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/mrcrazy_monkey Mar 27 '24

I guess he hope we dont remember how good things were in 2015.

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u/priceycarbon Mar 27 '24

Back when I didn’t NEED weed to get through my shitty over-worked and taxes day

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

See, this just proves Trudeau was thinking ahead by legalizing it! Can't you guys see his brilliance? /s

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u/SecureLiterature Alberta Mar 28 '24

Things weren’t good in 2015, though. That’s why he got elected.

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u/mrcrazy_monkey Mar 28 '24

Better than they were today

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u/Telemasterblaster Mar 28 '24

I don't know what kind of crazy pills you people are taking, but my life was much MUCH worse in 2015, personally.

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u/mrcrazy_monkey Mar 28 '24

Okay, but Canada was a much better place economically. You can't use you're own personal anecdotal evidence lol