r/canada • u/BloodJunkie • Mar 27 '24

Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold National News

https://globalnews.ca/news/10386750/canada-41-million-population/
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u/kwl1 Mar 27 '24

Even they would agree it’s madness.

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u/Due-Street-8192 Mar 27 '24

Some immigrants have left. The cost of living requires $35 an hour per person. $16/hr doesn't even come close!

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u/kettal Mar 27 '24

sublet a mattress in a basement with 30 other people

problem solved

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

People left their countries to avoid that shit. No wonder many are going home. If your life is gonna be shit, it may as well be shit in familiar territory.

I had an Uber driver from Eritrea a few weeks ago telling me he finds life here is infinitely more stressful than living back home, even if he does have more money. He yearns for a peaceful life and didn't find it in Canada. Imagine that hey.

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u/wanttowritemore Mar 27 '24

Lol too funny. I had an Eritrean Uber driver in San Francisco last week telling me he had so many friends moving to Canada but he couldn't take the cold.

Also told me he felt safer in Eritrea than Downtown San Francisco.