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Navigating Canada's Housing Challenge: A Global Workforce Perspective

Introduction:

The surge in immigration to Canada has undoubtedly played a role in the housing shortage currently affecting both long-time residents and newcomers alike. While a direct link between increased immigration and the housing crunch remains unconfirmed, it's evident that the nation is facing a housing demand that surpasses available supply, leading to soaring costs.

Affordability Conundrum:

Escalating rental and property prices threaten to push housing out of reach for many who could have comfortably afforded it in the past. Some Canadians attribute this affordability gap to immigration and are rethinking policies for employing new labour, yet reports indicate that the primary drivers of these price hikes may  be mounting construction costs. These costs are, in turn, largely influenced by a scarcity of skilled labor and inadequate supplies of essential raw materials, among other factors.

Balancing Act:

The growing disparity between skilled laborers and retirees has resulted in a scenario where potential employees are now demanding higher salaries due to increased job opportunities. In response, the government is actively looking to immigration as a means to address this pressing labor shortage.

A Global Workforce Solution:

Canada has set its sights on welcoming approximately 500,000 permanent residents annually by 2025, recognizing that the solution lies in recruiting a diverse, global workforce to fill this void. Housing and healthcare are two critical areas of concern for the Canadian government, and by bringing in skilled workers from around the world, the shortage can potentially be alleviated.

Empowering Women and Skilled Labor:

Acknowledging the pressing need for affordable housing, top authorities are grappling with approval processes and supply chain challenges that hinder housing projects. One innovative solution involves actively involving more women in the workforce and recruiting both existing and new skilled laborers into the supply chain, particularly for new housing construction projects. This approach seeks to not only meet the surging demand but also contribute to lowering housing prices, ultimately alleviating pressure on the existing, limited housing stock.

Conclusion:

Navigating Canada's housing challenge requires a multi-faceted approach that addresses immigration, labor shortages, and supply chain hurdles. By tapping into a global workforce, actively involving women, and prioritizing skilled labor, Canada can take significant strides towards achieving housing affordability for all its residents, both old and new. Please be aware that the process of handling new labor applications can be time-intensive. For all your immigration requirements, feel free to contact Visamint Overseas Services. We offer support with job formalities, documentation, immigration procedures, and helping you settle into your new country. Don't delay any further—apply today!

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Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer: Nudges 3-3

Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer Nudges Who do you know who knows what split incentives are in affordable housing, housing sustainability, and the importance of nudges? Jacqui Bauer Jacqui Bauer is a former municipal sustainability director with a background in the non-profit, government, and academic sectors who is now embarking on an effort to make rental housing better. Her startup is RentLab, which emerged out of a coalition of cities working to find better tools for renters, landlords, and cities alike.  RentLab aims to increase both the demand for and the supply of efficient, affordable, and sustainable rental housing by making energy, water, and other sustainability data more visible in the rental market. Jacqui Bauer aims to improve affordable housing through targeting the "split incentive problem." The enterprise is incorporated as a benefit corporation with a prototype website available at www.rentlab.org.

President at RentLab rentlab.org   Growing up in Lansing, Michigan (the capital of Michigan) Jacqui's early influences came from her Dad who as an urban planner and her Mom who articulates what she sees wrong in the world because she wants the world to improve for the better. In middle school, Jacqui led a sit-in after watching the movie Gandhi, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian activist who led the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule using nonviolent civil disobedience as his tactic for change. These forces prompted Jacqui to think about the urban environment in distinct ways. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan she gravitated toward both environmental and racial challenges and disparities in the world which led her to begin her career in water and wastewater infrastructure projects in low-income rural communities. While at Indiana University in Bloomington Jacqui worked with Elinor Ostrom who in 2009 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Oliver E. Williamson for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." When Jacqui became the Sustainability Coordinator for the city of Bloomington, she was ready to begin fusing her ideas on the relationship between environmental and socioeconomic factors (employment, education, and income) and apply these ideas to novel solution. One of the most innovative projects Jacqui was able to develop was the Hoosier 2 Hoosier is a reuse program that aims to divert reusable items from the landfill when 20,000 students move out of campus and near-campus housing by by selling collected items to students and community members in order to raise funds for local charities and other organizations. Now at RentLab, Jacqui is working to address the split-incentive problem in rental housing. For example, if a landlord asks his tenants to pay for utilities, he has no incentive to improve the toilets or insulation in the housing while the tenants have an incentive to optimize their utilities usage. On the other hand, if the landlord decides to pay for utilities, then the tenants have no incentives to reduce their utilities use. Jacqui is addressing these issues by identifying in rental housing whether the structure of building and their upkeep is problematic in energy usage or if it is the behavior of tenants. By identifying the factors that led to poor energy usage, Jacqui will be able to build transparent system by which both landlords and tenants can benefit. About Dr. Z Podcasts The mission of Dr. Z Podcasts is to find, record, and share stories about humans engaged in one of the 6As* of life. *6As = athletics, adventure, academics, art, advocacy, human algorithm. The 6As is the name of the book I am writing and the foundation for Dr. Z Podcasts. Dr. Z Podcasts Newsletter Signup!

Dr. Z Zachary S Brooks   About Dr. Z Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Zachary Brooks, the "Z" behind "Dr. Z." Enjoy the content and please send me questions and comments. *I earned a doctorate in Second Language Acquisition with concentrations in cognitive science and management from the University of Arizona. Check out podcasts on: Bilingual Decision Making In the Bilingual Decision Making podcasts, Dr. Z returns to his dissertation topic to explore and share research on how one’s language and culture affect decision making. People Behind the PhDs Science is driven by people which is why in People Behind the PhDs, Dr. Z interviews the people who have PhDs, their journey to earning PhDs, and their scientific and social research. Win or Learn Not accomplishing goals is a big part of life which creates opportunities for learning. In Win or Learn, we interview the people given an opportunity to learn after not achieving a goal. About-ish. Since I’m doing a podcast, I might as well make an “about” section with a Podcast.I call it “About-ish” which is about me, more or less. Human Algorithm Humans have it within them to change their own lives and lives of millions of others. Doubt it? Think of every advance in human history and you will realize the power of human algorithms. Daily Decision In The Daily Decision, Dr. Z delivers you a one-minute podcast on one decision making topic because you want to make better decisions. Leaders on the Line In Leaders on the Line, we explore technical problems and adaptive challenges various leaders face in business and politics. Every show has a theme such as “success,” “team,” or “strategy” in which Dr. Z and a guest do a deep dive into case studies to uncover gold. Organ Oracles Each Organ Oracles podcast consists of inspirational stories of people who have had life-saving organ transplants and their achievements after their life-altering moments. Read the full article

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Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer: Housing Sustainability 2-3

Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer Sustainability Who do you know who knows what split incentives are in affordable housing, housing sustainability, and the importance of nudges? Jacqui Bauer Jacqui Bauer is a former municipal sustainability director with a background in the non-profit, government, and academic sectors who is now embarking on an effort to make rental housing better. Her startup is RentLab, which emerged out of a coalition of cities working to find better tools for renters, landlords, and cities alike.  RentLab aims to increase both the demand for and the supply of efficient, affordable, and sustainable rental housing by making energy, water, and other sustainability data more visible in the rental market. Jacqui Bauer aims to improve affordable housing through targeting the "split incentive problem." The enterprise is incorporated as a benefit corporation with a prototype website available at www.rentlab.org.

President at RentLab rentlab.org   Growing up in Lansing, Michigan (the capital of Michigan) Jacqui's early influences came from her Dad who as an urban planner and her Mom who articulates what she sees wrong in the world because she wants the world to improve for the better. In middle school, Jacqui led a sit-in after watching the movie Gandhi, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian activist who led the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule using nonviolent civil disobedience as his tactic for change. These forces prompted Jacqui to think about the urban environment in distinct ways. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan she gravitated toward both environmental and racial challenges and disparities in the world which led her to begin her career in water and wastewater infrastructure projects in low-income rural communities. While at Indiana University in Bloomington Jacqui worked with Elinor Ostrom who in 2009 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Oliver E. Williamson for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." When Jacqui became the Sustainability Coordinator for the city of Bloomington, she was ready to begin fusing her ideas on the relationship between environmental and socioeconomic factors (employment, education, and income) and apply these ideas to novel solution. One of the most innovative projects Jacqui was able to develop was the Hoosier 2 Hoosier is a reuse program that aims to divert reusable items from the landfill when 20,000 students move out of campus and near-campus housing by by selling collected items to students and community members in order to raise funds for local charities and other organizations. Now at RentLab, Jacqui is working to address the split-incentive problem in rental housing. For example, if a landlord asks his tenants to pay for utilities, he has no incentive to improve the toilets or insulation in the housing while the tenants have an incentive to optimize their utilities usage. On the other hand, if the landlord decides to pay for utilities, then the tenants have no incentives to reduce their utilities use. Jacqui is addressing these issues by identifying in rental housing whether the structure of building and their upkeep is problematic in energy usage or if it is the behavior of tenants. By identifying the factors that led to poor energy usage, Jacqui will be able to build transparent system by which both landlords and tenants can benefit. About Dr. Z Podcasts The mission of Dr. Z Podcasts is to find, record, and share stories about humans engaged in one of the 6As* of life. *6As = athletics, adventure, academics, art, advocacy, human algorithm. The 6As is the name of the book I am writing and the foundation for Dr. Z Podcasts. Dr. Z Podcasts Newsletter Signup!

Dr. Z Zachary S Brooks   About Dr. Z Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Zachary Brooks, the "Z" behind "Dr. Z." Enjoy the content and please send me questions and comments. *I earned a doctorate in Second Language Acquisition with concentrations in cognitive science and management from the University of Arizona. Check out podcasts on: Bilingual Decision Making In the Bilingual Decision Making podcasts, Dr. Z returns to his dissertation topic to explore and share research on how one’s language and culture affect decision making. People Behind the PhDs Science is driven by people which is why in People Behind the PhDs, Dr. Z interviews the people who have PhDs, their journey to earning PhDs, and their scientific and social research. Win or Learn Not accomplishing goals is a big part of life which creates opportunities for learning. In Win or Learn, we interview the people given an opportunity to learn after not achieving a goal. About-ish. Since I’m doing a podcast, I might as well make an “about” section with a Podcast.I call it “About-ish” which is about me, more or less. Human Algorithm Humans have it within them to change their own lives and lives of millions of others. Doubt it? Think of every advance in human history and you will realize the power of human algorithms. Daily Decision In The Daily Decision, Dr. Z delivers you a one-minute podcast on one decision making topic because you want to make better decisions. Leaders on the Line In Leaders on the Line, we explore technical problems and adaptive challenges various leaders face in business and politics. Every show has a theme such as “success,” “team,” or “strategy” in which Dr. Z and a guest do a deep dive into case studies to uncover gold. Organ Oracles Each Organ Oracles podcast consists of inspirational stories of people who have had life-saving organ transplants and their achievements after their life-altering moments. Read the full article

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Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer: Split Incentives 1-3

Human Algorithm 02: Jacqui Bauer Split Incentives Who do you know who knows what split incentives are in affordable housing, housing sustainability, and the importance of nudges?  Jacqui Bauer Jacqui Bauer is a former municipal sustainability director with a background in the non-profit, government, and academic sectors who is now embarking on an effort to make rental housing better. Her startup is RentLab, which emerged out of a coalition of cities working to find better tools for renters, landlords, and cities alike.  RentLab aims to increase both the demand for and the supply of efficient, affordable, and sustainable rental housing by making energy, water, and other sustainability data more visible in the rental market. Jacqui Bauer aims to improve affordable housing through targeting the "split incentive problem." The enterprise is incorporated as a benefit corporation with a prototype website available at www.rentlab.org.

President at RentLab rentlab.org   Growing up in Lansing, Michigan (the capital of Michigan) Jacqui's early influences came from her Dad who as an urban planner and her Mom who articulates what she sees wrong in the world because she wants the world to improve for the better. In middle school, Jacqui led a sit-in after watching the movie Gandhi, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian activist who led the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule using nonviolent civil disobedience as his tactic for change. These forces prompted Jacqui to think about the urban environment in distinct ways. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan she gravitated toward both environmental and racial challenges and disparities in the world which led her to begin her career in water and wastewater infrastructure projects in low-income rural communities. While at Indiana University in Bloomington Jacqui worked with Elinor Ostrom who in 2009 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Oliver E. Williamson for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." When Jacqui became the Sustainability Coordinator for the city of Bloomington, she was ready to begin fusing her ideas on the relationship between environmental and socioeconomic factors (employment, education, and income) and apply these ideas to novel solution. One of the most innovative projects Jacqui was able to develop was the Hoosier 2 Hoosier is a reuse program that aims to divert reusable items from the landfill when 20,000 students move out of campus and near-campus housing by by selling collected items to students and community members in order to raise funds for local charities and other organizations. Now at RentLab, Jacqui is working to address the split-incentive problem in rental housing. For example, if a landlord asks his tenants to pay for utilities, he has no incentive to improve the toilets or insulation in the housing while the tenants have an incentive to optimize their utilities usage. On the other hand, if the landlord decides to pay for utilities, then the tenants have no incentives to reduce their utilities use. Jacqui is addressing these issues by identifying in rental housing whether the structure of building and their upkeep is problematic in energy usage or if it is the behavior of tenants. By identifying the factors that led to poor energy usage, Jacqui will be able to build transparent system by which both landlords and tenants can benefit. About Dr. Z Podcasts The mission of Dr. Z Podcasts is to find, record, and share stories about humans engaged in one of the 6As* of life. *6As = athletics, adventure, academics, art, advocacy, human algorithm. The 6As is the name of the book I am writing and the foundation for Dr. Z Podcasts. Dr. Z Podcasts Newsletter Signup!

Dr. Z Zachary S Brooks   About Dr. Z Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Zachary Brooks, the "Z" behind "Dr. Z." Enjoy the content and please send me questions and comments. *I earned a doctorate in Second Language Acquisition with concentrations in cognitive science and management from the University of Arizona. Check out podcasts on: Bilingual Decision Making In the Bilingual Decision Making podcasts, Dr. Z returns to his dissertation topic to explore and share research on how one’s language and culture affect decision making. People Behind the PhDs Science is driven by people which is why in People Behind the PhDs, Dr. Z interviews the people who have PhDs, their journey to earning PhDs, and their scientific and social research. Win or Learn Not accomplishing goals is a big part of life which creates opportunities for learning. In Win or Learn, we interview the people given an opportunity to learn after not achieving a goal. About-ish. Since I’m doing a podcast, I might as well make an “about” section with a Podcast.I call it “About-ish” which is about me, more or less. Human Algorithm Humans have it within them to change their own lives and lives of millions of others. Doubt it? Think of every advance in human history and you will realize the power of human algorithms. Daily Decision In The Daily Decision, Dr. Z delivers you a one-minute podcast on one decision making topic because you want to make better decisions. Leaders on the Line In Leaders on the Line, we explore technical problems and adaptive challenges various leaders face in business and politics. Every show has a theme such as “success,” “team,” or “strategy” in which Dr. Z and a guest do a deep dive into case studies to uncover gold. Organ Oracles Each Organ Oracles podcast consists of inspirational stories of people who have had life-saving organ transplants and their achievements after their life-altering moments. Read the full article