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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by energy123 on Monday January 06, 2025 @07:04PM (#42617614)
Lump of labor fallacy. The pie is not fixed.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by s1artibartfast on Monday January 06, 2025 @07:34PM (#42617847)
fallacy fallacy. The pie is not fixed, but does not necessarily grow >1:1 when people are added.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by Spivak on Monday January 06, 2025 @07:43PM (#42617922)
Right it grows larger.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @12:59PM (#42625280)
not necessarily, thats my point.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by cmrdporcupine on Monday January 06, 2025 @07:40PM (#42617897)
It's not the quantity / size of pie. It's the fact that the Canadian labour market has explicit "escape valves" for "skilled labour is too expensive" built in as a policy plank in the form of the LMIA and TFW process.

They are tools that "industry" lobbied for expansion of, and got. Have persisted through both Conservative and Liberal governments for decades, but was expanded markedly under both Harper and (especially) Trudeau.

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