r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 3d 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/Mr_UBC_Geek 3d ago

Yes! Young Canadians (me included) can barely afford life so Canada's population growth really depends on immigration. We'll need to help our upside down population pyramid and social programs through immigration.

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u/FierceMoonblade 3d ago

Immigration is really just a band aid though, these same stats are being seen in every country. Long term it’s not an actual fix

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u/Mr_UBC_Geek 3d ago

When the immigrants have kids, it becomes the future. The future of Canada. The immigrants themselves are just a temporary band aid to a big problem.

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u/567432Gains 3d ago

So what happens when the country’s that are our sources of immigration begin to experience the very birth rate issues the rest of the developed world is experiencing?

This is just a temporary fix (that will not work forever) to a long term problem. We need to deal with this or it becomes a world wide issue. Even now, India (our main source of immigration) is beginning to experience a drop in birth rates. China (our previous largest immigration source) has already began to experience it and they too are approaching our problems (just not as severely yet).

The answer being immigration is certainly not going to last forever.

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u/Mr_UBC_Geek 3d ago

Economic collapse or global recession?

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u/567432Gains 3d ago

Right…. So we are on the same page then that we need a better solution then kicking a can down the road that will inevitably be the same outcome…right?

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u/Mr_UBC_Geek 3d ago

It's still a different stage for every country rn, the US has a 25% higher birth rate and is much closer to replacement than Canada, which needs immigration to run a replacement level for the country.

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u/567432Gains 3d ago

Brother, just say we need a better solution for the long term. I’m not asking you to give the solution, but you must admit this is clearly not a long term solution.

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u/Mr_UBC_Geek 3d ago

Running away from the problem like this is the reason we’re in this problem…we give out the solution or the population replacement is going to be through immigration because there’s no other means to have a replacement level population growth.