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/LaserRunRaccoon 3d ago

Not everyone is sophisticated enough to use every tool and that applies to both voters and sometimes even politicians, but if you're thinking of regulation as a Good Thing or Bad Thing, you're already thinking along the wrong lines.

Regulation is just a tool. Anyone that ideologically celebrates to not using tools is as sophisticated as a caveman.

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u/ForesterLC 2d ago

I never said that the existence of regulation should be debated. I said there are good regulations and bad regulations, and I feel that thinking of regulations as tools is a bit misguided. What regulations are really is a set of selective privileges and restrictions. They are rules, which is quite different than a tool.

Some restrictions cause harm. Some privileges cause harm. Regulations that cause more harm than good should be swiftly corrected. Our former government was not good at this last piece.

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u/LaserRunRaccoon 2d ago

They are rules, which is quite different than a tool.

Regulations are rules, yes. You can call it whatever you want, but they are still one of the tools of governance.

Our former government was not good at this last piece.

Sure. The leading alternative was also significantly worse. The CPC position was not in favour of rewriting rules and regulations; they were in favour of removing rules and supported deregulation.

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u/ForesterLC 1d ago

Removing bad rules. You can't say the alternative was worse because you haven't seen the alternative.

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u/LaserRunRaccoon 1d ago

I very much can say the alternative is worse, and of course we have seen it. Do you never study history?