[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?