You may be surprised. We are hearing from our supporters who have talked to MPs from all political stripes and most of them agree that reform is necessary! We need to give politicians the political courage to put it forward. Financially secure boomers agree too!!! Call your MP!!!

Most Canadians don't know that 13% of our national gross domestic product (GDP) is real estate! This sector is bigger than manufacturing; bigger than mining, oil and gas; bigger than construction, health care, financial services, and all other industries. www.gensqueeze.ca/globe_mail_l...

YES Susan! We've created a long list of policy suggestions. Essentially the goal should be for home prices to stall so that earnings have a chance to catch up. Housing should be for homes first, investment second. Let us know what you think! www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_solu...

Correct Terri. Inflation adjusted to 2024. Sorry! The previous infographic cut off the bottom where that is mentioned.

Sorry, Susan. We should have clarified. Those are inflation adjusted figures to 2024 dollars. And all the data is from Stats Can and CREA. That previous infographic cut off the bottom where that is mentioned.

You may be surprised to find out that all political parties have had a role to play in the current housing crisis. It's been decades in the making and Liberals, Cons & NDP have been in charge in fed/provincial jurisdictions. Wages (orange line) have not kept pace with home prices (blue line).

OAS is not a pension. It is an income benefit. Unlike CPP you do not get back what you "paid in". The funds come from general tax revenue, which means younger and future Canadians are paying because OAS depends heavily on deficit spending.

Better call Stats Canada then! That's where we get all of our data.

Thanks for pointing that out. LOL. Many seniors take offence at the facts: costs of living and budget spending. We aren't blaming seniors for all of this. The fault rests with governments who failed to adapt policy/spending to plan for an aging population. Young and old can come together to fix it!

It was great to hear him say that Canadian youth have sacrificed enough but so far we haven't seen many details on solutions to help fix the affordability crisis. And then there's the spending by age in the new budget: www.gensqueeze.ca/who_is_asked...

The youth base and NDP should be talking about the elephant in the room. Inefficient spending on OAS for seniors with incomes above $100,000 while young people suffer a crisis of affordability and 400,000 seniors live in poverty. action.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas

There seems to be a very large pile of spending that is going unnoticed. A retired couple with household income of $182,000/year currently receives $18,000/year in OAS payments. Unlike CPP, OAS is NOT fully prepaid. It comes from general tax revenue. Time to fix it. action.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas

Thanks for sharing! And here are the new spending commitments to 2029:

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