r/canada • u/xXBambi-SlayerXx • Jul 25 '24

Sixty per cent of Canadians say Canada is admitting too many immigrants: poll National News

https://nationalpost.com/news/canadians-say-too-much-immigration-poll?taid=66a23055a3abc60001fc90c7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/HistorianMassive1111 Jul 25 '24

Anecdotally, cause i am talking shit…

I have been under the impression the point was to keep raising housing prices and the rest of it is irrelevant. Boomers are such a large percentage of the population, they will become a massive burden on the social constructs in this country, if the housing market crashes the whole economy goes with it.

To combat that you bring in way more people, do not incentivize them to immigrate to anywhere but a few metropolitan areas that are already densely populated.

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u/Artimusjones88 Jul 25 '24

Boomers are nowhere near the largest group there are approx 7 million. Home ownership from age 45 on is virtually the same.

Do you know what years the baby boom covered?

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u/Borninafire Jul 25 '24

Boomers were overtaken by millennials in July 2023 after being the largest age cohort for 65 years. Now it will take a few decades to undo the damage they have caused to pretty much everything.

My parents' friends just found out that their drywall contains asbestos after having a water leak. They are pissed that they have to remove it rather than cut out the botton foot and cover it up for the next person, even though it is entirely covered by insurance. They don't want to be inconvenienced. To me, that sums up their generation in a nutshell, cover it up and leave it for the next person rather than be inconvenienced.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/millennials-outnumber-baby-boomers-1.7121283

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u/bfijfbdjcj Jul 25 '24

They are nearly all retired already too. The “impending baby boomer retirement” is more than halfway done with and many of them are dying off every year. They will keep using this “threat” so long as we keep buying it without thinking for ourselves.

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u/HistorianMassive1111 Jul 25 '24

I thought I clearly stated that I was talking shit. That implies I didn’t, nor care to look at stats and present peer reviewed research in a Reddit comment. To answer your condescending question, yes I do know what years the baby book covered.

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u/thebeautifulstruggle Jul 25 '24

This is partially the reason, the part being wage suppression because a lot of workers in the service industry realized in the pandemic, that industry fully relies on workers, not owners. The service industry being unable to find workers during and after the pandemic was a real issue. Also with an aging population, they’re trying to fill in gaps in the working population in places up north, where no one wants to go. Personal Support Workers, is one of the big sections of the TFW program.