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I was looking separately and I think I found where the claim comes from: > The federal government's latest immigration levels plan, released last fall, would s
by jilX 3y ago
I was looking separately and I think I found where the claim comes from:
> The federal government's latest immigration levels plan, released last fall, would see Canada welcome 500,000 immigrants annually by 2025. In contrast, the immigration target for 2015 was under 300,000.
Then:
> In 2022, Canada's population grew by more than one million people, a number that included 607,782 non-permanent residents and 437,180 immigrants.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/feds-immigration-strategy-s https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/feds-immigration-strategy-s...
- likenesstheft 3y agoThat’s a lot of people. Where are all those people going to be housed? Where will the resources for their education and gainful employment come from? Is the Canadian job market exploding with a huge amount of well paying jobs such that Canada’s children have multiple options to pick from, or will everyone be competing for scraps?
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoSo I don’t know how much you know about economics but it’s well known that gaining an increased population of working aged adults is actually pretty good for the economy, because they generate demand (create jobs) and then also take up jobs (generate supply). Immigrants are more likely to be entrepreneurs and statistically consume less social services.
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- ecommerceguy 3y ago"In 2022, Canada’s population grew by an unprecedented 1.1 million people, most of them permanent and temporary immigrants." From StatCan - The Canadian Census. "alt-right" my ass. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/3861-40-million-strong-canada-reaches-new-population-milestone https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/3861-40-million-strong-... Your CBC news link 404's.
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