[paleotrope]

They have to be to preserve their culture. The us population vastly outnumbers them and most of populated Canada is within a couple hours drive from the US. If there wasn't a strong border they'd end up being assimilated quickly.

[nick__m]

That's the theory yet we had so much immigration that the pro unfettered immigration prime minister¹ was forced to acknowledge that is a significant factor in the current housing crisis afflicting Canada. The federal accept immigrants faster than the GDP can raise, so the GDP per capita of Canada has shrunk². Yet the immigration minister is on record saying that the solution to temporary immigrants overstaying their visa is to make them permanent residents³.

1- He is a member of the https://centuryinitiative.ca , a group that want to see Canada having a population of 100 millions in 2100. And the only way it's possible is by having unsustainable immigration.

2- https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2024/statc... the latest drop in the previous graph is a consequence of that artificial population growth.

3- https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/temporary-visas-cut-meeting... as if this would help with the housing crisis or the shrinking GDP per capita

[Laaas]

> And the only way it's possible is by having unsustainable immigration.

Shouldn’t have to be. If you raise TFR to 5 it should be completely feasible.

[ethbr1]

At a 1.5% fertility rate [0], what's the alternative?

It's fair to gripe about the effects of immigration, and policies to handle those, but it's disingenuous to gripe about immigration as a policy in a <2+ country.

Demographics is a zero sum game. Either you have a growing population and smooth age brackets or Very Bad Things happen.

[0] https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/CAN/can...

[RGamma]

Surely this is not a democratic initiative? What the heck is going on with your political system?

[TMWNN]

>They have to be to preserve their culture. The us population vastly outnumbers them and most of populated Canada is within a couple hours drive from the US. If there wasn't a strong border they'd end up being assimilated quickly.

You seem to be under the impression that hordes of Americans are gathered at the 49th parallel slavering to rush into Canada, and that only Canadian border patrol is preventing Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver from being overrun by Americans. Quite the opposite.

[ChumpGPT]

What culture? - Canadian

[xenospn]

“That’s the way she fucking goes”