Of course it won’t happen. It makes too much sense.
First politician that promises to slam the door shut to immigration gets my vote.
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First politician that promises to slam the door shut to immigration gets my vote.
Go through cottage listings and see a real bargain..................leased land.
. I'm not sure how that is now.We need immigration of the right type. Sadly the right type that already moved here are looking elsewhere because of costs. Short sighted politicians have screwed us into the ground.
Am I allowed to think it's ironic that a user that uses the handle "mimico polak" is anti-immigration?
The populous is aging and not reproducing enough to carry the tax load.
We NEED immigrants to pay taxes.
Look at what's happening in Japan. Today's immigrants are going to pay YOUR old age pension.
If you were born and raised in Canada, and think new immigrants are taking your job; that's on you for wasting the opportunities offered to you growing up in Canada.
We NEED immigrants to pay taxes.
Look at what's happening in Japan. Today's immigrants are going to pay YOUR old age pension.
If you were born and raised in Canada, and think new immigrants are taking your job; that's on you for wasting the opportunities offered to you growing up in Canada.
Why is it ironic? I'm not anti immigrant. I'm anti idiotic, uncontrolled, and unsustainable immigration.
I don't blame the immigrants for trying to better their life (as my parents did when we came here). I blame the gov't for bad policy that is detrimental to the country as a whole.
Sustainable, responsible, and controlled immigration I'm all for. We need it to continue on a proper path.
What we currently have is none of that. It's an open door policy that allows for abuse, and is not done for the betterment of the country.
Mad Mike
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I have always been open to immigration - we have a huge country and lots of opportunity to expand and grow.
The problem I see today is one of balance -- not who, but how many.
For decades Canada has welcomed people to Canada, 250K a year for quite some time. The country proved capable of absorbing that number without creating social challenges. Doubling that has proven to overload housing and healthcare as we're growing the population faster than we can grow services and infrastructure. I'm sure schools will be next as more than 17% of the newcomers in the last 5 years are under 18, and 1/2 are of child bearing age.
I'd like to see it put back in balance, having housing and delivery of healthcare be the guiding factors rather than financing the expansion of gov't spending.
"anti-immigration" is not anti-immigrant.
Canada is not the land of opportunity that many are lead to believe. This hurts everyone.
It’s the land of opportunity if your goal is appropriate .
The Irish came so they didn’t stave in the famine . The Hungarians came so they didn’t get run over by tanks. The Ethiopians came so they didn’t die for not being Muslim. Many gays came from the Middle East so they didn’t get thrown off apartments.
Now if you are an engineer from kazikstan , you will struggle , an ER doctor from Malaysia , won’t be easy . And it was way cheaper to live where you used to live , and they called you Doctor . Unless you have a transferable skill , for which you can be certified , good luck .
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The Irish came so they didn’t stave in the famine . The Hungarians came so they didn’t get run over by tanks. The Ethiopians came so they didn’t die for not being Muslim. Many gays came from the Middle East so they didn’t get thrown off apartments.
Now if you are an engineer from kazikstan , you will struggle , an ER doctor from Malaysia , won’t be easy . And it was way cheaper to live where you used to live , and they called you Doctor . Unless you have a transferable skill , for which you can be certified , good luck .
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Is serving fast food a transferable skill?
It may not be, but if it keeps you alive while you get an appropriate education it shows initiative.
PacoT
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... or an accountant from Mexico. Yeah, I agree with you all.
I think we've all seen recent videos of 100s of people lined up for 2-3 part time jobs in retail recently.
I don't need to state which nationality all of the ones I saw in the video were.
National Post prints an article this morning that York University teachers aids and faculty employees are relying on food banks to get by and a strike is needs to bridge the wage gap.
Wage gap to where ? People that want to persue a career in academia vs people that want to get a job that can pay for dinner? Oy vey
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Wage gap to where ? People that want to persue a career in academia vs people that want to get a job that can pay for dinner? Oy vey
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Our gov't organization had a previous limit on promotions within a department to 10-15% maximum. Yesterday I saw they're not going to 20-25% for promotions because we are losing people to the private sector.
While I enjoy being comfortable in my role, it may be time to jump to the private sector again as I could use another 20-25%. Currently no place for me to go further up as I've already had 3 promotions in 4 years. Annual wage increases capped at less than 5%.
While I enjoy being comfortable in my role, it may be time to jump to the private sector again as I could use another 20-25%. Currently no place for me to go further up as I've already had 3 promotions in 4 years. Annual wage increases capped at less than 5%.
Affordable housing exists. It's a tent under a bridge.
Land is $200 a square foot or more. The land under my garden shed is worth $20,000 with no access or utilities.
The land under a 1,000 SF bungalow is $200,000. The bungalow is $300,000. Add development costs and space around the house.
How do you reduce those costs?
Tell the guy that paid $175 a SF for the land to sell it for $100 SF, he goes belly up and is the new homeless.
Tell the trades to work for the minimum wage and they go belly up because minimum doesn't cover their debts.
Tell the material suppliers to halve their prices. That would have to back-feed all the way to the forests and mines, bankrupting everyone in the supply chain.
Chow, Ford and Trudeau all use the same plan. Erect Million dollar houses and sell them for a half million. The balance is paid for by the taxpayer.
Land is $200 a square foot or more. The land under my garden shed is worth $20,000 with no access or utilities.
The land under a 1,000 SF bungalow is $200,000. The bungalow is $300,000. Add development costs and space around the house.
How do you reduce those costs?
Tell the guy that paid $175 a SF for the land to sell it for $100 SF, he goes belly up and is the new homeless.
Tell the trades to work for the minimum wage and they go belly up because minimum doesn't cover their debts.
Tell the material suppliers to halve their prices. That would have to back-feed all the way to the forests and mines, bankrupting everyone in the supply chain.
Chow, Ford and Trudeau all use the same plan. Erect Million dollar houses and sell them for a half million. The balance is paid for by the taxpayer.
Be cautious, job security may become much more important over a higher wage. For long term stability.
Not saying it can't be done, but as well all know the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence...
Agreed. Job security is one thing.
But in my line of work, and the current status of projects in the GTA...I think job security is fairly easy to achieve ... but work-life balance is going to be hard to beat.
I know guys that left my company for 40-50% pay raises in the private sector (supporting our projects around the GTA), and their life went from a 2 day in the office to 5-6 days in the office for 8-10hrs/day (or more).
Majority of them don't regret the decision, because money. But once they start having children and families, their priorities may change.
My minimum right now if someone is calling...40% pay bump. Less than that it's not worth leaving considering the pension, work-life, hours, etc.
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