Again, overpopulation and immigration. We need to close the doors to immigration and only let in a trickle, not a wave.
Far too simplistic an answer to a far
more complex issue.
- The majority of the Canadian economy is tied to cities. They are also largely foreign owned entities that want a central hub for their enterprises. That's why the jobs are there.
- jobs need workers. Workers are people who can do and are willing to the jobs asked of them. Workers also need to live where the jobs are.
- Canadian cities have done everything imaginable to limit housing growth because it costs more money to build, maintain, and operate the infrastructure to support it. Therefore it makes the housing available that much more rare of a commodity and unattainable to your average worker.
-Our population is aging rapidly, and our fertility rate is in the shitter (1.26 births per family) largely due to cost being too high to start a family. Those replacement workers are not likely coming from Canadians.
- If no workers, why employ in cities/Canada? Jobs move offshore or to remote positions in order to save costs.
-People who can move, do. Those who can't, stagnate in cities. The Detroit Scenario plays out. So everyone in government at all levels attempts to make cities function and attractive to newcomers beacause.... (return to top of list).
Its all well and good that we have lithium, uranium, LNG, oil, and other commodities that would transform our economy if we harness them. Until we are able to incentivize companies to stay here, develop those remote areas into something those newcomers want to flock to, we're stuck in the loop.
Slowing immigration would only serve to choke out our labour force that we need to support our economy.
