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Canada needs people and fast. Otherwise good luck affording a social net in future decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_

Canada needs people and fast. Otherwise good luck affording a social net in future decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fer...

ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
Better keep importing people from one specific province in India by the boatload
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slothtrop 2y ago
What will boomers, the richest generation, ever do? This is overstated. The alarm was sounded on this 2 decades ago for several east Asian countries, but they're not on fire. They're fine. Old people die. If the fertility rate mattered that much, they'd have scrambled to make any number of policy changes including better work-life balance (see: Japan, SK, China), or plain ol' immigration, but they don't because it simply does not matter. All the efforts have been completely half-assed (like tax benefits, cash).
- threeseed 2y ago
  > but they don't Japan enacted new immigration policies last year to allow more migrants as well as improved parental leave. South Korea has been in political turmoil for last year but lots of work is being done on immigration.
  - slothtrop 2y ago
    The current net migration rate for Japan in 2024 is 0.489 per 1000 population, a 5.23% decline from 2023. I foresee a marginal increase.
- bombcar 2y ago
  If people really cared about the fertility rate they’d ask those with two kids what it would take for them to have a third. The answers could be used to modify policy, but it’s more important to give tax credits for EVs, apparently.
- crote 2y ago
  > What will boomers, the richest generation, ever do? A wad of cash isn't going to help you of bed. Yeah they are going to die, but if you're not careful it's going to be a lot quicker and a lot more painful than you had hoped.

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Canada needs people and fast. Otherwise good luck affording a social net in future decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_

by threeseed 2y ago

ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
Better keep importing people from one specific province in India by the boatload
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slothtrop 2y ago
What will boomers, the richest generation, ever do? This is overstated. The alarm was sounded on this 2 decades ago for several east Asian countries, but they're not on fire. They're fine. Old people die. If the fertility rate mattered that much, they'd have scrambled to make any number of policy changes including better work-life balance (see: Japan, SK, China), or plain ol' immigration, but they don't because it simply does not matter. All the efforts have been completely half-assed (like tax benefits, cash).
- threeseed 2y ago
  > but they don't Japan enacted new immigration policies last year to allow more migrants as well as improved parental leave. South Korea has been in political turmoil for last year but lots of work is being done on immigration.
  - slothtrop 2y ago
    The current net migration rate for Japan in 2024 is 0.489 per 1000 population, a 5.23% decline from 2023. I foresee a marginal increase.
- bombcar 2y ago
  If people really cared about the fertility rate they’d ask those with two kids what it would take for them to have a third. The answers could be used to modify policy, but it’s more important to give tax credits for EVs, apparently.
- crote 2y ago
  > What will boomers, the richest generation, ever do? A wad of cash isn't going to help you of bed. Yeah they are going to die, but if you're not careful it's going to be a lot quicker and a lot more painful than you had hoped.