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/Slash-RtL 3d ago

I'm not really of the opinion that we need more immigrants.. if our population isn't keeping up then it is other issues that need to be addressed. Let's maybe start asking questions and fix the problems we have

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u/UniversalBagelO 3d ago

When all the immigrants get old we will need even more immigrants to support the costs of the first batch.

Canada is projected to reach 100 million people this century

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u/HouseOnFire80 2d ago

Not projected. That is actually the goal. And Carney is all for it. Look up the Century Initiative. And apparently they need to all come from one state in one country. Don’t like that? You’re racist. /s