People who want move there should go now, before the changes. Seems people in Canada want less immigrants there
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Anyways, Canada has let in a lot of immigrants the past few years. I can dig up some statistics, but it’s something like a few million in 10 years, from 33 to 37 million. The services and infrastructure can’t keep up, so he has to back down from the plan of up ton.5 million every year
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Why does he want so many immigrants? Even in EU and USA, they want fewer. Not quite understand his thinking, or he thinks Canada needs more people than the yanks?
To populate Dick-swamp, Saskatchewan, and keep the Rocket company. 
Demographics, Canadian people aren’t having babies. The aging population is expensive. Young workers are good for the economy
It’s also good for his progressive credentials, not sure if that’s a virtue signal or he’s a true believer
Also, his dad was PM and immigration is usually considered a positive part of dad’s legacy
But he can’t control where people go, and he’s got little power over things like housing or medical (that’s provincially regulated). They let in too many.
Imagine 25% of the population of Taiwan was immigrants? Mostly Indian and Chinese. Canada probably lets in more immigrants in one year than Taiwan has since 1960
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Immigration has many positive impacts on the economy. But like everything, there are negative consequences.
In Canada the immigrants are concentrated in places that are driving up housing costs for example. If it was more spread out, it could have not been a disaster like it is now with many Canadian struggling and even leaving.
Every country wants more immigrants than people leaving.
What an absolute racist white supremacist prime minister.
How dare he cut down on immigration. He need to let in more Mexicans and other immigrants south of the border​:face_with_symbols_over_mouth:
I do not think Canada worries about people from Mexico, it seems from Asia is problem to many in Canada, many from India and China (some from taiwan too)
Well Taiwan seems doing ok with few immigrants, as well as Japan (thought they have much more than Taiwan). I read about medical service problems, Taiwan has gov health system and seems it is good (not perfect but good). Not sure how it’s related to needing more people. More people, means more health care needed? I still do not get the logic, , to me: more people= more problems.
I think there are many sub-categories. There is a lot of Chinese/Taiwan/Asian money in Vancouver that was made in Asia, and is parked in Vancouver in real estate, and services that cater to this wealth (e.g., supermarkets, casinos, banks, etc) Other than real estate market impacts, I don’t think the native plebes are too bothered on this trend. Isn’t it more by the visa workers and the temporary schemes that are in direct competition to the white working class (who ain’t moving to British Properties in Vancouver anytime soon?) 
In other words, the wealthy Asian money is a good thing for Vancouver and BC. It creates jobs. On the other hand the temporary worker scheme? Probably over-extended just slightly.
Japan is not really doing well. They need more immigrants tbh.
Taiwan will probably reach that point like Japan.
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*except Taiwan
Nah. Most people don’t care where the immigrants are from. Although the Chinese/Taiwanese probably assimilate the worst. What people are worried about is the sheer numbers
Taiwan is an extraordinary outlier in getting so much growth out of the population.
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Running out of places willing to send low cost workers with no future, hence the controversial 1000 Indians as migrant workers.
But if you think Taiwan is doing ok, that’s a very short term view. Do you work in traffic design, by chance?
Currently, universities are closing because there are not enough young people. Professors who are losing their jobs do not feel ok. And the universities will keep closing. Maybe things are OK for you today, but who is going to be doing all the jobs in 10, 20, 30 years? Health care is good here now, but what do you think it will be like when the government has to either lower the standards or accept that there are less medical workers?
There’s got to be an immigration sweet spot between almost none and way too much
But hey, when there’s not enough people to defend the island from China, population won’t be the biggest problem anymore
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Yep and then next it will be the Indians and if not them, then Africans. That’s the problem when you have racists running the country.
It is Indians from Asia that is biggest group of immigrants that have made some people there unhappy. So yes, Asian people.
People aren’t specifically unhappy with Indians. People are unhappy about affordability.
O guess that is true, but I see the news below too. Anyways, sad to see what is going on in Canada, I thought and maybe it still is a good place to live and the news is over the top.
Maybe things have changed in the 4 years I’ve been in Taiwan