I definitely haven't seen food literally double or triple. It's gone up a lot, but not that much.
The inflation number uses a weighted "basket" of goods, but housing is the biggest part of it and housing hasn't gone up by that much. Not sure about Manitoba as the article is from, but for much of Ontario, rent controls prevent large rent increases (though sadly, newer buildings are exempt from rent controls, so we're only gonna see more people who are unprotected).
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 3y
Alternate headline: "Union rejects 6% pay cut offer"
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 3y
This is the reality. We need these realistic headlines.
urfavlaura@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y
2% is such a joke make it 10% at least
Polar@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 3y
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derpo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Right?? My rent has gone up 1.5x since 2020, and buying a house is getting equally more impossible
CoderKat@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
I definitely haven't seen food literally double or triple. It's gone up a lot, but not that much.
The inflation number uses a weighted "basket" of goods, but housing is the biggest part of it and housing hasn't gone up by that much. Not sure about Manitoba as the article is from, but for much of Ontario, rent controls prevent large rent increases (though sadly, newer buildings are exempt from rent controls, so we're only gonna see more people who are unprotected).
BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y
Same story over here in the UK sadly
icedcoffee@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
This is the shit I come here for