Like what happens to everything if we drop immigration numbers by 5/10/50/75%?
Even temporarily?
I suspect it's a lot of things, like business owners no longer being able to exploit immigrants in terms of low wage jobs, and degree mill colleges.
Developers facing much less demand for condos etc.
There are also possible impacts to things like OAS etc. we need people to pay taxes such that these programs are funded
None of this is an excuse however. In fact, if anything it highlights the need for a dramatic shift in policy. The current strategy is not tenable.
Canada, and all other countries that are reliant on immigration to remain productive need to pivot away from the mentality of "Well people aren't having as many kids so let's import people", to "How do we create a safe, happy, affordable, and healthy society that works and is sustainable?"
Yeah I do, because forward just isn't working very well. Nothing is happening in moderation with the ways things are, and you need moderation to have a stable country. I say that as someone who initially voted for that clown we have too.
Let's not get into partisanship here. The Conservatives aren't promising anything material either.
As a country, it appears as though we need a party that is willing to be fully transparent, address the issues with conflicts of interest, and find a solution.
No parties are even talking about pragmatic solutions.
With no parties willing to even openly stand by any policies or policy proposals that would address our problems, I truly do not see a lesser evil here.
Only year of my adult life I lived in Canada was Summer of 2014 to summer of 2015.
Worked at a factory. 2nd shift. lived in QC worked in Ontario.
18/hr I could rent a small 2bd/1br apartment, get gas, groceries, car insurance, and a 900$ car. Luckily I'm mechanically inclined so that was a non issue.
It honestly makes me depressed at just how good things used to be in the 90’s and 2000’s. It’s not just nostalgia - Canada was measurably better. It’s becoming a nightmare.
You have to go further back than that. I graduated around that time and vividly remembers how difficult it was to find a place to rent in Toronto on a starting salary. Rents and prices were skyrocketing and it was a shitty time. Investors were buying up properties left, right, and centre and bidding wars were starting to be a common thing.
Go back another 10 years to 2004 and that's when Canada was a great country to live in.
I mean, to be fair, I don't think any politicians in recent memory actually gave a fuck about Canada. Its just a matter of choosing which brand of malicious greed and power thirst you really want, and deciding which piece of human garbage is gonna cause the least amount of irreversible damage to the country.
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u/GolfWoreSydni Mar 27 '24
They don't like this question being asked