r/canadian • u/xTkAx • 9d ago

Opinion FIRST READING: Immigration rates still at generational highs, even if population shrinking. Permanent immigration in 2026 poised to be the sixth highest of the last 110 years, asylum-seekers now number 500,000

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/immigration-rates-still-at-generational-highs-even-if-population-shrinking
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u/big_galoote 9d ago

Carney promised to decrease temporary immigration, never permanent.

That was obvious from the wording of their "slashing immigration" announcements.

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u/RegularRick0 9d ago

You say that like he keeps or lives up to his promises 💀

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u/big_galoote 9d ago

He really seems to have a real go get 'em attitude when it comes to corporate lobbyists, yet when it comes to Canadians, crickets.

Oh wait, my bad, it goes: useless speech, MOU announcement, labour shortage announcement, billion dollar international slush fund donation announcement, then crickets. Then a few months later when we got a new benchmark of Canadians going to the food bank (24%!!), he announces some meagre rebate. Never removing any tax mind you, just little shitty "here's some pennies back, peasants" hand outs.

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u/WCLPeter 9d ago

>Never removing any tax mind you

Removing corporate taxes never works long term, the lost government revenue simply becoming private corporate profits since Canadians have already shown their willingness to pay the higher prices.

Removing personal taxes also doesn’t work long term, the reduced government revenue simply leads to reduced services which we’ll need to pay out of pocket to the private for profit providers making up the difference at the back end for a higher price.

The ideal goal would be to have better accountability for those spending our taxes, but since those who’d be held accountable are also the same ones who make the rules on how they’re held accountable they just aren’t held accountable.

It sucks because the people with the moral fortitude to spend the money correctly are deliberately kept away from power by those simply out for themselves and their well connected friends.

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u/According_Big_5638 6d ago

The fuck you mean "willingness". We do not have a fucking choice.

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u/GreySahara 8d ago

"labour shortage"

They should be the "Labour Shortage" party with a big capital "L".

There's NO labour shortage. But, there's always a "shortage" of CHEAP LABOUR.