Wow, calm down.

The cost of relocation is the cost of relocation. That's any cost incurred by the process of relocating. In that person's case, it includes rent. Your case is different. End of story.

Forgive me if I am skeptical about whether or not you have moved from one country to another with a family while maintaining a certain level of comfort.

Yes, it's possible to move with an economy class ticket and a backpack. Indeed that's how I moved to the US, but expecting your employees to do this is typically not considered a good way to attract talent.

it's possible and not even bad. Just live in a long stay hotel for a month or two until you find a house. Pay 3-5 k to have all your stuff packed up from old house and dropped at new house. Pay realtor to sell old house.

Simple, it could all be arranged within days.

Because you don't have a family and you don't own property? A 1-for-1 relocation where you own a 500k house and buy a 500k house easily costs 30k.

It also sounds like they are moving from an international destination which will be considerably more expensive than just relocating domestically.

Yah, an international relo is no joke. Negotiating the paperwork without proper counsel is a recipe to screw up your visa or green card. Expecting the employee to do this alone is irresponsible.

I didn't realise how easy moving within the EU was, in comparison. I'm surprised Canada to the USA is so much more hassle.

My employer paid for my flight (at £80 or so, including my bike, on the nice airline), plus the cost to move my furniture.

The paperwork was putting my new address on a form, and ticking the box labelled "EU citizen".