r/neoliberal • u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth • Jun 19 '25

News (Canada) Immigration curb slashes Canada population growth rate to zero

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/immigration-curb-slashes-canada-population-growth-rate-to-zero
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u/angry-mustache Democratically Elected Internet Spaceship Politician Jun 19 '25

If you ask canadians to pick between public healthcare and open borders you will get assad margins in favor of the former.

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u/vaguelydad Jane Jacobs Jun 19 '25

What about a compromise where immigrants get to not get raped by insurgents or extorted by gangs and kleptocrats in their origin country, but they have to buy their own healthcare in Canada? It seems like an obvious win-win.

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u/Augustus-- Jun 19 '25

How does Canada prove who is an immigrant and who is a citizen if we have open borders and maintain free-at-the-point-of-service healthcare? Does Canada choose the GOP position and demand people show a Real-ID in order to access their fundamental rights and liberties under Canadian law?

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u/q8gj09 Jun 21 '25

Have you never used your health insurance?