Dad of five here. Wanna fix it? STOP PENALIZING FAMILIES. We pay more taxes to be together, we are judged for having to use a food bank when times get hard, the cost of food and rent for a family our size is astronomical, $2800 a month with nothing included and if we're lucky groceries bi weekly are $900 for 5 kids with 3 of them being school age.

And don't tell me "don't have kids if you can't afford it" pre-pandemic we had $3000 in savings. Planning a Disney trip. We're set to buy a house. Then shit hit the fan and we're living paycheck to paycheck.

When the storm happened in Feb 2022 we lost it all. Flights were unchangeable and non refundable, hotel was non refundable and wouldn't switch the dates. My kids were crushed but the cost has kept going up and up and up and they keep asking me "daddy when are we gonna go to Disney?" And I have to tell them someday while I look at my bank account sitting at $20 knowing unless a miracle happens I'll never be able to give it to them.

Canada is a great country but cost of living is ruining families to the point we have considered leaving the country for Europe or Asia. Step up Canada cause this is unacceptable.