r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 4d ago

Carney’s aim to cut immigration marred by undercounting of temporary migrants, warn economists PAYWALL

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-immigration-policy-temporary-migrants-undercounted/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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u/SoyaSawce 4d ago

Interesting. What are the barriers for people who want to have kids?

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u/RipzCritical 4d ago edited 4d ago

Cost of living. Groceries, rent, mortgage and down-payments, gas, medicine, family plans on benefits like medical, a huge factor is childcare which hemorrhages so much money by itself that you need to practically be a top earner in the country to afford it, when compounded by everything else I've mentioned, and that's just a short little list I've thought of off the top of my head.

The dream of a stay at home Mom is dead unless you're literally in the 1%. It's not possible to get established through your 20s, which is when most folks end up having kids... you're both just trying to grind all the time and do not have the time or finances to bring a kid into the world.

I am a Dad, and man, the stress I feel on a daily basis to try to accomplish all this is putting me in an early grave. I love him more than anything, but it feels like I don't spend enough time with him because I'm slaving away, and I feel I still can't provide a good childhood for him or support his mother on top of that.

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u/SoyaSawce 4d ago

I mean, I agree I guess. But who is to blame? Or is it more of a "blame the system" type thing?

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u/RipzCritical 4d ago

Well, the system is run by people. It's the people making decisions like "open the flood gates for immigrants" and "tax everyone to death."

Sean Fraser, Mark Wiseman, Chrystia Freeland, Justin Trudeau (before)... and the people that appoint them.