you see the bigger picture ? They want you to simply blame “the immigrants” but we have a MUCH bigger issue here, but most people at the top that are supposed to advocate for us are getting paid off, so they aren’t going to talk about this

Walked the amazing city of Toronto across Bloor, down Yonge to King Street across to Bathurst yesterday afternoon. No issues at all. Seems like the Toronto i was born and raised in. Saw a concert then walked from Ontario Place up to King and across to University between 11:00pm to around 12:30. Smiled as I saw countless couples sitting on benches enjoying the cities energy. Bars were busy. Women waiting for buses, going to walks, grocery runs. Subway was busy for 1am with every walk of life, including four 4 20 something young women heading back home after a night out.\n\nLove my city.\n\nSad some people don't get to know her and just bag on her for political reasoning.

3:10 I'm working about an hour and a half from Toronto building a hospital. We get about $50 an hour and we're 6 months behind because we're so short staffed. Why is that guy working for about $3:65 an hour when there are jobs paying $50 an hour that can't be filled???

THE PROBLEM IS NOT IMMIGRATION .. the problem is .. everyone that comes to canada .. comes to toronto

Left Canada 30 years ago and returned to an almost unrecognizable Toronto for a visit this summer. The deterioration of infrastructure was obvious. One underlying reason for much of the change is the emphasis on transfer payments and other entitlements, which limits investment potential. There’s only so much money to go around. Tax increases or increased government borrowing to fund development of schools, hospitals, the military, roads etc are not feasible.

I completely ageee this place was far more peaceful before 2018 now I can’t take transit I can’t enjoy Brampton I can’t enjoy Dundas square and even gyms have become too smelly to go to ?? and other nationalities don’t hire their own as much as Indians do it’s really become too much in Toronto Vancouver Ottawa n Calgary too now smh ? India is rising anyways so many start ups so many multi nationals there now 3rd largest economy soon

What I can watch here is a clickbait video. Toronto is safer today than it was 30-40 years ago. Groceries were never cheap in Canada. The biggest issue here is home prices, however a lot of cities around the world are experiencing the same issue. Take a look at apartment prices in Amsterdam, Munich, London e.t.c and how expensive they got in recent years.

Brampton and places like them are bad they influence their culture hate Indians and Americans shootings rough car driving is so common here ?.\nPeople hate their culture diminishing especially now even Muslims beating lesbian chicks in Toronto this that is so wrong this is a Christian country and respect them pls they love us.

I‘m a black seventh generation Canadian. I grew up in Toronto and it makes me sad what’s happening. I left in 2021 and they will not see me or my tax dollars anytime soon.

Her rent was 854 dollars. You have a condo in Toronto for less than a grand, and you take advantage of people really not trying to abuse the system.

Squatting… just like in India…. I wonder why it’s tolerated in modern day diverse Toronto ?

Toronto is a province of India ,with so many Indians living in there ,take your complain to the capital New Delhi

i first went to toronto 50 years ago. it was wonderful. your governments policies have totally ruined it.

you should kiss the ground your stepdad walks on. i have watched the video's he is in and he is a wonderful down to earth person. your governments policies have ruined the country. i live in northern ontario in the summer and have for years so i know what i am talking about. in timmins they have a spot that drug users can come to and do their drugs in a safe place. when crimes are commited the punishment is a complete joke. toronto was a beautiful place 50 years ago, also vancover. they suck now, totally ruined. so good luck young lady. you have traveled more than 99.99 percent of the population. if you haven't found what you are looking for by now it's not going to happen.

Toronto has become the most expensive third world country. you'll know what i mean if you live there or visit

Just visited Toronto after 16 years. Toronto, particularly Yonge Street looks really bad. This once beautiful city is beginning to look third world.

2016 I landed in Quebec, 3 years later I moved to Ontario, very crazy living in Toronto, groceries are EXPENSIVE, taxes are absurd, gas price, guns, this is no longer the place I see my self aging to the bones.

I lived in Toronto and moved to the Isle of Man. Best thing I ever did. 10% tax, low crime, no unemployment, no traffic.

As an Australian, except for Quebec, which was awesome, I found the rest of the country, especially Toronto, to be an absolute shithole.

I'm Brazilian, I love Canada and I lived there for 4 years, 2 in Montreal and 2 in Toronto. I'm very sad to hear about the situation Canada is in now, it's unbelievable! \nToday I live in Germany, but I hate living here, despite the quality of life and security that this country still has, there are other factors with which I have not adapted. \nWhat I can say is that it's getting harder every day to choose a country to live in, because they all seem to be decaying. Today, when I think of a new country to live in, I have a lot of doubts, there aren't many options. If a country like Canada is like this, everything else must be much worse.\nCoincidence or not, Canada, among others, began to decline after the country embraced the Woke “culture” and opened its doors to certain types of immigrants who are incompatible with the country's culture. It seems that there is an agenda to destroy the West, for who knows what reasons.

They should enforce the law that landlords who buy properties have to reside in the jurisdiction they buy their properties from. Nothing worse than toronto or vancouver investors driving the market up and raising the homeless in smaller denser populated areas because of their greed and thinking the avg rent for their bachelors and studios which is more expensive than 1 / 2 bedrooms in almost 35% of the areas they bought property from outside their own jurisdiction

As a Canadian living in Toronto where we have our own asylum crisis, believe me we hate our Trudeau Liberal government’s immigration policies too