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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by cmrdporcupine on Friday October 06, 2023 @09:04AM (#37790244)
Yeah I think the approach here in Canada has also contributed to the housing price crisis because it's cherry-picking immigrants with large initial investments, and they're coming here and dumping $$ into "sure thing, number only go up" housing.

And we've ended up with a bit of a shortage of working class unskilled labour, while at the same time screwing skilled immigrants who came here thinking they were coming to a land of prosperity to be an engineer or doctor and they end up as taxi drivers or convenience store clerks.

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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by hnbad on Friday October 06, 2023 @09:16AM (#37790383)
Additionally a large factor in the number of "foreigners" in Canada seems to be foreign students, who often don't actually stay in Canada after graduating but tend to be affluent and thus drive up costs/prices without contributing to the labor pool.
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