11-01-2022, 11:44 AM
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#2721
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
These people lived somewhere else before they come here and crowded and consumed things there. They may consume more here (probably will) but overall they will also produce more here as well.
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Ya, I don't mean it in that way, I get that we need immigration to support our system, and that it doesn't matter where people actually live for resource consumption. It's a global issue, and bringing more here doesn't really change the equation.
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11-01-2022, 11:48 AM
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#2722
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by StickMan
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I was reading that thinking "a lot of this sounds wrong or incredibly misleading" but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I click the link and see it is an opinion piece from Pierre! Like, come on Stickman(oh, wait, it's you...), at least open with that. Guy thought Bitcoin would save Canadians from inflation, I don't really trust his handle on all things financial.
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11-01-2022, 11:52 AM
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#2723
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Originally Posted by StickMan
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Predictably, mostly a bunch of drivel that is totally devoid of any kind of historical context.
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11-01-2022, 11:56 AM
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#2724
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Originally Posted by opendoor
Not necessarily. Some of the supports were obviously poorly thought out as soon as they were announced. While not as egregious as the PPP in the US, the CEBA was handing out money to businesses whether they needed it or not with no oversight. And the CEWS was heavily abused by a bunch of businesses who used it for a bit and then quickly got back to earning record profits and doing stock buybacks and there was never any kind of clawback.
Meanwhile on the other end of the spectrum, until they altered CERB, individuals were essentially prohibited from picking up any kind of work for a period if they wanted to remain eligible.
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I'm not saying there weren't problems. A lot of money was spent with very little oversight, but they basically created a handful of massive, New Deal level programs overnight, which is almost impossible to do in today's government.
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11-01-2022, 12:00 PM
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#2725
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Immigration is great. I would love to see 100M Canadians. The problem is most Canadians seem to be philosophically opposed to the critical infrastructure and housing needed to capitalize on this massive growth in our population.
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11-01-2022, 12:05 PM
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#2726
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by peter12
Immigration is great. I would love to see 100M Canadians. The problem is most Canadians seem to be philosophically opposed to the critical infrastructure and housing needed to capitalize on this massive growth in our population.
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Ya, sure, more people fighting for our limited campgrounds and outdoor spaces, causing increased financial stress on our cities, fighting over limited water resources and energy supply. Sounds awesome!
I just don't see a benefit to more people other than maybe density creating more demand for sports and culture. Everything else about it is a negative. I travel a lot, and getting away from people when I get home is fantastic. I love to visit busy cities, but am also happy to come home. So what is the benefit?
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11-01-2022, 12:18 PM
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#2727
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Ya, sure, more people fighting for our limited campgrounds and outdoor spaces, causing increased financial stress on our cities, fighting over limited water resources and energy supply. Sounds awesome!
I just don't see a benefit to more people other than maybe density creating more demand for sports and culture. Everything else about it is a negative. I travel a lot, and getting away from people when I get home is fantastic. I love to visit busy cities, but am also happy to come home. So what is the benefit?
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Canadians love a scarcity mindset, hey.
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11-01-2022, 12:22 PM
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#2728
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by peter12
Immigration is great. I would love to see 100M Canadians. The problem is most Canadians seem to be philosophically opposed to the critical infrastructure and housing needed to capitalize on this massive growth in our population.
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Won’t it be wonderful having to educate and care for those people with our currently starved education and heath care systems….
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11-01-2022, 12:35 PM
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#2729
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If you think the current systems are starved, imagine what they'd be like if nearly half the adult population was retirement age. Based on current trends, Japan is expecting to have 80 65+ year olds for every 100 working-age residents within about 30 years. How do you even have a functional health care system with that kind of imbalance?
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11-01-2022, 12:40 PM
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#2730
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Originally Posted by calculoso
Won’t it be wonderful having to educate and care for those people with our currently starved education and heath care systems….
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New people come with new skills and capital. This isn't a zero sum game here. Younger, more skilled populations build prosperity.
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11-01-2022, 01:02 PM
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#2732
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Yoho
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Hey...I am all for immigration to Canada, we are the second largest Sovereign landmass on the planet (soon to be #1 you keep going Ukraine!) with a pathetically low population.
But...
Where the hell are we going to put that many people? We have a housing crisis right now, with our current population.
I'm not worried about jobs and such, as immigrants become settled they tend to fill in and they also tend to be rather enterprising and create jobs and economic drivers of their own, thats great.
But where are they going to live? Our basic infrastructure cant handle the people we already have.
Our housing is expensive, our hospitals are overloaded, our cities are crowded and expensive.
This seems ambitious but impractical. Not based in reality.
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11-01-2022, 01:19 PM
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#2733
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Originally Posted by Locke
Hey...I am all for immigration to Canada, we are the second largest Sovereign landmass on the planet (soon to be #1 you keep going Ukraine!) with a pathetically low population.
But...
Where the hell are we going to put that many people? We have a housing crisis right now, with our current population.
I'm not worried about jobs and such, as immigrants become settled they tend to fill in and they also tend to be rather enterprising and create jobs and economic drivers of their own, thats great.
But where are they going to live? Our basic infrastructure cant handle the people we already have.
Our housing is expensive, our hospitals are overloaded, our cities are crowded and expensive.
This seems ambitious but impractical. Not based in reality.
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We need to build more ####. Simple as that.
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11-01-2022, 01:26 PM
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#2734
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by peter12
We need to build more ####. Simple as that.
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Oh yeah right....I dont disagree, but...we need to build housing in so much capacity that it slashes the cost in half. Just flood the market with supply.
What homeowner right now is going to want that?
What homebuilder right now is going to want that?
Considering the cost of materials and labour how could it even theoretically happen?
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11-01-2022, 02:08 PM
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#2735
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Originally Posted by Locke
Oh yeah right....I dont disagree, but...we need to build housing in so much capacity that it slashes the cost in half. Just flood the market with supply.
What homeowner right now is going to want that?
What homebuilder right now is going to want that?
Considering the cost of materials and labour how could it even theoretically happen?
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At some point, we've got to come around to making the decision between catastrophically high housing prices/some equity for some and anemic 0.7% GDP per capita growth.
They are both the cause of significant political pressure, but the latter issue is only going to grow in significance.
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11-01-2022, 02:19 PM
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#2736
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Yoho
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As an immigrant myself I approve.
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11-01-2022, 02:27 PM
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#2737
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
As an immigrant myself I approve.
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And you are, if anything, an absolute detriment to our society.
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11-01-2022, 02:41 PM
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#2738
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by peter12
And you are, if anything, an absolute detriment to our society.
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I've suckled at the government teat a fair bit in my time in this country.
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11-01-2022, 03:17 PM
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#2739
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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I hadn't heard previously that Mark Carney was angling to get into politics.
Is there any truth to that? On the surface he would seem like a pretty ideal leadership candidate.
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11-01-2022, 03:19 PM
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#2740
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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
I hadn't heard previously that Mark Carney was angling to get into politics.
Is there any truth to that? On the surface he would seem like a pretty ideal leadership candidate.
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Are you actually serious?
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