Even vancouver isn't the bad.
But its a remote world, just live somewhere normal priced.
> taxed at 45% and even double taxed
Why would you be double taxed? Although the highest marginal rate is more than 45%.
> so your 60-100k
Pretty shitty tech job if that is all you are making.
If you live away from civilization, and I mean really isolated, like 20 hours driving to get to a nice city, you are still gonna pay roughly 1000 dollars for a 1 bedroom apartment
I have friends who are renting a shared flat, works out to ~650 CAD / person, in a nice area (Plateau Mont Royal).
I'm not claiming two data points are representative of the whole distribution, and things are not great at all in terms of inflation / the housing market is tough, but there's no need to resort to gross exaggerations.
Also, Quebec is cheaper than the rest of the country (probably because of language + anti immigration provincial agenda)
I live in a city in the praries away from civilization and pay over 1000 dollars for a 1 bedroom