Cannot afford home maintenance/taxes or rent, hairdresser, car repairs & gas, vacation, visits to friends and relatives, nothing that is not an absolute essential. Unbelievable what this country has become.

People are paying most of the income just for rent . It’s completely collapsed.

And we need 1,000,000 new people every 2-3 years, while millions of Canadians live in poverty and without job.

2015 I had a vote trudeau sign on my lawn. 2024 I don't have a lawn anymore.

Trudeau's Canada. Thank liberal voters.

More debt than all previous PMs in Canadian history combined.

If you voted for the current clown... You did this.

Didn’t Freeland say Canada is the most prosperous country in the g7

The lady who thinks "universal basic income" is the answer 😂😂😂 Canada is doomed. Escape while you can

Canadian live in poverty while PM spends 275K on food catering on flight food catering to Asia. Way to go JT.

You get what you vote for, its called JUSTIN TRUDEAU.

And 3 of 4 Canadians are on debt repayment

No more Trudeau. Give aways to Ukraine while Canadians are struggling.

Should choose your leaders wisely then. Canadians voted for clown now they don’t like the circus

we started and funded small Food Banks in the early eighties as a response to wage starvation and high interest rates in Canada. It was SUPPOSED to be temporary. And now here we are.

Hidden?!?!?! I see it EVERYWHERE including MEEEEEE!!!!

Welcome to Trudeau's and Singh's Canada 😏

Went to a fancy organic store, was shocked to see across the street a massive line up at a church run food bank, mostly elderly. I was ashamed. What happened to our country!

Legalize weed, that will keep them docile for long enough. - Some Tyrant somewhere

We’ve been living like this for the last 4 years Canada it’s only getting worse with Trudeau

“Sunny days ahead friends, sunny days ahead.” - Justin Trudeau, 2015

Increase debt, increase taxes, decrease fertilizer use, limit peoples ability to work and go deeper into debt during covid, print money like its going out of style, create a housing crisis, bring in an unsustainable amount of immigrants who cannot afford to live and support their families with minimum wage jobs. Budgets will balance themselves and 9 years of idiocy making life more expensive for Canadians...

I wonder how this Saturday's noon protest will go at Nathan Phillips People are fed up with Trudeau.

Time to get this government out it's a disaster

Guaranteed basic Income ??? So more inflation then "More CURRENCY Printing" "More Government" 😂

People could at least afford to live when Harper was PM. Now we've had 8 years of the Little Emperor and look at the decrepit state that Canada is in.

actual could be more than 25% like 55?

Universal Basic Income and/or MORE Gov't programs is NOT the answer - it is a mere bandaid fix and the antithesis of what we need in this country - we need LESS Gov't and LESS taxes. We need citizens that are able to be reliant on themselves, NOT Gov't.

Our finance minister, Chrystia Freeland sits on the Board of Trustees for the WEF, an organization that aims to reduce global consumption via poverty. Is it really surprising that "you will own nothing" is beginning to play out after several years of her fiscal policies?

We pay 100% of our money to rent and bills - sometimes we can afford food - that's it

Can u imagine the people that do not use these services that go hungry for their pride

Ive worked as a deckhand on a lobster boat owned by natives, I've see in my time on the water the natives be given access, as they should have access , but over 20 years every traditional heritage Canadian has has their license purchased by the government at above market value, and gets a brown paper bag of cash on the backend to really sweeten the deal. The pay I have received for demanding and dangerous work has remained at nearly the same amount for 20 years, today Im positive if you added up the hours it might be 8 dollars an hour, however it was work and I survived. Now that all the boats are all native owned, and this is the regular commercial fishery, not the contentious use of traditional access in food fisheries. This year I was told I have no more work because I am white and the taxes to do my payroll cost more than to hire a native worker. I am too proud to ever go to a food bank and my grandfather drove a tank through Italy, I grew up watching him march on Nov 11 trying to understand his dedication and solemn demeanor. I have gained alot of perspective, and I'm not sure , infact I'm positive this is not the world he fought to preserve.

Thank you to all the people in Canada that help or involved with these food services!

one quarter of of the people in poverty is insane.

I don't know how Trudeau, Fraser, nor Miller can sleep at night. The biggest boo boos in Canadian history and the pain will last for a long time.

" You will own nothing ... you will be unhappy." J. Turd'deau.

Cubanada.

How long must we tolerate this fringe minority? Justin Trudeau

How far down do we have to go for the government to make drastic changes and bring back life to a normal level of affordability? We are getting closer and closer to third world country level!!! Time for a much needed change!!!

My rent is only as cheap as it is because I got the crappy apartment ten years ago and they can't raise rent quickly. If I moved I'd need to double or more how much I pay for rent

Millionaire house rich cash poor experiencing poverty in Vancouver

A big NO to basic income!

thanks Justin Trudeau,, Singh and the WEF

Yet they continue to vote for liberals 🙄

Send money to Ukraine and Israel then blame international students

Count how many people have gotten their snow tires changed. Look at the gas pump before you fuel up and look around to see how people can only fuel up 5-$10 tops to run their car. Look at fast food places to see there are no line ups. There is more security at grocery stores than a bank has. I would be delusional if I didn't notice what is going on.

Thanks Trudeau and incompetent Liberals for this

Would a universal basic income not cause further inflation? I mean that would be very expensive... either lots of money-printing, or our taxes would have to go up substantially.

I thought Canada was a developed country. It's not? So, it is just propaganda that the country is developed.

Next stop Venezuela, thanks Ontario and Quebec.

You deserve what you are voted for. Keep voting for the same guy in 2025, I am sure that 3 in 4 Canadians will be poor.

Nothing a billion dollar donation to Ukraine won't solve~.

Property tax increased by 7% compared to last year XDXD. Is this joke?

So 3 out of 4 Canadians are doing alright. Lack of education keeps the population poor. Taxation further deteriorates the situation. Nothing works ...... education and healthcare is pathetic.

While JT announce over new $70 million aid to Ukrainian on top of the 2.7 billion already committed to them

This is all solved very easily - only people that pay income tax and do NOT work directly for any government body should be allowed to vote Federally or Provincially (Exception: Military Personnel, for obvious reasons). Period.

I arrived in Canada just 2 month ago. Still something does not come together. It's super expensive anywhere. Agree. and everywhere I look - people are complaining. But the same time - country is full of new cars, people paying for expensive hotels and expensive holidays. How does this economics work?

The idea of basic income is really stupid. Government gives a lump sum of money to a Canadian who does not need to work. How much is enough so that that person is not in poverty? If giving too much, then who else will work? If nobody works, who pay taxes to support welfare like basic income? If giving too little, it does not help poverty.

To those of you who donate to Food Banks and / or Volunteer your time to help run them; you are "Good People"! You are the best among us and do so not for the notoriety it may bring, but rather because you care for your fellow Man. I applaud you for living your convictions and showing us the way.

10m people 😢

Living pay cheque to pay cheque on low wages that don’t balance in the slightest of how expensive everything is. We can’t save. I cant even save $20 from a pay cheque. Trudeau has to go. This countries inflation needs to be fixed. No more giving immigrants work visas, incentives, and subsidy’s to work or any sort of tax relief so they can drive around in BMW’s while canadas own people live in poverty. We need to scrap a lot of Trudeaus doings to get back to where we should be. Carbon tax has to go.

Hidden ???

Went for a bike ride the other day in our small town and marvelled at all the homeless people living in tents. The kind of results you can expect from people who pat themselves on the back for raising immigration numbers to record highs with zero plan to house anyone but at least the elderly have "free" dental care now.

This country used to be incredible. The decline is real.

Trudeau and Freeland must be held responsible!!

I love how yall think things will magically change under a different party running the country. PP won’t slow immigration, PP wont be incentivized to build too many houses and devalue the property value of current home owners. It’s not the person. It’s the system and infrastructure they (all) built aimed to keep rich people rich. I’ve yet to hear him address anything about overhauling the laws around property ownership or immigration TFW levels.

How many are foreign students getting food they are all supposed to be self sufficient for money not taking food from you

I am highly qualified but have a bad back, and over 50 and can't even get an interview.

This is what the federal government GREAT EFFORTS to provide such a mess for Canadians. More taxes and give away to foreign countries like Ukraine, etc...

I can't afford, like most of what's on that list!

And we see houses are being sold for over asking 😂

Imagine how many can't even access food banks and are forced to drown alone in poverty 🙃🫠

I am wondering where those beautiful foodbanks are ? They should film the compost on V.Island instead. Plus: You gotta spend 20 bucks on gas to get there... all for a bag of junk which isnt even worth 5 $ Thats the reality.

Living pay cheque to pay cheque on low wages that don’t balance in the slightest of how expensive everything is. We can’t save. I cant even save $20 from a pay cheque. Trudeau has to go. This countries inflation needs to be fixed.

Building back better like dear leader told you would happen. It's all in the book.

Cant afford- rent,groceries,car,insurance any repairs Basic needs are not affordable now in canadain soil.these shoukd be dealt with because we are struggling and hits hard on every day health

Finance Minister Chrystia Antoinette: 'Let them eat bugs.'

Sucks making more than 50k a year and still living in poverty because my industry is located in toronto and my rent is 50% of my pretax income. FML

What they should have added to this report is what was the poverty rate before JT took office. That would be very interesting to know.

Isn’t liberal Canada just a mess?

Thank the liberal voters who don’t understand economics in the slightest.

Before Trudeau & this Liberal/NDP socialist coaltion, things were just fine

Thank god Toronto is renaming Dundas square and focusing on what really matters 😀

Feel sooooo Sorry for Canada 😢😢

The commentator thinks the solution is more government programs? We are being taxed to poverty which is driving out people and businesses with above-average income potential, because they can get a better deal in other countries. We don't need more programs, we need a thriving economy like we had 10yrs ago before you-know-who was elected. The proportion of people in poverty has grown consistently since our government introduced more programs and taxes.

Stop paying taxes and you'll be a lot richer

No problem getting cash for the phones though.

It's not hidden if your in the working class

Soon, Food Bank will be at the back of a garbage truck. Sheeple are really good at voting for their own demise.

Liberal and ndp voters call this progress and success.

My first priority is rent then my bills then food and putting aside money for a rainy day has become a luxury that i no longer factor in. They tell us to save but how can we when we can barely afford to live? It doesnt matter if you have 4 jobs or one that pays $35 an hour you still cant afford to live cuz of the taxes. Its actually a vicious circle. If they would stop giving money to israel and ukraine and keep it to deal with the problems here then maybe it might help, the mass immigration is not helping either.

food is insane in price. Rent is horrific. I pay with my utilities included $1318.13 roughly for a two bedroom townhouse. It's not bad since I've been living here with my fiance and our daughter for 9 years. However every year the landlord goes the highest rent hike, has turned around and told everyone with conditioners two conditioners now cost 440 together. They refuse to call or write back on questions about the lack of care to their property, our units are sinking to the point my daughters room has a giant crack in the wall. Our plumbing is horrible, my town alone is a joke the money spent here are for head office and very little goes back into the community at all or to projects they keep saying they will do but say in the next 3 7 10 years...... that's the fancy way of saying "we are going to say we will do it, we're not... we just want to get the grants so we can keep it" They are destroying plots and cramming in new apartments saying it's for more affordable housing for the homeless and those struggling ...... how on earth is someone supposed to rent a one bedroom apartment for $1200.00 to $1300.00 !!!! Those prices are up around what I pay for my townhouse and that's not including those who will also need to pay utilities as well as food and living expenses. We don't pay to survive we are paying for the boxes our body is going into the ground... And what's worse is that when we die our families get taxed and are held to pay these astronomical prices just to by law care for their deceased relative.... Look at it this way when you die it's going to cost over 15000.00 .... the government makes off you dying....

I've been going to the food bank here in Cape Breton N Sydney since last fall because the CRA went into my bank account and took my entire life savings for a debt turns out I didn't even owe. And when CTV news came to interview us about our community garden which I manage I was encouraged to not reveal that I was still dependent on the Food Bank's assistance.... Which really shook me

Hidden? I don't think so. People are literally telling you, while you blatantly ignore it. That isn't hidden, it's just not caring

Let's see how Toronto votes on Tuesday then we'll know if they have learned anything

Maybe you should look to the government, corporations and corporate greed as the root cause of this issue, where is that story ??

I am eating old bread with jam for supper. But I'm paying my bills.

Boeing CEO makes $35M a year. What is his tax bracket? I charge people my time according to what others get paid for their time per hour. How much is that?

Right. We need MORE government programs to end the problems caused by too much government. It wasn't like this in 2015. I wonder what changed in 2015......

Struggling while they buy smokes and booze….yeah !…whilst having a dog on a leash…