We already are in a crisis, but it can always get worse. Both the LPC and CPC are talking about ramping up education, but (last time I looked) neither are talking about improving the points system.
Housing is about to get a lot more expensive in the next decade if the federal government does not revamp its immigration program bringing in skilled workers, according to the construction industry.
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The specific types of jobs that construction companies are lacking are typically referred to as “unskilled labour” — for example, framers, tile setters, window and door installers — where skills are learned on the job and don’t require a certificate, degree or apprenticeship.
The problem is twofold, according to Wastell. Domestically, there aren’t enough people getting into these kinds of jobs, and despite efforts in recent years to increase interest in the sector, it’s not enough to bridge the gap. Furthermore, the federal government’s points-based immigration system, called the comprehensive ranking system, typically only brings in the most highly educated and skilled workers, like engineers.
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I’m so tired of this rhetoric. If they want workers there are plenty here, they just refuse to pay us a living wage.
Right? What they want are exploitable workers who will work dangerous and difficult jobs for little more than minimum wage. Construction is not unskilled labour.
Hopefully if Carney’s crown corp comes to fruition it would drive up the prevailing wage of housing construction workers.
Yup, all I see is an excess of unskilled labor, the problem is some of the immigrants are unable or unwilling to fill the construction roles, those jobs actually pay well.
Either way, if you pay more money, you will have workers.
I’m a stone mason. Before I left Canada to immigrate to the UK, to be with my now wife, I was working exclusively with one guy, business partner and final bits of learning before I was ready to really go out on my own. When he got his start in the late 70s subcontract prices (piece work, so by the sq.ft,) were between $30 and $50 per sq.ft. Since mid 2010 you’d be lucky to get $25, before I left at the end of 2020 we’d have to fight to get $20
Justin Trudeau is a decent man. In a world where many leaders are thugs. He has done a lot of good things such as assisted dying, legal marijuana, strengthening competition law or that bill against greenwashing.
However, the single biggest failure of Trudeau was immigration.
Justin Trudeau’s immigration policies were absolutely extreme. Under his leadership, the Canadian population increased by 3% a year. This is far more than France, Britain, the United States, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil or Saudi Arabia. In fact, the only region of the world where you see a 3% annual population growth is Africa.
This extreme population growth triggered an unprecedented housing crisis. Visible homelessness is rising in every single canadian city, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. People are scared to end up homeless. New migrants are viciously exploited by unethical landlords.
You can’t tell people from around the world “Come to Canada” and think it will have no consequences on housing.
Even he admits he was too aggressive too fast.
We could build an extra 3% housing supply each year, but not with zero notice.
