> Ask yourself, do Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Britain, Ireland, etc, all have the same inability to build...

Why wouldn't they? They are relatively similar countries in many ways, any problem that one has could easily be replicated in others. For example I imagine zoning laws are all somewhat similar, favoring suburbs and strictly zoned areas vs market driven mixed use areas.

I also suspect they all have significant migration, high labor costs and high building standards.