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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Maybe don't bring in costly programs you can't afford simply to save your grip on power as good start? I'm fine with healthy immigration, but the last few years the doors are open far too wide to sustain (see endless housing, education, health care capacity strains). It's damn tough to relocate and set up in a new country, and that's if you're highly skilled with all the perks of affluence at your disposal.
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What programs? OAS and healthcare are the big drains that require a growing labor force to maintain and they're not exactly new. I think OAS should be reformed, but I doubt that'll happen as long as seniors are such a big voting bloc. And people are complaining about health care services as they are now, so I doubt there are big appetites for service cuts. People just want better healthcare without actually sacrificing at all for it (whether that be through higher taxes/fees or higher immigration).
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It takes years for TFWs, Refugees and even the average immigrant worker to build up to even 75% of the median income. It's not just like flipping a light switch and you've suddenly got a highly contributing tax payer filling the gaps in the system.
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No it's not instant, but no one expects it to be. Just like no one expects people fresh out of university to make the average income for the profession.
Ultimately, nearly 60% of recent adult immigrants have a bachelor's degree or higher, which is about double the overall population's rate. And while their wages do lag non-immigrants of similar educational attainment by about 20%, because they're twice as likely to be highly educated there isn't really a big difference.