re: If a citizen wants to flee Canada they could face a $25K departure fee

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How did Canada become so expensive.

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Liberals.

Depending on the city, you will have to pay a certain amount of taxes and impact fees to build anything. Labor is expensive because a lot of it is unionized or requires a ridulous amount of occupational licenses. A huge chunk of land is protected by environmental laws, greenbelt laws, or is owned by the Canadian government entirely. Look at California's real estate problems and imagine that spread out over an entire country and it will give you a decent idea why.