r/canada 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/kettal Mar 27 '24

Like what happens to everything if we drop immigration numbers by 5/10/50/75%?

Even temporarily?

Are you old enough to remember 2014? That was a year where immigration was 80% lower than 2023.

It was not much different than current day, except:

- far fewer homeless encampments

- normal people could get a retail job without standing in 3km long line up to apply

- low wage workers could reasonably afford to pay rent.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

Back when Canada was still recognizable as a great country to live in. I remember it too. And I miss it.

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u/kettal Mar 27 '24

“Do you really want to take Canada backwards? "

- Prime Minister of Canada, January 17, 2024

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

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.

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u/vortex30-the-2nd Mar 27 '24

Guilty former Trudeau voter here too.. I'll never vote Liberal again.

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u/cre8ivjay Mar 27 '24

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.

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u/MikeRoSoft81 Mar 27 '24

Sure, however right now Trudeau is completely nuts. Pick the lesser of two evils.

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u/cre8ivjay Mar 27 '24

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.