Similar reasons to elsewhere with these problems: lots of NIMBY, lots of people who think (at least here on Vancouver Island) that we should just close up shop

Similar reasons to elsewhere with these problems: lots of NIMBY, lots of people who think (at least here on Vancouver Island) that we should just close up shop and not have anyone new move here, lots of building requirements that increase pricing (not necessarily a bad thing, but compounds the issue), lots of people who don't want to devalue their homes (because most Canadians have seen it as their "retirement plan" for their entire adult lives), poor zoning practices amplified by voter apathy and a misunderstanding of population realities (i.e. Vancouver, where single-family residential dominated for decades, instead of increased density). It's a cacophony of poor planning and people who are stuck in the past—or at least what they imagine the past to be.