| Congratulations Canada - welcome to the big leagues! I hope they continue to grow and become a meaningful player on the global stage! Canada is a wonderful country with a lot of places to visit, culture to experience, people to interact with - I visited there 5 years ago and was able to visit only a small part of such a beautiful country. Now, they can (hopefully) deal with the issues that come along with increasing your population by millions per year, along with a lack of economic planning, though from what I hear and read, it seems like not a lot of headway is being made: - Unaffordable housing to a large portion of Canadians (Condos sell in the more heavily populated parts of Canada for high 6-figures/millions of dollars) - Unaffordable rent to a large portion of Canadians (A friend in Canada is paying around $1300 CAD a month for a 700sqft bachelor suite not including all utilities) - Rampant inflation and opportunistic price-gouging from corporations - The increased load on the already strained healthcare system, making Canadians
wait up to 3-4 weeks to see their family doctor, and months/years for specialists. - Monopolization and lack of competition in critical industries (Telecoms and Grocery come to mind as of late) - Multiple allegations of Chinese interference in Canadian politics and foreign influence of active MPs that go seemingly ignored by the current party in power. |