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My rough impression is that immigration and housing policy contributed significantly to his low approval ratings. Trudeau enacted a rather large increase in imm

My rough impression is that immigration and housing policy contributed significantly to his low approval ratings. Trudeau enacted a rather large increase in immigration a few years ago, and this caused a rather large increase in housing and food costs, with understandable economic repercussions, and changed Canadian attitudes over that time due to the related economic stress... For ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc

eldaisfish 2y ago
FYI, the "large" increase in immigration was driven by the provinces, Ontario's conservative government in particular. The provinces control the number of seats in colleges and Doug's government froze domestic tuition rates, pushing colleges to turn to international students. Now, the province also approved almost every request for international students. The Feds can't step in sad say "no". The immigration problem is largely on the provinces. The Federal immigration numbers have grown much more slowly.
- mitthrowaway2 2y ago
  The Feds also lifted the caps for international students to work full-time hours off-campus ("temporarily" but repeatedly extended), among other things. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/10/international-students-to-help-address-canadas-labour-shortage.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ne...
- zahlman 2y ago
  In what way is immigration not definitionally a federal problem? If you're referring to programs like OINP, note that > The OINP recognizes and nominates people for permanent residence who have the skills and experience the Ontario economy needs, and the Government of Canada makes the final decision to approve applications for permanent residence. (https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-oinp https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-progra...)

eldaisfish 2y ago

FYI, the "large" increase in immigration was driven by the provinces, Ontario's conservative government in particular. The provinces control the number of seats in colleges and Doug's government froze domestic tuition rates, pushing colleges to turn to international students. Now, the province also approved almost every request for international students. The Feds can't step in sad say "no". The immigration problem is largely on the provinces. The Federal immigration numbers have grown much more slowly.

mitthrowaway2 2y ago
The Feds also lifted the caps for international students to work full-time hours off-campus ("temporarily" but repeatedly extended), among other things. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/10/international-students-to-help-address-canadas-labour-shortage.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ne...
zahlman 2y ago
In what way is immigration not definitionally a federal problem? If you're referring to programs like OINP, note that > The OINP recognizes and nominates people for permanent residence who have the skills and experience the Ontario economy needs, and the Government of Canada makes the final decision to approve applications for permanent residence. (https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-oinp https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-progra...)