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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Canadians were happy with the extremely high (by global standards) immigration rates of 7-10 years ago. It’s only when those already high rates spiked dramatically higher during the post-covid housing crisis that the public turned against the Liberals on the issue. The public perception is that backdoor immigration through student visas and TFWs got out of control. Even the government’s own advisors warned them that bringing in that many new Canadians that quickly would only worsen the housing crisis, and that’s exactly what happened.
Most Canadians (and Americans) support immigration. But like people everywhere else, they want that immigration to be selective and controlled. Support falls away when authorities lose control.
Just dismissing this as millions of voters suddenly becoming ignorant bigots is a sure-fire way to get your ass handed to you in elections.
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I think the question that doesn’t get discussed when immigration comes up is what should the population of Canada be and what are the consequences to each of those numbers?
That is a question that is independent from the Xenophobia discussion that often occurs in the pro and against immigration question.
I think in an ideal scenario you would end population growth and increase taxation to cover old age entitlements. Slowly walk the growth rate down to like .1% per year. That still leads a tonne of immigration room as the birth rate is 1.3 per women compared with 2.1 being replacement level.
Now this would need to be a 50 year plan to walk it back to handle the change to demographics but given a finite amount of resources endless growth isn’t a good model.