• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The crisis, like most of the other crisis’ we are seeing right now, is housing costs.

    People don’t want to work for BC ferries(or in healthcare, or many other occupations) at the current wages because they can’t afford to live on them due to high housing costs.

    We could fix that by paying more or we could fix it by reducing housing costs. The first one is simpler, but doesn’t fix the root of the issue which is value extraction by land owners.