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Thousands of young people are fleeing Toronto — economists say the city will suffer because of it (www.thestar.com)

submitted 2 years ago by pwnna to c/canada

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[+] Rocket 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Mereo 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You make a good point. With immigration, Canada's population will grow. Toronto cannot be the only city to which people move to.

[–] MisterD 1 points 2 years ago

But that's where most immigrants live!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It did allow Toronto to become the business capital of all of Canada. It was previously Montreal.

[–] zesty 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

People didn't move to Toronto from Montreal because it's more affordable. They moved because of the language laws that make English speakers second class at best in Quebec.

[–] Mereo 12 points 2 years ago

It was more about the Quebec independence referendum. Before that, Montreal was the economic capital of Canada.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the language laws that make English speakers second class at best in Quebec

Weren't those passed in the 1990s? I thought businesses moved their headquarters out of Montreal in the 60s and 70s with the threat of separation (and FLQ bombings).

[+] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Like New York without all the stuff.”

This line is said exclusively by people who walk down Bay Street and think that's the whole city.

Toronto has tonnes of its own character, and calling it "empty" makes me think you've never spent any time in it.

[–] Splitdipless 1 points 2 years ago

If New York is the City that never sleeps, Toronto is the city that has a 11pm bedtime.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I didn’t mean to claim that Toronto was more affordable than Montreal, simply that Toronto previous affordability allowed it to become what it is today.

[–] MisterD 4 points 2 years ago

Aka bill 101

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

"Fleeing" or forced out?

[–] kent_eh 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently the "free market" can solve its own problems.

Make living in one place too expensive and people will leave, meaning those landlords (and others who are overcharging and excessivley profiteering) will suffer or be forced to lower prices.

Or maybe, an unregulated free market isn't the most effective way to run a society...

[–] Mereo 21 points 2 years ago

Article without paywall: http://archive.today/mdUQf

[–] Rentlar 11 points 2 years ago

I love my city of Toronto but as a young person I, too, moved out.

I'm hoping Olivia Chow will breathe life back into the city and make it livable for everyone.