Recall that Canada’s real estate sector plays an unusually outsized role in the economy, Canada is already building almost double the amount of housing as other Western nations. But you cannot possibly keep up demand when you’re flooding the country each year with hundreds of thousands of Indian and Chinese buyers and renters. (I just dropped our daughter off in the Halifax airport yesterday, and approximately 35-40% of the passengers were Indian.) To put the rate of population growth into perspective, we can compare Canada to the US and Europe. Last year Western Europe had a growth rate of .31%. The US growth rate was 0.5%, and importantly, this rate takes into account illegal immigration. In stark contrast, Canada’s rate was 3.2% which is in line with developing African nations and more than 6 times higher than the US rate and 10 times higher than Western Europe’s rate. Here in Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston plans to double the province’s population sometime around 2055. Most of these new arrivals are moving to Halifax, where homelessness has skyrocketed, access to health care declines further, and housing prices are through the roof. When we moved here 20 years ago, traffic was not an issue. Now, Halifax has the 3rd worst traffic in the country. Today, Halifax’s regional government is destroying much of the city, replacing historic, human-scale buildings with what Canadian journalist Jane Taber excitedly described as “soaring towers of glass and steel.” Taber would go on to become Tim Houston’s Director of Communications. And notably, Halifax developers contributed heavily to Houston’s campaign. My son is correct in saying that Canada is not a country but rather a middling business opportunity. A place where smug people flourish. The only country to define itself by what it is not (i.e. not American). We look forward to returning to New England in 2025.
and Halifax is going to pay dearly for this. My oldest works in tourism and hospitality,and every day she hears fro people who say they will not be coming back. They visit from all over the world, but once they see what's become of Spring Garden Road, a bunch of modern buildings they could see at home etc. they are not impressed.
How sad for our lovely smaller eastern provinces. As you knowve, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have long suffered. Why the hell do we need all of these private post secondary schools? We bring in innocent/uninformed East Indians, charge them a fortune to attend these schools, give them part-time minimum wage work that many students can't live on and that takes housing away from regular Canadians, etc. I argue the focus of our government (provincial and federal) is on funding these private education schools (50% in Canada were pointed out to be in Surrey, the fastest growing city in North America)
Our oldest son graduated from Queens and has moved to Europe with no intention of returning to Canada. He’ll either stay in Europe (where he’s in graduate school) or move to the USA (on his US passport). He said, “Dad, why would I want to live in a country (Canada) where the government is committed to flooding the labor market every year with hundreds of thousands of people from India and China? Canada’s not a country, so much as a mediocre business.”
This is exactly what multiculturalism is. It has divorced the state and her people, making the job of the state not to represent the Canadian people, because "Canadian" no longer can be defined, but to facilitate the trade of goods and labour.
"Canada’s not a country" - its nothing more than an economic zone, and a incredably corrupt one at that. i would argue it crossed into organized crime years ago.
I find Miller’s claim that the immigration system is “more complex than just stamping visas…” a bit rich. His predecessor, Mr. Fraser implemented a public policy to effectively “rubber stamp” the issuance of 250k visitor visas which prohibited the vetting of the ability of those applicants to support themselves financially or even their ability/desire to leave Canada. This policy directly lead to a massive increase of refugee claimants are airports of entry.
That doesn't make sense. If they issued visitor visas for workers or students, how can they declare refugee status upon arrival? Lack of money does not qualify for refugee protection.
@@DavidBale-vn4op As a worker they have job to go to. As a student they are registered and have paid their tuition plus show a Canadian bank account with a minimum balance.
@@trails3597legally speaking, anyone can make a refugee claim at the port. Though they may not be eligible - if that makes sense. With that said, as long as a visitor is not captured within the ineligibility section, they’re entitled to make the claim irrespective of their circumstances. The claim must be initiated and then they wind through a long administrative process.
@@trails3597you’re right, the absence of funds or the inability to find work in their country of citizenship does not meet the definition of a refugee. Typically, you’ll hear to these kinds of claimants referred to as “economic migrants”. No matter the reason though, they can still make the claim.
"why overuse of temp foriegn workers?" because greedy business owners want exploitable indentured slaves, rather than canadian workers with actual basic human rights.
Canada does not need more than 300K immigrants a year considering that’s the amount of boomers retiring each year from the workforce. You need to bring in a little less than required because the Canadian born population of all ethnicities need jobs, housing, amenities as well Einstein. It’s about quality not quantity. You can still grow your economy while having less people, you just need higher income tax payers not 1000s of people driving Uber or working other app based employment.
Canadians should get first dibs on Canadian jobs, yet, these corporations hire immigrants for cheap labor, and boy did we get cheap labor. The quality of everything has gone down. It's not safe to dine out anymore.
The whole premise for mass immigration is based on a false narrative. The mantra in Canada is, “We’re aging and need people desperately!” This is not true. The OECD maintains something called a “dependency ratio” for all member countries and a few other nations such as China. This figure is simply the number of people over 64 years of age for every 100 people under 64. Japan has a dependency ratio in the low 70s (i.e., an old population). India’s is in the high 30s (i.e. a very young population). The OECD average is around 52. Canada is slightly younger than the average with a ratio of about 51. The US is around 48 or 49 (due to young immigrants crossing the Southern border). The real reason that Canada is engaged in mass immigration is that it super-charges it’s residential real estate sector. Canada over-over relies on real estate relative to other western countries. For the average western nation residential real estate is around 4.8% of the economy. In Canada its roughly double this figure.
Big shout out to the host for asking the right questions. I was a temporary foreign worker in food industry when pandemic hit, it was a hard time while most people enjoyed their government benefits. Now, I'm an engineer in IT with 2 years of experience and my Work Permit has expired. My employer sponsorship for my closed work permit has been taking more than 8 months, still counting. I have only ~50 days to be in this country, Now I'm in dilemma what to do with my belongings, my rental lease and my future. Canada has not only failed its citizens but also its Temporary Foreign Workers.
i am sympathetic to Miller. he has to put on a good face for a bad game. the Feds essentially dropped the ball on immigration. JT's ideological stance to immigration policy, aka diversity is our strength narrative combied with a woke slogan of no one is illegal, likely did not help matters. as for business "clamoring for labor" that's a given irrespective of an actual need. any business would always want to price down production inputs which for most businesses includes labor. so policy makers at all levels have to take whatever business says with a big grain of salt.
I'm in Vancouver British Columbia, i can say that it seems we have 2 countries of immigrants. Funny how we need those 2 specific countries. Also they both don't have civil strife, or war.
Well, the stats don’t lie. India and China has ver large millennial population and a stable GenZ population. This is why they choose these two countries. They don’t want to bring in more boomers, we already have enough of them, even then they come in with the lottery system. India alone has 440M millennials. China is running out of 20/30 somethings to send over anyways.
@@bluefalcon0001 Re 20/30 year old Chinese university grads. China's economy is not good, huge amounts of government and private money went into building 1 million apartments that sit empty, some of which are in the wrong location. Lots of bankruptcies. Chinese real estate developers have also over built in countries like Cambodia, Vietnam. Debt, debt, debt and bankruptcies. University grads are no longer finding work and some are returning to the villages they came from.
The Trudeau/ MarcoPolo Miller plan was ill thought out but weasel words will never be missed when you are voted out. This deflection to all others are the problem is just idiotic.
Retirement during the pandemic left huge holes and gaps in our workforce - this was needed - I actually think that without those immigrants coming there is no internal or external impetus for economic growth. Expect the economic growth to slow down. But hey that’s what people are asking for.
Miller is on top of this issue.The Americans did the same with millions of immigrants and it worked. Canada's experience caused housing issues so he is making adjustments. Plus Biden's inflation act is huge which included reshoring. I remember Crystia Freeland being shocked by the amount we had to ante up to match just the EV supply chain part of their subsidies.
He’s not on top of the issue though he’s trying to course correct a mistake that was made by him and his party. It was never a good idea to allow people on student visas sponsor spouses yet they let it happen and as soon as people found out that back door it was exploited. We didn’t need the high amount of immigration we got because it never solved the labor shortage it only added to it. We never had the housing for them…. The entire government is to blame
@@badbonezthlegnd2049 Nothing wrong with course correction. The vast majority of foreign students don't have spouses. Students have a path to citizenship so it makes sense to bring those few spouses. It probably didn't solve all the labour shortage but it did bring nurses, helped the textile industry with reshoring, grew the IT sector and I see lots of south Asian truck drivers. It worked in the US why not here? Too much regulation? The homelessness due to high rent w working age people probably caused some labor shortage. Alberta has no problem building housing. By "entire govt" you mean all levels?
@@trails3597 yes all levels across the board here where I live nurses can’t even get jobs at the hospital right away that are foreign when there is a shortage still same with doctors. I’ve worked with a lot of the Indian students that have spouses they sponsored and brought over. I’m not against people bringing over spouses I’m just against temporary students doing so when it was support not be a way for hundreds to break the system
@@badbonezthlegnd2049 it's tricky certifying for skilled jobs. Universities have been coordinating credentials for years. Professional assns need to do it for skills. I hosted an Indian student and he married another foreign student in his program and they found jobs here. Stats are hard to come by.
What a weasel. Sure we trust you to fix the problem you created.
Recall that Canada’s real estate sector plays an unusually outsized role in the economy, Canada is already building almost double the amount of housing as other Western nations. But you cannot possibly keep up demand when you’re flooding the country each year with hundreds of thousands of Indian and Chinese buyers and renters. (I just dropped our daughter off in the Halifax airport yesterday, and approximately 35-40% of the passengers were Indian.)
To put the rate of population growth into perspective, we can compare Canada to the US and Europe. Last year Western Europe had a growth rate of .31%. The US growth rate was 0.5%, and importantly, this rate takes into account illegal immigration. In stark contrast, Canada’s rate was 3.2% which is in line with developing African nations and more than 6 times higher than the US rate and 10 times higher than Western Europe’s rate. Here in Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston plans to double the province’s population sometime around 2055. Most of these new arrivals are moving to Halifax, where homelessness has skyrocketed, access to health care declines further, and housing prices are through the roof. When we moved here 20 years ago, traffic was not an issue. Now, Halifax has the 3rd worst traffic in the country.
Today, Halifax’s regional government is destroying much of the city, replacing historic, human-scale buildings with what Canadian journalist Jane Taber excitedly described as “soaring towers of glass and steel.” Taber would go on to become Tim Houston’s Director of Communications. And notably, Halifax developers contributed heavily to Houston’s campaign.
My son is correct in saying that Canada is not a country but rather a middling business opportunity. A place where smug people flourish. The only country to define itself by what it is not (i.e. not American). We look forward to returning to New England in 2025.
You are exactly right. JT said he would build the first postnational country, a place with some people, without an identity. That's why we got this.
The worst is the Towels and friends....
and Halifax is going to pay dearly for this.
My oldest works in tourism and hospitality,and every day she hears fro people who say they will not be coming back. They visit from all over the world, but once they see what's become of Spring Garden Road, a bunch of modern buildings they could see at home etc. they are not impressed.
How sad for our lovely smaller eastern provinces. As you knowve, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have long suffered. Why the hell do we need all of these private post secondary schools? We bring in innocent/uninformed East Indians, charge them a fortune to attend these schools, give them part-time minimum wage work that many students can't live on and that takes housing away from regular Canadians, etc. I argue the focus of our government (provincial and federal) is on funding these private education schools (50% in Canada were pointed out to be in Surrey, the fastest growing city in North America)
Our oldest son graduated from Queens and has moved to Europe with no intention of returning to Canada. He’ll either stay in Europe (where he’s in graduate school) or move to the USA (on his US passport). He said, “Dad, why would I want to live in a country (Canada) where the government is committed to flooding the labor market every year with hundreds of thousands of people from India and China? Canada’s not a country, so much as a mediocre business.”
true ,vote wisely to save canada
This is exactly what multiculturalism is. It has divorced the state and her people, making the job of the state not to represent the Canadian people, because "Canadian" no longer can be defined, but to facilitate the trade of goods and labour.
"Canada’s not a country" - its nothing more than an economic zone, and a incredably corrupt one at that. i would argue it crossed into organized crime years ago.
It is Canindia now.....They are everywhere...
@@SARugby1 globalism is in fact global oligarchy. corrupt right down to the core.
I find Miller’s claim that the immigration system is “more complex than just stamping visas…” a bit rich. His predecessor, Mr. Fraser implemented a public policy to effectively “rubber stamp” the issuance of 250k visitor visas which prohibited the vetting of the ability of those applicants to support themselves financially or even their ability/desire to leave Canada. This policy directly lead to a massive increase of refugee claimants are airports of entry.
That doesn't make sense. If they issued visitor visas for workers or students, how can they declare refugee status upon arrival? Lack of money does not qualify for refugee protection.
Mandatory return tickets. They can apply from their home country if they want to settle here .
@@DavidBale-vn4op As a worker they have job to go to. As a student they are registered and have paid their tuition plus show a Canadian bank account with a minimum balance.
@@trails3597legally speaking, anyone can make a refugee claim at the port. Though they may not be eligible - if that makes sense. With that said, as long as a visitor is not captured within the ineligibility section, they’re entitled to make the claim irrespective of their circumstances. The claim must be initiated and then they wind through a long administrative process.
@@trails3597you’re right, the absence of funds or the inability to find work in their country of citizenship does not meet the definition of a refugee. Typically, you’ll hear to these kinds of claimants referred to as “economic migrants”. No matter the reason though, they can still make the claim.
"why overuse of temp foriegn workers?" because greedy business owners want exploitable indentured slaves, rather than canadian workers with actual basic human rights.
Canada does not need more than 300K immigrants a year considering that’s the amount of boomers retiring each year from the workforce. You need to bring in a little less than required because the Canadian born population of all ethnicities need jobs, housing, amenities as well Einstein. It’s about quality not quantity. You can still grow your economy while having less people, you just need higher income tax payers not 1000s of people driving Uber or working other app based employment.
Canadians should get first dibs on Canadian jobs, yet, these corporations hire immigrants for cheap labor, and boy did we get cheap labor. The quality of everything has gone down. It's not safe to dine out anymore.
The whole premise for mass immigration is based on a false narrative. The mantra in Canada is, “We’re aging and need people desperately!” This is not true. The OECD maintains something called a “dependency ratio” for all member countries and a few other nations such as China. This figure is simply the number of people over 64 years of age for every 100 people under 64. Japan has a dependency ratio in the low 70s (i.e., an old population). India’s is in the high 30s (i.e. a very young population). The OECD average is around 52. Canada is slightly younger than the average with a ratio of about 51. The US is around 48 or 49 (due to young immigrants crossing the Southern border).
The real reason that Canada is engaged in mass immigration is that it super-charges it’s residential real estate sector. Canada over-over relies on real estate relative to other western countries. For the average western nation residential real estate is around 4.8% of the economy. In Canada its roughly double this figure.
true. vote wisely.Liberals NDP are useless
Skill issue.
Miller, like fellow Liberal MPs aren't trusted or believed. It's verbal diahreah.
The target is still half 1 million people per year
We are dying. They are still killing us.
We are a mess .
Big shout out to the host for asking the right questions. I was a temporary foreign worker in food industry when pandemic hit, it was a hard time while most people enjoyed their government benefits. Now, I'm an engineer in IT with 2 years of experience and my Work Permit has expired.
My employer sponsorship for my closed work permit has been taking more than 8 months, still counting. I have only ~50 days to be in this country, Now I'm in dilemma what to do with my belongings, my rental lease and my future. Canada has not only failed its citizens but also its Temporary Foreign Workers.
I hope it gets better for you bro ✌️
I genuinely feel for you.
Take in tons of people and you’re surprised that they need resources and somewhere to live?
Yup and its the Canadian taxpayers footing the bills, As immigrants given Billions of free dollars each year
@@DavidMelvin-ob5dqno immigrants receive billions of free dollar except the few refugees taken in. You are so ignorant.
i am sympathetic to Miller. he has to put on a good face for a bad game. the Feds essentially dropped the ball on immigration. JT's ideological stance to immigration policy, aka diversity is our strength narrative combied with a woke slogan of no one is illegal, likely did not help matters. as for business "clamoring for labor" that's a given irrespective of an actual need. any business would always want to price down production inputs which for most businesses includes labor. so policy makers at all levels have to take whatever business says with a big grain of salt.
I'm in Vancouver British Columbia, i can say that it seems we have 2 countries of immigrants. Funny how we need those 2 specific countries. Also they both don't have civil strife, or war.
true. vote wisely.Liberals NDP are useless
Well, the stats don’t lie. India and China has ver large millennial population and a stable GenZ population. This is why they choose these two countries. They don’t want to bring in more boomers, we already have enough of them, even then they come in with the lottery system. India alone has 440M millennials. China is running out of 20/30 somethings to send over anyways.
@@bluefalcon0001 Re 20/30 year old Chinese university grads. China's economy is not good, huge amounts of government and private money went into building 1 million apartments that sit empty, some of which are in the wrong location. Lots of bankruptcies. Chinese real estate developers have also over built in countries like Cambodia, Vietnam. Debt, debt, debt and bankruptcies. University grads are no longer finding work and some are returning to the villages they came from.
395.000 still too high.canada need to reduce numbers to 100k per year.
true. vote wisely.Liberals NDP are useless
ZERO
In other news PM Trudeau has found credible allegations that Indian diplomats have forced his party to increase immigration. 😂😂
worse PM of Justin T . Business should worry about 7% unemployment. 1million students came 2023 shame
"Immigration has historically been popular."
Isn't immigration and mass-immigration two different things though?
Nothing honorable about Marcie...just a mouth piece for his handler
An understandable position, as he probably did not want to accuse himself of being xenophobic.
The Trudeau/ MarcoPolo Miller plan was ill thought out but weasel words will never be missed when you are voted out. This deflection to all others are the problem is just idiotic.
Total Liberal incompetence
2:11 IF is so big it wont happen
if you are goat.. keep voting Trudeau
They know nothing .
Retirement during the pandemic left huge holes and gaps in our workforce - this was needed - I actually think that without those immigrants coming there is no internal or external impetus for economic growth. Expect the economic growth to slow down. But hey that’s what people are asking for.
Miller is on top of this issue.The Americans did the same with millions of immigrants and it worked. Canada's experience caused housing issues so he is making adjustments. Plus Biden's inflation act is huge which included reshoring. I remember Crystia Freeland being shocked by the amount we had to ante up to match just the EV supply chain part of their subsidies.
true. vote wisely.Liberals NDP are useless
He’s not on top of the issue though he’s trying to course correct a mistake that was made by him and his party. It was never a good idea to allow people on student visas sponsor spouses yet they let it happen and as soon as people found out that back door it was exploited. We didn’t need the high amount of immigration we got because it never solved the labor shortage it only added to it. We never had the housing for them…. The entire government is to blame
@@badbonezthlegnd2049 Nothing wrong with course correction. The vast majority of foreign students don't have spouses. Students have a path to citizenship so it makes sense to bring those few spouses. It probably didn't solve all the labour shortage but it did bring nurses, helped the textile industry with reshoring, grew the IT sector and I see lots of south Asian truck drivers. It worked in the US why not here? Too much regulation? The homelessness due to high rent w working age people probably caused some labor shortage. Alberta has no problem building housing. By "entire govt" you mean all levels?
@@trails3597 yes all levels across the board here where I live nurses can’t even get jobs at the hospital right away that are foreign when there is a shortage still same with doctors. I’ve worked with a lot of the Indian students that have spouses they sponsored and brought over. I’m not against people bringing over spouses I’m just against temporary students doing so when it was support not be a way for hundreds to break the system
@@badbonezthlegnd2049 it's tricky certifying for skilled jobs. Universities have been coordinating credentials for years. Professional assns need to do it for skills. I hosted an Indian student and he married another foreign student in his program and they found jobs here. Stats are hard to come by.
Some business analysts are complaining the reduction will not meet their need for workers.
true. vote wisely.Liberals NDP are useless
no worker shortage just living wage shortage