Ontario’s housing allowance for the unemployed is just $390 a month—less than a quarter of average rent. Desmond Cole writes about how this starvation-level rate is part of Ontario’s decades-long war on the poor—and how no party has a plan to fix it. https://breachmedia.ca/ontarios-rent-allowance-isnt-a-safety-net-its-a-poverty-trap/
Politicians and the media say immigrants are causing the housing crisis—but they're actually just a scapegoat. Tannara Yelland writes that the real fault lies with governments and investors—and the profit role that housing plays in our economy. https://breachmedia.ca/investors-immigrants-fuelling-housing-crisis/