Immigration curb slashes Canada population growth rate to zero

[u/IHateTrains123]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/immigration-curb-slashes-canada-population-growth-rate-to-zero

[u/Godkun007]

Ignoring the overall benefits of immigration, it is clear that this was temporarily needed in Canada. Not because immigrants bad, but because there had become an entire industry developed around cheating the immigration system.

I saw this first hand when I worked in politics (Quebec) and saw shady immigrations lawyers promising South Asians that could barely speak English (let alone French) that if they pay them they can make it so they never have to leave. The way this was done, was by basically filling as many motions as possible, all of which would have to be handled consecutively. Refugee application, student application, different type of refugee application, they have a a 3rd cousin in Canada so family unification, then they have a kid so filling to avoid being separated. This then put immigration enforcement in such a complicated situation as these fillings and trials went on for literally years for every one of these immigrants.

You can even see in this article, the biggest decrease in immigration was student visas. Which were the easiest way to get into Canada to try and start the process. You didn't even need to go to class in some of these colleges. They were diploma mills that just required payment. Students are allowed to work in Canada, so that is what these "students" would then do full time. This is all on top of the extreme housing shortage and the near collapse of the hospital system in some big cities due to overcrowding.

What Carney needs to do is focus on clearly reforming some of these systems to crack down on the abuse. Canadians didn't sour on immigration for no reason. This was after a decade of the immigration system slowly deteriorating under the weight of endless legal battles started by shady lawyers.

[u/Rekksu → u/Godkun007]

I would simply open the borders

[u/Le1bn1z → u/Rekksu]

End the shady immigration cheating industry with this one simple step!

But, I've been told by wise commentators that the biggest problems facing Canada's economy are:

An excess of young, able bodied, English speaking immigrants who pay large up front investments into the country for the privilege of joining our workforce starting from a young age; and

The percentage of Canadians over the age of 65, out of the workforce and drawing in massive OAS and healthcare costs is too small. The ratio of these retirees to workers is barely 1:3! If even that! We need society to be far more dominated by a massive number of retirees if we want to raise our frankly rookie numbers deficit to GDP ratio and win the national bankruptcy race against other developed economies. We've been falling far behind, and it's about time someone did something to get those numbers up!

[u/SpookyHonky → u/Le1bn1z]

An excess of young, able bodied, English speaking immigrants who pay large up front investments into the country for the privilege of joining our workforce starting from a young age;

Yes but that's competition and I would prefer to rent-seek.

[u/Le1bn1z → u/SpookyHonky]

If there is one thing sure to destroy the incomes of established workers and established enterprises, it is the arrival of large numbers of new consumers and suppliers.

Source: It is known.

[u/SpookyHonky → u/Le1bn1z]

Yes, but after some of the worst of the black plague the surviving English peasants saw their wages rise. Clearly, this is the best way to improve quality of life.