In May the average house price in Calgary was $483,000.
A million dollars don't go far no more.
http://www.jimsparrow.com/market-stats.php

Rich people? One could take all their billions and give to the world's poor- just a pee in the ocean. Unless people stop breeding like mice, change their governments, change their society and beliefs, the situation will not change. It would be a waste to toss the money around.
Much better to give to a charity with well-defined aims and in one's own society, which is what the wealthy are doing.

That guy who has an athletic shoe factory- yeah, he should close it down, then perhaps fewer kids would be bred to work in it but I doubt it. Throw a lot of people out of work who market his product, too.