Re: Maybe this is why Mission race participation is down?

On 11/23/2024 10:17 PM, -hh wrote:

On 11/23/24 6:50 PM, Tom Elam wrote:

On 11/23/2024 10:01 AM, -hh wrote:

On 11/23/24 9:42 AM, Tom Elam wrote:

On 11/21/2024 1:40 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-11-21 06:59, Tom Elam wrote:

On 11/20/2024 1:31 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-11-20 06:42, Tom Elam wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc
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Canada is becoming unaffordable. And not just housing.

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I love how you never miss an opportunity to show how much of an asshole you are

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And if you did not like that one read the comments in this one:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbit8ZS1GsA&lc=UgwwN_4YDQ-o- cgZlp14AaABAg.AB6BexuglUrAB6GX1T2U4t

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No thanks, asshole.
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Bottom feeders like you can always find muck to rake.

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LOL! in 2022 there was a spike in Canadians emigrating to the U.S. From your own CBC!
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-moving-to-the-us-hits-10- year-high-1.7218479
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/primary-care-canada-10-000- canadians- report-1.7125990
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Americans moving to Canada, not so many. In 2023 10,640. Given the difference in populations the per capita difference is something like 70 Canadians moving to the U.S. for every U.S. move to Canada.
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https://canadaimmigrants.com/us-immigrants-to-canada/

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Because there's been greater economic opportunity in the US for decades.   Had a friend move to Toronto back in the 1990s, for example.
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Plus there's more depth than just the top line number.  For example, the second cite above indicates that born-in-CA emigrants was pretty steady at ~40K/year, with a CoVid dip down to 26K and 2022's rebound to 53K is probably just an rebound as it reverts to the mean.
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There may be a spike after our 2024 elections, you are welcome to them.

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If the ACA gets cancelled, Medicare privatized, & Social Security gutted as per P2025, who wouldn't be considering a move to Canada?
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Of course, both countries ARE attractive to migrants. The U.S. is so attractive it became a major reason Trump is the next president. Democrats way underestimated how we, including Latinos, feel about the illegals. If we controlled immigration as well as Canada it would not be such an issue here.
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People literally walk hundreds of miles to get to our southern border. Not many walk across Canada's southern border.

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Except that Canada is increasingly concerned about the immigration currently coming from the US, and just tightened their policies to try to prevent a surge after 2024 making it an even bigger problem:
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<https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-letter- mayorkas-raises-concern-over-surge-illegal-immigration-northern>
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-hh
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Canada has a huge problem. The dependency ratio is increasing long term (dependent pop/total pop) as citizen birth rates have dropped. Thus encourage immigration form countries with higher birth rates. That has caused another problem:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMBKMWsVRc

 You've not looked at the USA's ratio, have you?
 And FYI, the worst part is that we have a solution staring us in the face, but the incoming Administration has promised to reject it.
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Oh but yes I have. I once taught a University of Indianapolis course named "Economics of Aging" and devoted an entire lecture to this topic. We have a dependency ratio problem too, as do almost all developed economies.
Canada has not promoted residential development to match population growth from skilled labor immigration. As this video explains Canadian investment has been funneled to the U.S. where opportunities are better. See the chart at 9:36. Demand increased, supply did not, housing prices and rental rates soared while investment moved south.
The U.S. has allowed millions of unskilled low earning capacity migrants (not immigrants) into the country, creating a different kind of housing crisis. Ours is that too many of these migrants can't afford decent housing of any kind, so they make do by stuffing themselves into small cheap apartments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htRKZJnJ7b4