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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Sure, but if you’re going to focus on progressively narrowing examples, aren’t you basically admitting this is a non-issue?
Yes, if there happens to be someone from rural Bengal who has literally nothing to go back to and yet still managed to secure a visa to come here… sure, they may say the risks and drawbacks of living without status are worth the reward of just being in Canada at all.
How many people do you honestly think match that description out of the 4.9 million?
Of course they get emergency health care. And the bill that comes with it.
The underground economy is relatively small (2.7% GDP compared to the US which sits closer to 12%) and while these people can’t find cash work, they lack all of the protections around working conditions and workers rights that everyone else enjoys.
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I agree with Cliff's take- I don't think this has historically been an issue as you point out, but I think it will become one when you have this amount of people who's status is expiring around the same time.
300k new undocumented immigrants would essentially double the size of that underground economy. A paltry 6% of the total amount set to expire.