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I’ve heard beer is actually pretty pricey in Canada
We (famously) had a politician campaign on “bringing back Buck-a-beer.” I never drank that swill though!
I heard Labatt Blue is not great.
Canada's population reaches 40M
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Re: Canada's population reaches 40M
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This is not Canadians making babies, which they do below the replacement limit as in other developed countries. This is massive levels of immigration. Canadians do have a bigger per capita environment footprint, but still it’s really just moving people around. Whether those levels of immigration can be sustained without causing social problems is not yet known. Certainly housing is extremely unaffordable and taxes ar…
> Whether those levels of immigration can be sustained without causing social problems is not yet known. Certainly housing is extremely unaffordable and taxes are very high. Canadian immigration quotas are simply out of control, about 10x per capita what the US allows. And it's just the beginning, apparently the current ruling party is planning to give amnesty and permanent residency to half a million illegal migrant…
I left Vancouver. The combination of high home prices, high taxes, and low salaries chased me away. I solved the last problem by working remote, but that just really made me think hard about why I was still living in Vancouver.
I was born in Canada, and I would have preferred to stay. The country is a great opportunity for immigrants, but it’s an opportunity cost for me.
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We (famously) had a politician campaign on “bringing back Buck-a-beer.” I never drank that swill though!
I heard Labatt Blue is not great.
Labatt Blue is a bit like Budweiser (it has 5% alcohol though), but like in the US, there are smaller breweries that make much better beers.
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Should they be homeless too?
Obviously not, but you can hardly understand the issue when you have more homes than anyone can have in a lifetime.
What’s the limit on the amount of real estate you own before you become unable to understand or empathize with the homeless?
Does this work with other vocations? Should spinsters not be allowed to teach or care for children? If you don’t own a car you can’t become a car mechanic?
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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.
In your worldview Trudeau is on the right? This kind of reasoning won't reach anyone.
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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.
In your worldview Trudeau is on the right? This kind of reasoning won't reach anyone.
Better than giving up on reason altogether and just trumpeting Q-adjacent nonsense.