Let me save you the reading - the whole article is just about the semantics of the word "crisis". "THE WORD CRISIS suggests something that is infrequent, surpr

Let me save you the reading - the whole article is just about the semantics of the word "crisis". "THE WORD CRISIS suggests something that is infrequent, surprising, and widely undesirable—something that leads to dire consequences unless it is brought under control." "In contrast, Canada’s “housing crisis” is a permanent state of affairs that harms people in, or in need of, rental housing; roughly one-third of the country’s households." Ok, great - you're right, it's not infrequent, so it's just a very bad thing and not a crisis.