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Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by archhn »

I've been watching some geopolitical strategists on YouTube. They seem to be expecting a collapse of the global world order. This means they need to flood North America with fresh labor to compensate for the loss of global labor or inefficiency of doing business in a war-torn international climate. Also, the demographics are bad in the first world. Low birth rates and an aging population.

I would not be surprised if the present culture was engineered to quell any dissent over the new immigration policies.

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by LAC-Tech »

goatsi wrote: post #71
3qz wrote: post #4

Canada has an immigration rate 10x the rate of the US but any discussion of lowering this is considered racist. I have a top 5% income but I will never own a house in my life and can’t access a family doctor. We have way too many people! The population is expected to be 50% foreign born or children of immigrants by 2040 and it’s already majority foreign born in our biggest cities. I honestly don’t expect this country…

Healthcare would be much worse without immigrants. In Canada, immigrants make up 23% of registered nurses 35% of nurse aides and related occupations 37% of pharmacists 36% of physicians 39% of dentists https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ca...

I feel like you need to include "% of patients" as well to answer the question meaningfully.

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by trinovantes »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #41

I’m surprised people are going where housing is so expensive, where are they living?

There are a lot of illegal housing arrangements like 2-3 families in a basement that cities tend overlook (utility usage not matching with official data) because that's the only way they can sustain the population/economic growth without triggering NIMBYs

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Post by pcthrowaway »

goatsi wrote: post #71
3qz wrote: post #4

Canada has an immigration rate 10x the rate of the US but any discussion of lowering this is considered racist. I have a top 5% income but I will never own a house in my life and can’t access a family doctor. We have way too many people! The population is expected to be 50% foreign born or children of immigrants by 2040 and it’s already majority foreign born in our biggest cities. I honestly don’t expect this country…

Healthcare would be much worse without immigrants. In Canada, immigrants make up 23% of registered nurses 35% of nurse aides and related occupations 37% of pharmacists 36% of physicians 39% of dentists https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ca...

Is this far off from the percentage of immigrants in the total population ages 24-65?

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by LAC-Tech »

oatmeal_croc wrote: post #58
lebuffon wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need to wonder The Top 10 Biggest Sources Of New Permanent Residents To Canada in 2021 are: India: 96,660 China: 24,995 Philippines: 13,310 Nigeria: 12,500 France: 10,510 United States: 9,525 Brazil: 9,270 Iran: 8,930 Pakistan: 6,625 South Korea: 6,590

As an Indian, the thought of India colonizing a country is chuckleworthy.

Your ethnic group has never invaded and colonised an area?

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Post by gxt »

3qz wrote: post #4

Canada has an immigration rate 10x the rate of the US but any discussion of lowering this is considered racist. I have a top 5% income but I will never own a house in my life and can’t access a family doctor. We have way too many people! The population is expected to be 50% foreign born or children of immigrants by 2040 and it’s already majority foreign born in our biggest cities. I honestly don’t expect this country…

Put me in the same bucket.

And in Quebec the extreme-left party (QS) is promoting religious sectarianism in schools, in favor of political indoctrination of children.

There are also unashamed communists promoting war in Montreal, just today there was a dude flying the soviet flag on a bike while I was getting coffee, and nothing can be done it about otherwise --> Jail.

Contemporary Canada has only existed for 50 years, and for some reason everybody left of center thinks it's always been this way and it feels like they are all ready to cut their veins open in shame of being born in a successful country...

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Post by Ralo »

throwawaysleep wrote: post #55
Ralo wrote: post #30

Most of them are being thrown into the entry job that people are claiming "couldn't be filled anyways". I remember hunting for my first job as a teenager and it was pretty difficult, not a lot of openings, even less willing to take someone with zero experience. I'm not even that old, that was maybe 7-8 years ago. Many of these locations have a bias in their hiring as well, they gift their family and friends positions…

Can you even hire teenagers anymore? Is it still common for teenagers to work (outside of internships)? I can’t say I ever knew anyone who worked before university and in my school some teachers actively discouraged it. (I went to high school in Canada in the early 2010s). Although the hiring bias makes sense. Of course you choose relatives over strangers so that the money stays in the family.

I believe before 18, you need your parents and school principle to sign off. I don't know many kids who didn't work directly out of high school, even with university but in that case, they're just being carried by their parents and will skip directly from "first job" to "their life long career" after graduation.

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by bombcar »

goatsi wrote: post #71
3qz wrote: post #4

Canada has an immigration rate 10x the rate of the US but any discussion of lowering this is considered racist. I have a top 5% income but I will never own a house in my life and can’t access a family doctor. We have way too many people! The population is expected to be 50% foreign born or children of immigrants by 2040 and it’s already majority foreign born in our biggest cities. I honestly don’t expect this country…

Healthcare would be much worse without immigrants. In Canada, immigrants make up 23% of registered nurses 35% of nurse aides and related occupations 37% of pharmacists 36% of physicians 39% of dentists https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ca...

Apparently 21% of Canadians are foreign born so those numbers aren’t entirely out of line. Yet.

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by aborsy »

What does future hold for Canada?

It has little tech, manufacturing or other productive industry. It was actually among the first in mobile business, with Nortel & RIM. US and China took its lunch. The jobs seem to be mostly in government, finance and service.

On the other hand, housing in Canada is ridiculously unaffordable.

Frankly, it might be better off as a US state, considering it has low population and isn’t able to build a competitive economy.

Re: Immigration accounts for over 94% of Canada’s population growth in Q2 of 2022

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Post by wpdev_63 »

chrisfosterelli wrote: post #23
3qz wrote: post #4

Canada has an immigration rate 10x the rate of the US but any discussion of lowering this is considered racist. I have a top 5% income but I will never own a house in my life and can’t access a family doctor. We have way too many people! The population is expected to be 50% foreign born or children of immigrants by 2040 and it’s already majority foreign born in our biggest cities. I honestly don’t expect this country…

> We have way too many people! We're one of the least densely populated countries in the world with one of the lowest birth rates in the world. If you don't think immigration makes sense for cultural reasons that's fine, but with respect to healthcare and housing don't be under any illusion -- reducing immigration would exacerbate these issues by giving us an even more heavily aging population.

Why must we compare ourselves to 3rd world countries that have terrible quality of life issues?

Maybe the canadian economy isn't able to support a decent quality of life and these population levels. Seriously go visit these countries these people are from and ask yourself, would you like canada to turn into this?! Let's be honest with ourselves.

Don't worry you can just label me a racist and devolve the argument around that instead of the fundamental issues with immigration today. Canada is going to turn into the countries where these people are from if there aren't cut backs.

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