In March this year, Canada had promised it would welcome 15,000 migrants from the western hemisphere. Two days later, the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road was closed.

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    1 year ago

    I mean in the numbers we’re talking about 11,000 is kind of a rounding error.

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      Lowest birth rate since 2005?

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        To improve the birth rate maybe make housing affordable, not bring more people in who will realize how expensive it is to have kids and then not have kids either.

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          Agreed, but we need people, if we’re not making any then we need to import them. Idk about you but my province has an aging problem.

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            Who says we need people? We can’t even find homes and jobs for the people that are here already.

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            Maybe we shouldn’t put so much money into trying to make people live until they’re 120

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              Expecting old people to die earlier is a shitty solution.

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                  Not a day goes by where I don’t consider this.

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                  What would you consider an appropriate age to send them to the vultures then?

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    1 year ago

    ooooo sweeet 11,000 more people to fight with when looking for the non existant housing here.

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      11,000 more people paying taxes and contributing to our economy.

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        11,000 more medical professionals available to hail on Uber to drive you from the hospital when you find it is closed due to lack of staff.