Generation Squeeze

Generation Squeeze

@gensqueeze.ca

A think and change tank promoting wellbeing for all generations and championing generational fairness to preserve what Canadians hold sacred—a healthy childhood, home and planet. Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization, Canada. linktr.ee/gensqueeze

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@gensqueeze.ca

Skipping the avocado toast and matcha is NOT a solution to Canada's housing crisis. We can't believe we had to run the math on it but here we are...... 11. It's ELEVEN matchas PER DAY, every day, for 5 years = average 20% down payment on a home. 🧵(1/5).... #cdnpoli #Canada #GenZ #housingcrisis

Generation Squeeze
@gensqueeze.ca

Skipping the avocado toast and matcha is NOT a solution to Canada's housing crisis. We can't believe we had to run the math on it but here we are...... 11. It's ELEVEN matchas PER DAY, every day, for 5 years = average 20% down payment on a home. 🧵(1/5).... #cdnpoli #Canada #GenZ #housingcrisis

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Generation Squeeze
@gensqueeze.ca

Skipping the avocado toast and matcha is NOT a solution to Canada's housing crisis. We can't believe we had to run the math on it but here we are...... 11. It's ELEVEN matchas PER DAY, every day, for 5 years = average 20% down payment on a home. 🧵(1/5).... #cdnpoli #Canada #GenZ #housingcrisis

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@gensqueeze.ca

Are you heading to the voting booth soon? Here's how you can vote with generational love in mind! #BCelection #bcvotes #BCpoli #BritishColumbia

Generation Squeeze
@gensqueeze.ca

Are you heading to the voting booth soon? Here's how you can vote with generational love in mind! #BCelection #bcvotes #BCpoli #BritishColumbia

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@gensqueeze.ca

As British Columbians head to the polls, costed platforms are missing. There's still time to create change: It starts with intergenerational reciprocity! www.gensqueeze.ca/bc_votes_2026 #BCpoli #BCvotes #BCelection

gensqueeze.caBritish Columbia Votes 2026BC’s snap election leaves parties little time to develop comprehensive, costed platforms — and voters little time to assess their promises. Without that detail, we can’t offer our usual comparison of ...
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"If governments now refuse to raise revenue from financially secure members of the generation who are using more care, the medical system will remain overwhelmed for old and young alike." www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... #cdnpoli #Boomers

theglobeandmail.comYounger Canadians pay for a deficit debate that’s missing the pointGovernments of every political stripe have failed to prepare for the rise in medical costs created by population aging
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Jen 🇸🇩🇵🇸
@harlickjen.bsky.social

Young people are leaving Canada because they cant afford rent. But sure....let's keep giving millionaires thousanda of $$ in OAS (a program designed in the 1950s to help poor seniors).

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Does this make ANY SENSE to anyone in Canada? Keep in mind there are 400,000 seniors and 800,000 children living in poverty in our country! Want change? Join us! #cdnpoli www.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas

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@gensqueeze.ca

Climate change is the largest debt to be passed from one generation to the next in our history. Our retirement savings should never fuel the climate crisis. Sign the petition today: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...

Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health@shiftaction.bsky.social

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is about to host public meetings and answer to Canadians. We imagined how they’re getting ready. youtube.com/shorts/U-2xJ...

youtube.comThe Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Gets Ready to Answer Canadians’ Climate QuestionsYouTube video by Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health
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Generation Squeeze
@gensqueeze.ca

Who pays for OAS? It's not a pension, like CPP. So Old Age Security is mainly paid for by YOUNGER GENERATIONS!!! This is inefficient spending Canada!!!!

Generation Squeeze
@gensqueeze.ca

What is happening Canada?!?!?! Old Age Security was designed in the 1950s when poverty rates for seniors were the highest of any age group. It was meant to help those in NEED!!!

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@gensqueeze.ca

Turns out the data don't lie....the problem isn't entitlement. It's government budgets that prioritize spending on older generations. Want change? Read our most recent blog by GenSqueeze practicum student Michelle Wojciechowski. www.gensqueeze.ca/news #cdnpoli #GenZ #Canada #generationalfairness