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As a millennial Canadian, this. I've never seen this much disdain for immigration, not even close. Definitely can't blame people though, our immigration rate is completely insane, talking multiple times higher than the US rate or the EU rate at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis.

Our GDP per capita has gone down every quarter for what, at least 2 years?

Medical care, cost of living, everything is the worst I've experienced in my lifetime. When I was in university our dollar and average income were both higher than the US', now our dollar is at 70 cents USD and our average income is 40% lower...



Canada is getting poor fast (compared to the US). This is from the Economist recently:

https://archive.is/UdixF/ec46ebf7fe812cd5e9432f45f68bd142e6c...

BC's GDP per capita is lower than Idahos. Ontario and Quebec's are lower than West Virginia's.

https://brilliantmaps.com/us-vs-canada-gdp-per-capita/

This would be unthinkable not too long ago.




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