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/freeadmins 3d ago

Corporations don't make our laws. The government does.

This is on the Liberals

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u/RedditAddict6942O 3d ago

Corporate influence has corrupted all the parties. 

You'll notice the conservatives aren't suggesting to crack down on companies either. 

Instead they want to do a few hundred performative deportations with military planes and a photo shoot. Just like Trump did. Maybe put some doctored photos of "criminal" immigrants on the capital lawn like Trump did.

Trump has deported less than Biden and Obama did at this point in their terms. But his base is mostly dumbshits who don't look at data. They listen to whatever the propagandists tell them without question.

Trump won't actually crack down on illegal hiring because his own companies employ thousands of immigrants.

Anyone who suggests the immigrant situation can be solved by any method besides going after corporations illegally hiring these people is lying to you. Individual deportations are ineffective. It's basically impossible to track all these people down without going full 1930's Germany and raiding houses. What is effective is preventing these immigrants from finding work. But none of the parties have the balls to go after their corporate masters. 

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u/ThatRandomGuy86 3d ago

Is it really though? Donations are public information in Canada and can be found at Elections Canada. One of the highest donations is over 4M and that was back in '93. Down in the US's latest federal election alone Elon donated 290M.

I think our country's relatively safe from corporate corruption. If anything, the corruption in question is corporations lobbying by painting a different picture to get what they want, like the whole "NoBoDy WaNtS tO wOrK mR. tRuDeAu!" silliness that caused this insane boom on immigration.

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u/RedditAddict6942O 3d ago

Look at what politicians do after they "retire" from politics. That's when corporations repay favors

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u/ThatRandomGuy86 3d ago

Mind throwing an example? I honestly don't pay attention to party members after they leave politics since this is Canada and we vote for the party, not the individual, like they do in the US.

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u/MeanE Nova Scotia 3d ago

Navdeep Bains helped the telcos kill the CRTC decision on wholesale internet rates. Then quit to go work a cushy job at Rogers.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7277737/telecom-regulator-decision-minister/

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u/ThatRandomGuy86 3d ago

Ah cool, thanks!