
Jennifer Keesmaat
Chief Planner for the City of Toronto
“If they choose to stay in the city those are the odds — that they’ll raise their family very differently from how they were raised, just as I’m raising my family very differently from how I was raised,â€
“They are now competing with global capital. They are in entry-level positions making entry-level salaries, sometimes working more than one job and they are competing with capital from around the city that wants the same housing that they do,â€
“They are now competing with global capital. They are in entry-level positions making entry-level salaries, sometimes working more than one job and they are competing with capital from around the city that wants the same housing that they do,â€
Let's not pretend this is an accident. Outsourcing manufacturing has made it so that so we are reliant on a service sector that doesn't really need hard skills. Those remaining jobs that do require them are well-paid but increasingly these positions are being lost.