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Originally Posted by mikemhg
It amazes me how some people will comment on the job market in this city, without any actual knowledge of what they are speaking about.
I manage a large number of different association groups in many differing industries in this city. What is the number one complaint my customers have? The lack of ability to fill jobs. I regularly have conversations with business owners who have roles posted for months on end, unable to find applicants. The issue is getting worse year by year.
We have a serious brain drain going on in this city, and this housing rental crisis is the catalyst creating this domino effect.
Our local government in a rush for greed through property and real estate has essentially cut its nose off to spite its face.
As westopher said above, great, you made an $800,000 profit off the sale of your condo, that's nice. But when the business economy tanks in this city, and you cannot visit the establishments that were once there, what does it even matter?
This isn't an issue of entitlement, it's an issue of sustainability.
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Can't fill entry level jobs with minimal wages if entry level workers can't live here. If I have to move further east towards Mission or Abbotsford I won't consider a shitty wage job an hour away. If that's the case I'd prefer a job out there but with it being a smaller city I'm guessing jobs are a bit scarce.
Was looking at the province website today and one of the first headlines I see - Vancouver considers 'restricting property ownership by non-permanent residents'. Lol like they'd ever do that...