“From sticker shock at the grocery store to renting an apartment or renewing a mortgage, the cost of living in Greater Victoria has skyrocketed.
“I think inflation has impacted a lot of people, and I think it plays into your decision-making around how you run your household,” says Dallas Gislason of the South Island Prosperity Partnership.
And those rising costs are also having a big impact on the local economy.” – CHEK News
We are grateful to be doing our work on the territories of the Coast Salish and Nuu-Chah-Nulth peoples.
These are the Lək̓ ʷəŋən speaking peoples (Xwsepsum [Esquimalt] and Songhees Nations), the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples (SȾÁUTW̱ – Tsawout, BOḰEĆEN – Pauquachin, W̱ JOȽEȽP – Tsartlip, W̱SIḴEM –Tseycum Nations, and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat Nation), Scia’new Nation (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke Nation, and Nuu-chah-nulth speaking peoples, Pacheedaht Nation.
We respect and honour the Indigenous peoples who have thrived for millennia as the innovators, traders and stewards of these lands. We deeply value this connection.
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