[Hondaracer]

lol.. yea.. it’s gotten substantially worse since. Quality of life, homelessness, poverty, healthcare, etc. is all worse. You can say this or that about it, but tangible change has not happened for the vast majority of time the federal liberals have been in power. It’s idiotic to think the way out of this is through electing the same people back into power.

Again, no one has explained how anything is suppose to change with less than a quarter of new MP’s on the liberal side.

The same people responsible for the current fiscal policy, the current immigration nightmare, unaffordability, etc.

There is this bizarre love affair with Carney who’s proven nothing. 15 minutes of Carney doesn’t make up for 2+ terms of the current liberal party, which, again, is largely exactly the same. If Trudeau wasn’t to blame for the failures of the party, I love how you think a new guy could somehow be the saviour as an individual lol.. it’s insane.

Everyone can say the “unnafordability” started with Harper, but it became completely unsustainable and out of control in the last decade.

Anecdotally my own and my parents home gained about 35% in value between 2008 and 2016. Pretty standard growth. Between 2016 and today, both these homes have virtually doubled.

The difference between a detached home being 1 million, and the same home being 2 million is a HUGE difference. Not only just in the basic skyrocketing value, but moreso the affordability to your average Canadian. A 35-40% increase between 2008 and 2016 was still sustainable for your average family. Wages were still in the same stratosphere and while it was probably uncomfortable, it was completely feasible. With wages not keeping up whatsoever, and a single family home now averaging 2 million, that dream is gone forever for most people.

It’s pretty simple. Maybe it was on its way before, but the “Canadian dream” or what North Americans consider the dream truly died in the last decade. There’s absolutely no debate on that.