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I’m not surprised one bit. Got to keep real estate prices high and the industry humming. But also the economy/businesses are addicted to low wage employees.New National Polling data that's got an attention-grabber in it.
Signs that Canadians, and not minority, but a clear majority are losing enthusiasm for ever higher immigration targets, and they are linking those to housing prices.
Article here: (not paywalled:
Canadians divided on Ottawa’s plan to admit more immigrants: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the vast majority of Canadians are worried about how the federal Liberal government’s plan to dramatically increase immigration levels over the next few years will affect housing and government services.www.thestar.com
From said article:
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Going to Leger's site, we get a bit more info:
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I too am in agreement that we have a over reliance on chap labour that will only add fuel to our housing issue.I agree with these people - our plan admits too many people.
I would have had a different opinion if our governments were adept at handling immigration, adding skilled workers, alleviating labour shortages, whilst not fueling a real estate bubble, straining our infrastructure and services, and feeding our corporations demand for cheap bodies.
Alas ...
In a coincidence I was just reading two good articles diving into the issue of Canada’s addiction to low wage labour.
How Canada became a hotbed for low-wage foreign labour
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-tfw-program-canada-low-wages/