Watching a video called “Why living in Canada has become impossible” by hindsight. It seems to paint the economic troubles in Canada in typical rhetoric you read online of it being focused on too much immigrants. I’m not sure if this is because it’s true, or if it just seems convenient, as it doesn’t cover the impact of COVID and the worldwide economic troubles that are happening. My inclination is that the problem that was trying to be solved by mass immigration still exists and immigration is the solution, but what we got wrong was how this was happening, and we need more resources and motivations towards integration.
Some things I’d like to fact check:
- It was mentioned the approval rating of immigration was 68% in 2016, but then references another study of how many Canadians think we have too much immigration being 58% in 2024. Where are these numbers coming from and the underlying assumption in presenting this data is that these two beliefs are exclusive, which is not true.
- Original immigration wanted to be white male driven? This one just seemed annoying because even if true, it doesn’t particularly add to any points and just seems like a dog whistle for xenophobic and racist rhetoric.
- Approval rating of leaders, yes this has dropped for Trudeau, but what does this generally look like for incumbents and incumbents during economic downturns?
- What do the economist have to say?