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He's not wrong. I have a suspicion this EU idea is a way to backdoor immigration increases - something the Trudeau government was very keen on but was scaled ba
by AlexandrB 15d ago
He's not wrong. I have a suspicion this EU idea is a way to backdoor immigration increases - something the Trudeau government was very keen on but was scaled back by Carney. Largely because immigration has become a hot-button issue in Canada and was partly responsible for Polilievre's popularity last election. Joining a treaty where another governing body would set the criteria for immigration and Canada just has to accept it due to freedom of movement within the EU is one way to route around the whole thing politically and make it much harder to change in the future.
If this is the motivation, it's a grossly undemocratic move.
I don't get how folks who hyperventilate about Trump being a threat to democracy can look at stuff like this and cheer.
- donbox 15d agoThe free movement (if it is in picture) might be restricted to citizens. I think we need to wait for more details.
- AlexandrB 15d agoAbsolutely true. I suppose I'm just seeing the ways that this could be abused by our political leaders.
- fidotron 15d agoThe question is if it would allow all the wealthy Canadians to finally leave for Cyprus without paying exit taxes.
- donbox 15d agoIMHO, it would be a win even if it allowed movement between Canada and the EU as freely as Canadians and Americans can currently move between Canada and the US. That would give Canadian snowbirds easier (longer) access to warm EU destinations, while those destinations would benefit from the additional revenue.
- fidotron 15d agoIn winter even the warm bits of the EU aren't all that warm either, and no one complains about the cold like a (non B.C.) Canadian encountering European winter humid cold for the first time. Europeans go to Thailand, even Latam etc. It's why so many were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami.
- bryanlarsen 15d agoScaled back immigration happened under Trudeau just before Carney took over.
- nick_ 15d ago> I don't get how folks who hyperventilate about Trump being a threat to democracy can look at stuff like this and cheer. It really stretches my imagination to the limit to see how your suspicion carries this move all the way to being comparable to what Trump has been doing.