Most immigrates who are coming from these countries like India still feel that it’s a much better deal for them rather than staying where they are. So they will except the lower standards of living. It’s the Canadians here already that have worked hard to maintain a good standard of living that now are having to lower their standards of living to support these people coming in. Bottom line is that’s how the Liberals get more votes. And that is why they want more immigrants and will continue allowing this to happen.
Immigration has been used to drive up GDP, to make it appear as though we have a healthy economy.. all you need to do is bring in more people. We have recorded the largest "new citizen" number in Canadian history, just this year.. at around 600K. Increased immigration without jobs to support those numbers reduces gdp/cap = your share of the economic pie. It drives wages down - supply & demand. This in turn erodes the tax base. The standard of living declines, national and provincial debt increases. This has been ongoing since 2020. In 2014 the average indidvidual tax filer/payer paid $11K and healthcare costs per capita were $6K. In 2025 the average individual filer paid $9200 and the healthcare cost per capita came in at over $9600. Not everyone files taxes, and not everyone pays, but the healthcare cost is per capita. Based on the current numbers, healthcare alone eats up 100% of all tax individual filer/payor input (federal and provincial) and leaves a $55B gap, mostly borne by the Provinces who have to pay for the bulk of that gap. This is a decaying economic model. Between 2023 and 2026 the sm-med business sector lost 17.9% of it's employment numbers. Between 2015 and 2023 it lost 16.3% of it's number, which includes the pandemic years. In 2014 sm-med enterprises employed 70.5% of the Canadian public's private sector jobs - so now deduct the 16.3% off the 70.5% and the 17.9% of the balance and you're at around 46.6% (1-99 employees). This translates to 2.7M lost job opportunities between 2023 and 2026 while we added 1.7M more people = 4.4M. Unemployment continues to rise. Feel free to confirm - Eg see Scotiabank Economics “When 1.7 million people are added to the population while the mid-tier business sector sheds employment capacity, it creates structural unemployment and underemployment. Workers are pushed into lower-productivity, lower-wage service roles, which fails to generate the tax revenue needed to offset the per-capita healthcare demand.”
Let's be blunt: Carney's goal is to destroy Canada as a country and this is the fastest way to do it. He already helped the UK to the brink of extinction as a functional country and we are next.
Canada is that Country where Canadians are lied to by their Government, shown the exact nature of the lie, and whose citizens respond by increasing support for the very same Government that initiated the very same lie.
100% agree with both of you. Michele knows her immigration stats & problems. Maybe the unions can speak up & oppose these immigration levels considering how many of their valuable employees are being laid off because of companies closing. They know there are no jobs, no housing, no health care. Cdn taxpayers CANNOT continue this out of control tax burden.
We need a total moratorium on all forms of immigration until we've cleared all backlogs and set up a process where people apply, prove their credentials BEFORE arriving in Canada, as well as having changes so any immigration (regardless of status) convicted of criminal activity is deported ASAP.
The reason Mark Blarney and his ilk are going above the pace to meet the Century Initiative's delusional recommendation is so that when (not if) Canadians push back, they can reduce the deluge and still meet the targets.
Yes Michelle you and Brian are on the right track Carney and his liberal government are totally wrong on this issue, but what should we expect from Carney, the elitist man that he is, I would bet that his Brookfield company is up with the idea of flooding the country with a cheap labor force, and a pool of people needing homes that his company is ready to build, in short making the company and Carney richer. these are Carneys values not the average Canadians! It is astounding that he is able to be on national news and put out numbers that are totally B.S. and he does it with a straight face, he should be embarrassed, it boils down to the fact that he can lie with a straight face!! We have to hope that Pierre and his team can apply enough pressure to make Carney reverse his disastrous policy.
Well stated by Ms. Rempel Garner and you too Mr. Lilley. We Canadians are in deep trouble and getting worse by the day with Carney & the Libs at the helm. But this has been going on since the early 70's but has escalated massively recently. Bottom line - cheaper labour from countries whose culture doesn't fit in nor is there an interest to for the most part.
Most immigrates who are coming from these countries like India still feel that it’s a much better deal for them rather than staying where they are. So they will except the lower standards of living. It’s the Canadians here already that have worked hard to maintain a good standard of living that now are having to lower their standards of living to support these people coming in. Bottom line is that’s how the Liberals get more votes. And that is why they want more immigrants and will continue allowing this to happen.
In other words, the Liberal Government needed 600,000 new people to whom they can lie.
Immigration has been used to drive up GDP, to make it appear as though we have a healthy economy.. all you need to do is bring in more people. We have recorded the largest "new citizen" number in Canadian history, just this year.. at around 600K. Increased immigration without jobs to support those numbers reduces gdp/cap = your share of the economic pie. It drives wages down - supply & demand. This in turn erodes the tax base. The standard of living declines, national and provincial debt increases. This has been ongoing since 2020. In 2014 the average indidvidual tax filer/payer paid $11K and healthcare costs per capita were $6K. In 2025 the average individual filer paid $9200 and the healthcare cost per capita came in at over $9600. Not everyone files taxes, and not everyone pays, but the healthcare cost is per capita. Based on the current numbers, healthcare alone eats up 100% of all tax individual filer/payor input (federal and provincial) and leaves a $55B gap, mostly borne by the Provinces who have to pay for the bulk of that gap. This is a decaying economic model. Between 2023 and 2026 the sm-med business sector lost 17.9% of it's employment numbers. Between 2015 and 2023 it lost 16.3% of it's number, which includes the pandemic years. In 2014 sm-med enterprises employed 70.5% of the Canadian public's private sector jobs - so now deduct the 16.3% off the 70.5% and the 17.9% of the balance and you're at around 46.6% (1-99 employees). This translates to 2.7M lost job opportunities between 2023 and 2026 while we added 1.7M more people = 4.4M. Unemployment continues to rise. Feel free to confirm - Eg see Scotiabank Economics “When 1.7 million people are added to the population while the mid-tier business sector sheds employment capacity, it creates structural unemployment and underemployment. Workers are pushed into lower-productivity, lower-wage service roles, which fails to generate the tax revenue needed to offset the per-capita healthcare demand.”
Carney obviously knows this but prefers to pretend GDP matters and GDP per capita doesn’t matter.
Let's be blunt: Carney's goal is to destroy Canada as a country and this is the fastest way to do it. He already helped the UK to the brink of extinction as a functional country and we are next.
He was Trudeau’s advisor when the “unsustainable irresponsible” immigration began..
Let me describe Canada, 2026.
Canada is that Country where Canadians are lied to by their Government, shown the exact nature of the lie, and whose citizens respond by increasing support for the very same Government that initiated the very same lie.
100% agree with both of you. Michele knows her immigration stats & problems. Maybe the unions can speak up & oppose these immigration levels considering how many of their valuable employees are being laid off because of companies closing. They know there are no jobs, no housing, no health care. Cdn taxpayers CANNOT continue this out of control tax burden.
We need a total moratorium on all forms of immigration until we've cleared all backlogs and set up a process where people apply, prove their credentials BEFORE arriving in Canada, as well as having changes so any immigration (regardless of status) convicted of criminal activity is deported ASAP.
The reason Mark Blarney and his ilk are going above the pace to meet the Century Initiative's delusional recommendation is so that when (not if) Canadians push back, they can reduce the deluge and still meet the targets.
Yes Michelle you and Brian are on the right track Carney and his liberal government are totally wrong on this issue, but what should we expect from Carney, the elitist man that he is, I would bet that his Brookfield company is up with the idea of flooding the country with a cheap labor force, and a pool of people needing homes that his company is ready to build, in short making the company and Carney richer. these are Carneys values not the average Canadians! It is astounding that he is able to be on national news and put out numbers that are totally B.S. and he does it with a straight face, he should be embarrassed, it boils down to the fact that he can lie with a straight face!! We have to hope that Pierre and his team can apply enough pressure to make Carney reverse his disastrous policy.
Rob the Rebel
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Well stated by Ms. Rempel Garner and you too Mr. Lilley. We Canadians are in deep trouble and getting worse by the day with Carney & the Libs at the helm. But this has been going on since the early 70's but has escalated massively recently. Bottom line - cheaper labour from countries whose culture doesn't fit in nor is there an interest to for the most part.