Immigrants to thank for Canada's record population growth this year (www.ctvnews.ca)
from alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 04:55
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bobman@unilem.org on 28 Sep 2023 05:19 next collapse

Heck yeah.

Immigration is a good thing.

robocall@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 05:22 next collapse

If you’re Canadian, thank an immigrant!

akrot@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 06:00 next collapse

Isn’t this true every year, given that canada is basically made of immigrants?

can@sh.itjust.works on 28 Sep 2023 13:31 collapse

And proud of it!

can@sh.itjust.works on 28 Sep 2023 13:34 collapse

When you have rapid population increases, everyone that comes here is not just a worker, but they’re also a consumer," Orlando told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Wednesday. “So consumer spending in Canada gets increased by the number of people here having increased. And that really supports the GDP growth for Canada at a time when interest rates are starting to bite.”

However, Orlando warned already-strained sectors like health care and housing are not set up to meet the needs of Canada’s rapidly growing population. In fact, they’re failing.

Let’s use that extra tax money to actually fix things.