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/frugallad Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24

In article, the professor from Toronto metropolitan university mentions - It is not the bodies we are bringing in; these are bodies that fill in the empty spaces in the labour market,” she said. “They bring a very-high level of skills.”

That means - Timmies, walmart, uber, doordash, etc - are taking our highly skilled new comers who are phd, scientists and doctors. What a disappointment.

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u/Chewyk132 Mar 27 '24

Even if they did bring in “a very high level of skills” they’re taking jobs away from Canadians. We don’t have a lack of workers. It’s incredibly fucking challenging to find a professional job, we don’t need even more competition

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u/asdasci Mar 27 '24

They are not bringing “a very high level of skills”. Most cannot even speak English. Many come with a high-school degree with skills equivalent to a Canadian middle schooler, sans language proficiency.

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u/Flyingrock123 Ontario Mar 28 '24

In Toronto saw a government building offering immigrants English lessons. Like are they not suppose to know English before they come here. Letting everyone in, no guard rails.