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Lesson: build a retirement investment portfolio and don’t rely on a rental income for retirement. If this gentleman had been saving those pennies into index fund ETFs, he’d have a boat load of money to withdraw from for retirement!

If you did this to the government you'd be in prison lol

Why is the rent $41k plus hydro? I’d that for 6months or the year???? too ridiculously expensive for a condo - the board should cap rent prices at affordable prices!!!

You bet if this were BlackRock as the landlord they'd be dragging them out

Yeah...I'd be collecting the fire insurance instead, were I the owner in such a situation.

If that man didn't pay the mortgage for 4 years, he'd be thrown in jail. Why is she just allowed to do this???? Disgusting.

They should be arrested. This country is f'd. Thanks Trudeau

I’d like to think Canadians are smart enough to know this isn’t a racist issue but a political one. Liberals don’t know what they are doing.

In the future, maybe only the Italian mafia will be in the business of renting in ON. No need to go through the tenant board should any issues arise :D

Where does she live I'd like to move there lol ? ? ?

What a shame. If I rented a car and didn’t return it.. I’d be charged with theft

I mean, show the numbers and ratio of people we've been letting in in the past few years to anyone and they'd say we're insane. We live in a time where someone saying we need to go back to reasonable numbers is a brave and bold statement when it should be the norm for any country.

I'd risk it all to get free housing, free food and money by european countries too. Sucks for the People baying 44% tax to pay for them rhoigh

You'd think that with all these immigrants you'd have quite a labor force to build the needed houses, but still they are not building enough housing. Maybe that's not the immigrants' fault, maybe keeping a small housing supply benefits people in power.

Be honest, if this was Among us. You'd be running for that red button.

Chanson D'Amour.....

Similar issues here in the US, only ours are pouring in over the southern border with Mexico. Hardly any speak English nor have any real interest to, as well as no interest in assimilation. They live in their own little communities surround by their own kind, 90% being illegal as hell. We have immigrant problems of the less legal type here. They just come on over. Parasites upon our welfare system, the left takes advantage of them as future D voters & to bulk up their delegates which are based on population. Look at the sanctuary cities. Overrun with crime. But when we ship them to marthas vineyard or nyc or dc, where these wealthy leftists reaide, then oh no suddenly theres a problem ? they dont want them in their own cities their own back yards. F'ing hypocrites. It really does give evidence to the great replacement theory. Look it up if you don't already know. Theres a very real reason for all this happening the way it is.

In the first place the wealth produced in your country (same for us in Europe) now is massively drained upward to the top of the pyramid (a pyramid with no medium part now since the middle class fell a few notches). Otherwise, yes there would be enough for everyone to live a comfortable life, free from concern; and we wouldn't be so scared of those poorer than us, we'd help them.

We desperately need skilled trades people, doctors, nurses ect.. I’d be thrilled to have immigrants if those were the jobs they were filling. They would be an asset to our country

Without immigration there'd be GDP contractions (which did happen from 2014 onwards). It's either immigration or no pension when you retire.

Im from California & I’m in NYC at the moment. This place is an absolute shi?hole. Aside from everyone being rude the mopeds and over populated filth is disgraceful. If I was a New Yorker I’d be pissed off.

The student visa is being falsely advertise as a way to get permanent residency status by school operators. Here in Calgary, I see different so called schools operating in small bays on the ground floor of high rise buildings, almost the size of a convenience store. Now in NL, foreign students are protesting, demanding that they'd be given PR status, because that's what they've been told after finishing their studies.\n With regards to housing affordability problem, do these politicians know anything about the Law of Supply and Demand?

I mean, I wouldn't leave my country either. I'd fight for it

WOW, you'd think they'd prefer Canada over NYC? WTF?

Time to start exploring beyond Toronto and our big cities. Too many Canadians and new Canadians can't seem to look past Toronto. Those that can't pay the price, others make the big moves. I'd say quit complaining.

Hey can you get your 9million relatives to leave with you? We’d like to have our country back now, thanks.

A Sri Lankan who always gets misidentified as Indian reading the comments here. ? I moved here with the genuine purpose of studying for my LLM, after considering several countries. I was offered a scholarship from my university (a top ranking public university) I know several of my Indian colleagues who came to study & now work in universities & firms. I know educated people who came here from SL, India & other South Asian countries who came to study with the genuine purpose of studying & now pursuing PhDs here & elsewhere. I understand how concerned the whole immigration issue is for Canadians & new commers like us. I’ve always loved to study in Canada & now that I’m here just to see all these negative sides is truly heartbreaking. I was able to secure a decent apartment & decent job (both me & my husband)& so are my friends & colleagues. I love Canada & means no harm. I’d love to use my knowledge & serve developing countries like mine one day. I kindly request anyone reading my comment, please don’t judge. There’re people who came here to study & love to contribute their knowledge & skills to the world. Thank you.

It's pretty simple: too many people have been allowed in, specifically from 2 or 3 countries, at too high a rate. Jobs and housing cannot keep up. On top of that, the culture that is brought over is not compatible with current western values. We're forced to feel like strangers in their own country. Crime has also gone way up. This is happening all over the West. You'd almost think there was a plan.

If I had a big beautiful house that my family worked hard to build, I’d hate to see outsiders come & live in it while my family suffers.

Blame Justin and Jagmeet - they'd worked hand in hand to destroy Canada.\nI wish they could be punished for what the irreparable damage they did.

He's right about the tap water. My mom lives in Jackson, Mississippi and when I was living down there we were getting boil advisories every other day. We'd go to Whole Foods and fill up cause the assumption was the bougie people went there to do the same and so it'd be less likely that we'd get bad batches.\nWhen I got back to Ontario I remember thinking to myself damn I can finally drink out the tap again.

Thanks to george soros and his puppets like biden obamas pelosi newsom federal D As ?????

4 years ago you’d be called racist or xenophobic simply for raising these practical concerns.

Weldone Madam, watched from Ghana,thank u f d info.

I don’t understand this “reporting”. If I go to Chinatown and become enraged after seeing majority Chinese population I’d say something is wrong with me. Go to a small town in Alberta, Manitoba etc you’ll see majority white people. People in the comments keep saying “Canadian” what is a Canadian. What values do born Canadians (such as myself with Pakistani parents) that other ethnicities don’t have which makes them unCanadian? Are we supposed to dress or behave in a certain way to earn the Canadian label?

Did a little bit of research on this just last week. \nThe mayor, needs to step up, something fierce. \nThis is nonsense. It cannot be sustained. Our citizens will leave, and the new people coming, will turn America. \nWhere is his head at? \nSpeaking for me, they already destroyed the dryers where I do my clothes. I cannot afford people living here who choose to be ignorant. \nThey have no concept of community and don't wish to apparently. I could go further, I am choosing to keep my mouth shut. \n\nWhatever religion they have, I'd like to file a complaint with their god.

*somebody please write-out step-by-step instructions on how to enter new york state, from canada, & be granted endless free housing (hotel room @ NYC) + 1400$ USD/month, free (I'd like to take advantage of that, no strings attached [?], offer...

As a Canadian I’d like to say that our “Leader” and all his wisdom hasn’t only hurt you guys with this situation but he has been ruining our living conditions for nearly a decade now, we are trying to get rid of him and hopefully the new guy that’s embarrassing him will make things right. I wonder if both countries can make an arrangement after the next elections to create a secure border between Canada and America, I also agree that people coming from hot areas will definitely NOT be prepared for our Winters….I think only Russia and Nordic/Slavic countries can equal our Winters.

Quit thinking of the US as my country a decade ago. I'm Southern Appalachistani now. We're going to have the dumbest societal end ever cus it'd be too mean to be a serious nation. \n\nHopefully we'll balkanize before too much longer.

Just like the UK, d'oh.

If you are a legal citizen traveling on a plane or cruise, they check all your IDs, frisk you, and dig through all your bags. Meanwhile, illegals are allowed to waltz in unchecked and unbothered. If I dared tried to circumvent TSA I'd be tackled and arrested immediately but these people are given free housing, gift cards, and other perks.

What are the cops doing RN ? How about we give them something productive instead of killing and paralyzing inocent citizens. I'D BET THE MIGRANTS dont have actual drivers licenses and Q. ID Identity theft. \n ?HELLO PO,PO?

I hope they all fucking stay there. They should only be allow d in blue cities

Yep! Feel for you. It's happening here in the UK. To visit Europe for holidays there are delays for days, heavy security, sky high costs. Yet come on a dingy across the channel and you're not checked, not vaccinated, not I'd for criminal record, not age checked, given immediate 4* accomodation, money phone, and now released quickly as Labour want to do. ?

Dang! I'd rather live under the US constitution than Canada's.... As a Canadian, I declare refugee status! Trudeau!!!!

Its the Demonrats!!!!! Dont like ?? n Americans, want to change ??.... they all said in 2020, they're Democrat - Socialist! If you voted ( D) you did it to your self & to all of us who..Didnt!!!?

You'd be insane to not go to a country that pays 4000.00 per month with free room and board. Retire before you ever had to work. Just hang out and enjoy life.

So I did not know this. I’d be willing to bet that Canadians for the most part aren’t aware of it either. I can’t believe that a Mexican doesn’t need a visa but I do. I was freaking born there. Smh.

As a Canadian, I'd like to apologize to my American neighbors for Trudeaus lack of action and woke policies. We can't get rid of Trudeau and he won't resign despite Jeffrey Epstein having a higher voter approval numbers at this point. Nobody wants him here. We have our own clusterf*ck brewing up here. Whatever you see happening in the US is happening in Canada too. Get out and vote but most importantly, stock up on rounds cause this is looking like it's going to get real ugly.

Adios, New York. I'd say it's been fun, but I'd be lying.