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Canada's population reaches 40M

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Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by theironhammer »

bee_rider wrote: post #91
jejeyyy77 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only a small portion of Canada is livable (basically along the US border) - so it is quite small in that regard. Also, 50% of them live further south than the US border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...

The livable part of the US is pretty much neighbors with the livable part of Canada, in my yankee opinion.

Agreed. An Australia same. In NZ most people live on the Northern Island. Because better soils, less rugged terrain and milder climate.

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by TMWNN »

voisin wrote: post #81
jejeyyy77 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only a small portion of Canada is livable (basically along the US border) - so it is quite small in that regard. Also, 50% of them live further south than the US border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...

Livable to what standard? I think you mean “developed” and the country could easily be developed to the latitude of Edmonton or Prince George, it just isn’t because the population hasn’t reached a density that has demanded northern expansion. There’s nothing that makes it inherently un-livable.

The parts of Canada that aren't settled (and aren't actually in or near the Arctic Circle) are that way not because of temperature, but because the soil is almost entirely unarable: Either rocky Canadian Shield, or "swallows locomotives overnight" muskeg (plus infinite numbers of mosquitos).

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by theironhammer »

voisin wrote: post #84
scohesc wrote: post #50

Congratulations Canada - welcome to the big leagues! I hope they continue to grow and become a meaningful player on the global stage! Canada is a wonderful country with a lot of places to visit, culture to experience, people to interact with - I visited there 5 years ago and was able to visit only a small part of such a beautiful country. Now, they can (hopefully) deal with the issues that come along with increasing…

I concur as a Canadian with all of your points but the last one feels like it is in a different territory, nowhere near as relevant systemically as the others. More flavour of the day, gotta fill the news cycle. We Canadians unfortunately focus on this nonsense rather than protest in the streets about the important stuff, namely your other points.

Agreed. This is mostly just geopolitical propaganda because China allied with Russia. And maybe COVID fallout. It's all prep to get the population onboard for more military bullying of China.

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by TMWNN »

jejeyyy77 wrote: post #51
bee_rider wrote: post #3

Congrats, Canada! This has alerted me to the (IMO, pretty surprising) fact that all of Canada holds fewer people than the BosWash corridor.

Only a small portion of Canada is livable (basically along the US border) - so it is quite small in that regard. Also, 50% of them live further south than the US border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...

More Americans than Canadians live north of the southernmost point of Canada. 15% of Americans live north of Windsor, Ontario. https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6pgby8/til_th...>

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by theironhammer »

scohesc wrote: post #50

Congratulations Canada - welcome to the big leagues! I hope they continue to grow and become a meaningful player on the global stage! Canada is a wonderful country with a lot of places to visit, culture to experience, people to interact with - I visited there 5 years ago and was able to visit only a small part of such a beautiful country. Now, they can (hopefully) deal with the issues that come along with increasing…

$1300/mo is cheap! Try $2300 in Vancouver. Canada's two biggest English speaking cities have rents amongst the highest in the world.

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by theironhammer »

throw0101b wrote: post #7
semihsalihoglu wrote: post #2

I've been living in Canada for 8 years and I generally heard people referring to "35M people", which I believe will soon change to "40M" people. Interesting that there is apparently a population clock that model's Canada's population: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005... See also the Century Initiative: https://www.centuryinitiative.ca/ to reach 100M by 2100.

> See also the Century Initiative: https://www.centuryinitiative.ca/ to reach 100M by 2100. Doug Sanders (International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail) has a good book on this: * http://www.dougsaunders.net/about/maximum-canada/

40% of Federal MPs own rental property. Now you know why boosting the population is big with politicians.

Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by Grum9 »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #89
ipaddr wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple leaders on the left. In Australia, Canada, US large increases in immigration (undocumented in the US). All of these countries have large targets increasing population at levels never seen before. It's like they are acting from the same agenda. They are not building housing or preparing for any increases. Are they expecting a population decline?

You don't even know what "left" means if you think that's what Trudeau is. And to be afraid of mysterious "government agendas", when the real power is clearly corporate, even less accountable or transparent... ... judging from your comments, you've stepped over the threshold. I'm afraid reason won't reach you.

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Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by landoftheice »

voisin wrote: post #88
andrewstuart wrote: post #12

Australia has dramatically increased its immigration intake. 750,000 this year and next, with 1.5 million in total coming in the next 5 years. This huge number of people are being brought in during Australias worst ever housing crisis. The ALP government doesn’t care in the slightest. In fact it’s greatly to the advantage of the politicians, most of whom own 1/2/3/4/5/6 or more houses.

Canada and Australia are following the UK. Allow massive immigration, drive up housing costs, angering the citizens to the point where they’ll vote against their own interests if it means hurting the immigrants more. Watch the rise of far right politicians campaigning and winning on blatantly racist platforms about returning to a former glory.

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Re: Canada's population reaches 40M

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Post by landoftheice »

wasimanitoba wrote: post #90
ipaddr wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple leaders on the left. In Australia, Canada, US large increases in immigration (undocumented in the US). All of these countries have large targets increasing population at levels never seen before. It's like they are acting from the same agenda. They are not building housing or preparing for any increases. Are they expecting a population decline?

Britain is currently governed by the UK Conservatives and elsewhere this was already taking place under previous centre-right governments (enormous increasing in housing costs took place under Trump in the US and under Harper in Canada)

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