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Canada is pretty heavy on immigration I hear-- its how they partially make up for a declining birthrate.

• chiefalchemist 3y ago
  It's not only Canada that uses immigration - legal or turning a blind eye to illegal - to make up for falling birthrate. Look at Germany. Look at France. Look at what's happen to Japan because such an option isn't as viable. It's simply not politically feasable to say, "Without immigrants, our economy is f'ed."
  • arcticbull 3y ago
    American too, birth rate is 1.6, well below a replacement rate of 2.1
  • pgeorgi 3y ago
    > It's simply not politically feasable to say, "Without immigrants, our economy is f'ed." And yet, that's what politicians in Germany are saying: "Denn Deutschland braucht sie dringend: Durch die seit Jahrzehnten sinkende Geburtenrate gibt es auch weniger Arbeitskräfte. Diese Lücke konnte lange über Zuwanderung aus dem EU-Ausland gefüllt werden. Doch inzwischen reicht das nicht mehr aus." (https://www.spdfraktion.de/themen/neustart-migrationspolitik https://www.spdfraktion.de/themen/neustart-migrationspolitik, the social-democrat representatives in Parliament) "Because Germany needs them urgently: Due to the declining birth rate for decades, there are also fewer workers. For a long time, this gap could be filled by immigration from other EU countries. But this is no longer enough."
• pgeorgi 3y ago
  > its how they partially make up for a declining birthrate. To the detriment of their origin countries who suffer from losing their best and brightest. How "Northern countries exploit the South again" is a (rather quiet) talking point that I believe will become louder in the future.