I will give a small example. The house in which I am living currently in Ireland costed me 170k EUR. From which I needed to have 10% deposit, lawyer fees etc. I was not able to get more because I was a single applicant. With my gf we got a new car here. This car on the paper cost 40 000EUR, same car, same make and a lot better spec in Canada is 36 000$. Lease for that car in Ireland is 510EUR a month and in Canada same car is 390$ However my house is located outside the bigger cities. Taxes are high as shit. If you earn above 35 000EUR you are paying 40% on everything above. Anything below is 23%
Road tax is crazy expensive is well. Energy prices went up and my last bill for 16kwh was 300EUR :O for two months.