<p>BTC Sessions Ep. 079: Housing Crash Exposed, Immigration Crisis &amp; Economy on the Brink | Ben Rabidoux</p><p><br></p><p>Canada&#39;s private sector is shrinking, homes in Ontario are selling for half their 2021 price, and 525,000 asylum claimants are stuck in a backlog with no real mechanism to remove bad actors. Ben Rabideau has been sounding the alarm since 2021 — and the data is finally catching up.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Ben Rabideau — one of Canada&#39;s most respected economic analysts — breaks down what the headline GDP numbers are hiding, why consumer confidence is as low as the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, and what the Bank of Canada&#39;s next move will hinge on. You&#39;ll learn why stripping out public sector employment reveals a deeply negative private sector jobs picture, how Ontario&#39;s housing market is producing court-ordered sales at 50 cents on the dollar, and why Ben believes single-family prices may be near a bottom — while rentals have years of decline ahead. You&#39;ll also get a clear-eyed look at Canada&#39;s asylum system vulnerabilities, the immigration fraud pipeline that ran through colleges like Conestoga, and why an AI policy framework written by an art dealer should concern every Canadian.</p><p><br></p><p>⏱️ Timestamps:</p><p>0:00 - Intro</p><p>1:56 - Technical Recession and Population Decline</p><p>2:39 - Ontario BC versus Alberta Economic Split</p><p>4:37 - Oil Prices and Alberta Investment Boom</p><p>6:06 - Government Policy Well Meaning or Incompetent</p><p>10:12 - Immigration Tightening What Has Changed</p><p>13:11 - Bank of Canada Rate Cut Binary</p><p>15:06 - Stripping Public Sector Jobs Picture</p><p>22:10 - Consumer Confidence at Crisis Lows</p><p>27:32 - Court Ordered Home Sales at Half Price</p><p>32:59 - Boomer Millennial Housing Transfer by 2030s</p><p>39:21 - US Housing 30 Year Mortgage Lock In</p><p>41:23 - Rising Credit Card and Mortgage Delinquencies</p><p>48:10 - Bill C 22 AI and Surveillance Issues</p><p>57:29 - Asylum Backlog and Immigration Fraud</p><p>1:03:18 - Common Sense Immigration Reforms</p><p>1:06:54 - Following Ben Rabideau and Edge Analytics</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Links &amp; Resources:</p><p>• Ben&#39;s Research: www.edgeanalytics.ca - USE PROMO EDGE30 / EDGE330 to drops monthly/annual subscription price to $30/$330</p><p>• Ben Rabidoux on X: https://x.com/BenRabidoux</p><p>• Joey on X: https://x.com/JoeyTweeets</p><p><br></p><p>💡BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Benn and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more.</p><p> 👉 Visit btcmentor.io </p><p><br></p><p>• Sovereign Sessions — AI, Privacy, and Bitcoin education: http://youtube.com/@SovereignSessions?sub_confirmation=1</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Previous Episodes: </p><p>Doomberg &amp; James Lavish → https://youtu.be/uCQStzvsnEU</p><p>Simon Dixon → https://youtu.be/Aza4GAjQffw</p><p><br></p><p>⚡ POWERED by Abundant Mines: Fully managed Bitcoin mining. Learn more at https://qrco.de/bgYKPB</p><p><br></p><p>🔒 Lockdown your Bitcoin with the BEST gear on the market from Coinkite. Get the 5% Off the COLDCARD visit: https://qrco.de/bfiDBV</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Us on X:</p><p>• BTC Sessions: @BTCsessions</p><p>• Nathan: @theBTCmentor</p><p><br></p><p>#Bitcoin #BTC #BTCSessions #Canada #CanadianEconomy #CanadaEconomy #CanadaHousing #HousingMarket #HousingCrisis #HousingBubble #CanadaHousingBubble #Recession #CanadaRecession #Immigration #ImmigrationCrisis #ImmigrationFraud #CanadaImmigration #AsylumSystem #BankOfCanada #EconomicWarning #EconomicCrisis #PrivateSector #Canada2026 #OntarioRealEstate #EconomicCollapse #BenRabidoux #BenRabideau #BitcoinEducation #SoundMoney #FixTheMoney #BitcoinPodcast #Cryptocurrency #WarningToAmerica #USAEconomy</p>