LOOK AT THIS! Canadians Forced To Use Payday Loans Just To Buy Groceries
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How are people affording groceries?
>> Exactly. How are people affording
groceries? Well, actually, I think I got
the answer to that question and you
might not like it. Payday loans, credit
cards, lines of credit.
>> Oh,
>> nearly half of Canadians are living
paycheck to paycheck. And people are
using payday loans to buy groceries in
Canada.
>> What?
>> Canada is in a depression. But you need
to hear the stories directly from the
people who are in that depression and
going through it who don't have a job
and are having to buy groceries, things
like that. So, we're going to get into
it. So, new survey finds nearly half of
Canadians are living paycheck to
paycheck. We hear this every year, but
more and more people are falling into
that category, as we'll get on to, but
take a listen to some of these stories.
>> Grocery shopping is really difficult.
It's really hard to get good quality uh
fruits and vegetables and protein at a
reasonable price.
>> I used to be able to stay on top of my
bills, have a few bucks in the bank, go
on holidays. I can't do that no more. I
basically work and go home.
>> Food prices are crazy. Rent is crazy.
So, I understand why people would be
living paycheck to paycheck.
>> Almost half of Canadians waiting for
their next paycheck is concerning.
>> So, so that's completely crazy when you
think about the banks. You know, how
many of these people have mortgages? How
many of these people are paying rent to
somebody who depends on that rent to pay
their mortgage and people are losing who
are having their mortgages increased as
well? I mean, we'll get into that and
some of the stories from that. People
are facing the fact that they will be
losing their home. So, rising grocery
costs forcing Canadians to cut meals and
rely on credit. I mean this is the sort
of article headline that you would read
during the great depression and it is
the Canadian great depression. This is
the reality of what you are seeing in
Canada. I mean it's straight out of the
USSR when you think about people doing
this. In fact, no it's not because
during the USSR people couldn't take out
a payday loan to go and buy food. I mean
it's completely mindblowing when you
really think about it. But unemployment,
groceries, all these different things,
they're a common theme of this
depression. So, let's hear some of them.
>> The amount of layoffs and unemployed
people in the city is actually
astronomical. Like, I don't think it's
ever been this bad. Like, every single
person I know has either been laid off,
has been unemployed for like a long,
long period of time, have been applying,
not getting anything back, or they know
someone that knows someone that knows
someone that has been unemployed, that
has been laid off. What is going on?
Like, what is actually going on? Like
there are countless of job postings on
LinkedIn.
>> Economic collapse is what's going on.
>> Nope.
>> Canada is experiencing a depression.
Many people, especially those out of
work. Some of these people have just
been fired from their job. Take a listen
to them.
>> I came home today and I am now
unemployed with 430 other people.
>> Yeah. So, I mean, more and more people
are just being let go. And it's not just
this lady here, but there's others that
we're going to go through. And the other
reality that people are having to face
up to is the cost of groceries, which is
absolutely astronomical.
>> It will take some sacrifices
>> and just keeps rising and rising and
rising. So, we got a few stories about
that. I mean, take a listen to this and
take a look at that. I went shopping at
the grocery store tonight to get
groceries for a meal for my boyfriend
and I and re up on some snacks. Here's
everything I got and how much it cost.
Two chicken breasts, $12. Peppers, $6.
Arugula, $4. Fresh pesto, $7. Mushrooms,
$5. Squash or zucchini, $4. Fresh basil,
$4. Kidney beans, $3. Strawberries, $3.
Crackers $8. Rice cakes $350. Turkey
pepperettes $5. The total for all of
this was $64.
>> The thing is right that you got to think
about that's like two maybe three meals
there. So that is a lot of money.
>> Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
>> And this is groceries, not eating out.
Like $35 for a meal for two people or
$30 for a meal for two people. That's a
lot. So, grocery prices are exploding
and yeah, this is another person that
got let go. So, take a listen to this.
>> I got fired today. I genuinely think my
manifesting is that good that I
manifested this, which I know sounds
crazy, but hear me out. Locked on this
morning, got a message asking if I was
free to chat. Went on and it was my
manager in HR. And then obviously be on
the call letting you go.
>> You know, you'd love to hear, wouldn't
you? What would it be like if she said,
"No, I'm not free to chat right now."
What if they just sent an email out
saying, "You're fired." I mean, how
would have that gone?
>> You are fired.
>> But more and more people like the woman
we went through here, 430 other people
who also got let go, not just her. It's
a story and a theme that we see time and
time again. And then this lady is just
gobsacked by the groceries in North
Vancouver. I had to watch this like 10
times to understand that she said North
Van.
>> Do you want to know what I've discovered
since moving to North Van, which has
made me realize, oh, we are definitely
in a different tax bracket to the
majority of the people up here. There is
no no frrills.
>> There is no no thrills. Ever since I
moved to Canada over 4 years ago, I have
been doing my grocery shop at No Frills
because I have found it to be one of the
cheapest places. Plus, I have always
lived closest to a no frills. And over
the weekend, we did our grocery shop.
Guess how much it came to for two
people.
>> $260.
That is not okay.
>> $260
for two people for groceries. I mean, it
is just completely mindblowing, isn't
it? Who cares? And the price of
groceries is just going to continue to
go up. There's more printed dollars that
are going into grocery stores, inflating
grocery prices.
>> It'll be painful. Um,
you've got that coupled with the cost of
energy that has gone up significantly.
Is an input price to most groceries and
obviously a lot of groceries, they come
by plane, they come by boat, they come
by truck to Canada from a long way away
because Canada can't grow anything
during the winter.
>> It was so cold. So that just adds cost
when you've got fuel prices that are up
like 50 to 60% within just the past
month alone.
>> And that isn't even going to cover us
for the entire week. Like we have not
got enough food
>> what
>> to cover us the entire week. I just How
are people affording groceries
>> exactly? How are people affording
groceries? Well, actually I think I got
the answer to that question and you
might not like it. payday loans, credit
cards, lines of credit.
And as we went through the other day,
you know, the mainstream media is
recommending this. They're saying, "Hey
guys, you know, if you don't have an
emergency fund, credit card, line of
credit, worst comes to worse, payday
loan." If you don't have that emergency