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The media is blaming immigrants for the housing crisis. They're wrong (breachmedia.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by mooniyaw to c/canadapolitics

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Some folks on here have been repeating this garbage as well

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[–] Smk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you think of this:

In Canada, unlike many other countries, fertility rates and desires rise with income: richer Canadians have more children. Children increasingly come as a capstone to material and relational success, and thus later in life, rather than as a building block for family life.

https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/reports/she-s-not-having-a-baby/

I have no idea how trustworthy this is but so far, it feels ok.

[–] EhForumUser 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think that aligns. The average dairy farmer in Canada, for example, makes $230,000 per year. The average worker clocking in at a job that forbids children lending a hand makes $50,000 per year.

In many countries the agrarian life is where the poor are found. Lacking the modern technology we have, they are toiling in the fields, which is something the rich want no part of. But in Canada, with our advanced farming practices, the high capital costs of those advanced practices means only the wealthy get to try to farm. As such, the rich are most likely to be involved in the agrarian life we have.

[–] Smk 1 points 2 years ago

Though question to crack. Anyway, thanks for the conversation, I really appreciate it. Cheers!