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Majority of Canadians want fewer immigrants in 2027: Nanos (www.ctvnews.ca)
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A majority of Canadians want the country to accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents next year, according to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News, as the country continues to grapple with immigration levels and their impact on housing, services and the economy.

The survey found that 52.3 per cent of respondents believe Canada should accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents in 2027, compared with 33.5 per cent who want the numbers to remain about the same.

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[–] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

Doesn't Canada have the same aging society problem as the rest of the western world? Where it's getting increasingly difficult to fund old people's retirement because the workforce is getting too small compared to the amount of non-working people? There are two ways to mitigate that. More babies or more immigrants. The former takes more time to have effect and is pretty unlikely to begln with considering the cost of living.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 20 hours ago

    You're not wrong. But the problems are two-fold with the latter.

    1. We're fighting with other countries over the same pool of people, and eventually, that pool is going to run out.

    2. Even if you ignore 1, you do need to bring people in at a pace that allows your infrastructure to keep up. We're not doing that. So you either slow immigration or increase infrastructure spending, and the latter costs money.

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