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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
Smelling the roses is lovely. Canada is not all that wealthy really, I believe this country has slipped to 14th place in living standards. It also has real unemployment estimated to be around 17%, stagnant or even declining real wages, a housing crisis and a healthcare crisis. Economists are also warning that 30 to 40% of existing jobs may disappear by 2030. It is not an appropriate time to be packing the country with additional people. Immigration should be cut to near zero.
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and yet there are more people employed in Canada today than ever before. jobs will disappear but also be created at a quickening pace. I think there is a pretty broad consensus among economists that Canada has an urgent need for more people. cutting off immigration would be economic suicide. you cite some real problems in Canada and I don't disagree that we have them. I just think they are policy-induced as well as resulting from the aging baby boom phenomenon. rather than reducing immigration we should probably be doubling it. and I consider myself a centrist too.