see, this is the right narrative: we don't have a refugee crisis, so much as we have a broader housing crisis. the 50,000 syrian refugees, plus the 80,000 (documented) border crossers, are just making that fact obvious.

and, again: that might not seem like a lot of people, but it is when you understand that they're competing with our most vulnerable citizens (like me) for already stretched resources.

i can articulate myself relatively well. the other people in my socio-economic category mostly can't. so, you don't hear from them. but, they're there, and they're struggling, and this is making things worse.

we need to get the right story out if we want the right actions taken.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/02/05/refugees-needs-expose-canadas-housing-crisis.html