Baby Boom or Bust?

Re:Baby Boom or Bust? by sokoloff on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:43PM (#27574815)

What’s the solution though? If Canadians don’t want to have more children, you can’t force them and you probably can’t influence them much, so your other choice is to close down the immigration, which seems like it’s less ethical than the present condition.

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Re:Baby Boom or Bust? by monkeybutton on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:55PM (#27574899)

I don't know! The cost of living and high cost of raising children here are popular scape goats for why Canadians are having less children. There's already baby bonuses, nationalized child care (in QC) but they do not have enough effect? One thing that isn't addressed is housing. Couples aren't going to want to have kids when all they can afford in a major city is a shoebox condo.

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Re:Baby Boom or Bust? by xnyan on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:05PM (#27575286)

>One thing that isn't addressed is housing

Yeah, I'm not from Canada so you obviously know a lot more about this than me, but essentially 100% of my Canadian friends and family cite this as their top or near top concern right now. Toronto in particular seems wild, though Vancouver may be worse.

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Re:Baby Boom or Bust? by alexlesuper on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:52AM (#27578634)

Child care costs are a false excuse. If raising children was entirely free, I think the birthrate would barely nudge higher.

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