Developers Paint Bleak Picture of Vancouver's Future Under Status Quo

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Originally Posted by rofina

The poster has a point. Canada does have a blind spot, I think its important to acknowledge so we can move on.

If were going to be accepting half a million plus immigrants a year, as the host country it would be incumbent on us to ensure that we have the infrastructure and housing necessary to first support our existing population, and then to support the amount of people we intend to onboard.

This shouldn't be controversial. When you have a City like Vancouver that has a .07% vacancy rate and you know that a good percent of new immigrants will continue to settle here don't be surprised when standards become eroded down to what was once considered unacceptable.

Were all complicit for the reality we choose for ourselves.

As I mentioned in post above, its asinine to be bringing forward new regulations on housing, and doing multi-year studies while we continue to admit tens of thousands of people into zero vacancy cities. This is the definition of being irresponsible.

EDIT: I'm going to post this edit even though I don't think it should be necessary. I'm a first generation immigrant to Canada. I understand what immigrating is like, it certainly doesn't make me an authority, or grant me any special powers. What I want to make clear is that I'm not saying we need shut or borders, or stop immigration, or whatever. I'm simply stating we are only completing half the job here. We need immigration. What we don't need is a perpetual housing crisis, putting more and more people on the street. That's not compassion, that's not logic, that's not a win for anyone.

This is an excellent post that encapsulates my feelings as well. I am pro-immigration but the current situation in Canada is a ticking time bomb which has the potential to unleash massive resentment amongst Canadians. Canadians are culturally polite and generally like to see themselves as tolerant but that is being pushed to its limits by this housing crisis and the lack of appropriate response from all levels of government.