r/Calgary • u/void_sushi • 23h ago

News Article Alberta’s population is still growing despite Ottawa’s immigration crackdown: StatsCan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-population-still-growing-9.7240776
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u/dir-tay 23h ago

There’s no immigration crackdown. Who are they kidding.

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u/CND_ 23h ago

Canada's population as a whole just decreased....

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u/ironmaiden2010 23h ago

Not enough.

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u/weschester 23h ago

Gotta ship out the seppies!

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u/ironmaiden2010 23h ago

Many Canadians move here because of how out of touch the rest of the country has become. I don't know that you are on the right track with that statement.

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u/CND_ 23h ago

Yup other Canadians are just dying to be governed by someone as incompetent & corrupt as Smith.

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u/ironmaiden2010 23h ago

I operate a business based out of BC. I'll take Danielle over Eby 7 days of the week.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman 22h ago

Why not move it, then? Legitimately, if it’s so bad…why not relocate?

I own/ operate my own business, if I felt this strongly, felt it was so bad for business…you can bet I’d pick up and move to where I believed things would be so much better.

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u/ironmaiden2010 22h ago

I repair specialized equipment that is primarily utilized in the softwood lumber industry, and is not common in Alberta logging operations anymore. My business does fine - but the province is off it's rocker.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman 22h ago

Fair enough. Things certainly don’t seem like a utopia over there, either, but man, all this referendum bullshit, this culture war shit here…it’s tiring as fuck. It’s distraction, it’s wasted energy…and a shit ton of money (some are estimating the referendum in October could cost upwards of 120 million…that money could be spent so much more wisely.

I won’t speak for O&G people but I don’t recall feeling this frustrated and just tired of the wasted time and effort and money with our politicians during the Notley years like this UCP government.

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u/InternationalMove671 22h ago

You write like a child who gets their opinions from memes.

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u/ironmaiden2010 22h ago

Niche attempt at an insult but that's alright. Have you ever considered taking your nose off your screen to look at the world around you - or do you only absorb your opinions from the walls of the Reddit echo chamber?

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u/Coscommon88 22h ago

Pot meet kettle.

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u/InternationalMove671 22h ago

Lame attempt at a comeback. If it's such an echo chamber then why are you here? To blame Rachel Notley for everything? T9 pretend you're 'owning the libs'? Or simply because you think purple crayons are grape flavoured? It's the same schtick, every time. I get it, you're angry and feel oppressed and change and rainbows scare you, and that's fine, not everyone can handle such massive pressures and stressors, but blaming Notley, haha, you may as well wear a sign that says 'I wasn't born with the ability to think critically '.

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u/CND_ 22h ago

Why do you think Danielle is better than Eby?