Why Canada will Lose the 2030s

[@wilfreddale764]

The big problem is we are taking in too many immigrants to stimulate growth but not investing back into the infrastructure.

[@raptors11111]

Its all fake growth tho. Makes our GDP look better, but is bringing in a million uber drivers and tim hortons workers per year really helping our economy?

[@dumdumbrown4225]

More like we're simulating growth instead of stimulating it 😄

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@wilfreddale764 - That’s exactly right. And a big part of the problem is the provinces control those infrastructure investments and aren’t doing them.

[@manofsan]

Immigration - especially from 3rd world - can't provide near-term stimulus, since those immigrants aren't sufficiently skilled and productive. Furthermore, as you said, there isn't enough housing and related infrastructure to absorb them, only leading to more misery and distress. Canadian politicians have simply become addicted to immigrants and ethnic pandering, which nets them votes far more easily than the harder work of building roads, schools, sewers, hospitals, etc. Machine Politics is the new norm, which is short-circuiting the country's political system in a runaway vote-harvesting loop.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@manofsan - Machine politics is the old norm, too, for both the Libs and Tories. Little P.P. is not anti-immigration -- at all. It doesn't take much skill to wait tables or stock shelves. And we need every doctor we can get, if only each province's bureaucracy would certify them to practice here. We also need those immigrants to build the housing we already need even if we stopped all immigration tomorrow. We need young people, We can either breed them (and we didn't), replace them with automation (and we can't, at least not yet), or import them. Look to Italy, Japan, etc. for what happens without it. At least Canada knows how to onboard immigrants (e.g., teach them to say "sorry" frequently and respect hockey, for starters). But not preparing for housing them is a sin committed by both Trudeau & Harper, and probably Martin & Chretien. It's especially the fault of the provinces, who control housing construction.

[@Crinson]

Canada has already lost. Our house that we bought in 2016 for 600k now cost 1.4 million

[@2maw1wrimike]

Wow. Canadas dollar is the new peso

[@Hamsteak]

Ya man, same here. I'm from the Niagara Region. We bought our house in 2019 and moved in January 2020. House is brand new for $607,000. Now it's well over a million 😱🤯. Good for me, but terrible for the country and young people. I'm 36 btw

[@bobcrane9945]

Canada has lost exactly what? We survived the great depression and two world wars. We are having a setback that needs to be corrected and that is all. In times like this in the past we would have elected the old PC party to move us bck to center. Now are ony choice is the radical Libertarians from the reform party. We will however survive and eventually recover.

[@nb1638]

Same here we bought our house in 2015 for 400k , now it is over million but sadly the million has lot less buying power than 400k in those days.

[@donman9154]

​@@bobcrane9945: The only "radicals" are the Trudeau LNDP Marxist Socialists that have literally taken over our Rogue Gov't. and are actively in the process of usurping our democracy as well as disenfranchising natural-born Canadian citizens...

[@Hamsteak]

Housing is messed up for for here in Canada 🇨🇦. I bought my first home at 25 back in 2013, it was $189k. Sold that after 3 years and bought a 1900sqft townhouse for $300k. Sold that after 4 years for $389k. All that is pretty normal. But that in July 2019 i bought my 2500sqft detached home for $607k. Now its currently worth well over a million, est $1.25million. Absolutely ridiculous for anyone trying to get into the housing market. Starter homes are almost non-existent now

[@markferguson7563]

It's exactly the same here in Australia's 5 largest cities. And for the record, it's actually Sydney that has the 2nd highest property prices. Toronto and Vancouver come in at 4th, and 5th respectively. HK is the worst case, followed by Sydney, Singapore (which has gone from 8th to second, since mud-2022). Auckland, is about 10th in the list. In every case, the crux of the issue is immigration. And outside of the Asian cities, and, indeed, London, cities in Canada, Australia, and NZ, account for 12 of the top 20 least affordable places to buy Properties in the world.

[@xxrudebouyxx1363]

What do u think would happen when immigrants want to make a living off a minimum wage. Anyone could have seen this coming

[@GoFinkle]

stop bragging guy

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

It totally is. Existing homeowners block high-density housing starts in their neighbourhoods and investors demand returns so rents/prices keep getting raised. You could stop immigration tomorrow and demand will still exceed supply. The problem isrich f**ks -- it almost always is.

[@Andrew-xw4zj]

@@markferguson7563 the thing you have to remember about hong kong is 50% of the people live in public housing and another 20-30% are in subsidized public/private housing (so called sandwich class) so I'm not defending their crazy housing and land policy and it's ultimately unsustainable but at least there are provisions for the poor in regard to housing.

[@EatCoffee]

Another big problem is the government is taxing Canadians to the edge while hiring record numbers of federal workers while nothing gets done. This is dragging the economy!

[@AxiomaticAssumptions]

I don't know where you live but atleast in Ontario our premiere has been cutting and dismantling public services for over 4 years. landlord and tenant board, legal aid, union busting, the usual corruption. I see so many people that live near me blame Trudeau for provincial policies, Ford takes advantage of this as does Poilievre who is another man with no solutions. Poiliverre has people screaming for whats already been happening for decades, the people listening to him are just too dumb/overworked to realize it, not unlike how it is with Trudeau

[@susanfernandes7748]

My Dad and I had frequent discussions about this. The governments (Fed and Prov) are about 25-30% of the Canadian GDP. Now, you cut that workforce down dramatically and the economy tanks. It will be runaway inflation. Those people working for the governments generate a lot of business because they are well paid. So you can't throw that baby out with the bath water. The reason the government is big is because we keep whining we want more but we don't want to pay for it. I do agree that government processes can be more efficient and effective. Having done contracts with the Federal government myself, I can see how I would be more efficient. The people who do the work at the lowest levels work very hard. There's been a lot of band-aids applied over the years which have lead to some festering infections that need to be lanced. It's going to be difficult to find someone to do that. As for taxes, we actually pay less income tax today than people paid in 1960. In 1960, income over $10,000 was taxed at 40%. The wealthy paid far more taxes then than they do now.

[@EatCoffee]

@@susanfernandes7748 Hey, thanks for sharing your dad's perspective and your own experiences. I see where you're coming from regarding the role of government spending in the economy. While government jobs and spending do contribute to GDP, it's worth considering if there's room for improvement in terms of efficiency. For example, there's not enough health care workers for our growing population but more and more federal servant filling roles no one asked for. Perhaps we can achieve cost savings and streamline operations without drastically impacting the economy. This could even create opportunities for the private sector to grow and flourish. You're right that people want services, but I also believe there's a strong desire for fiscal responsibility. We need to ensure taxpayers are getting value for their money. 300% increase in government workers without 300% increase in quality or speed of service will make the pubic lose faith in the way our tax dollars are handle. As for taxes, even if income tax rates are lower today compared to the past, the overall tax burden might still be high. It's understandable to feel "taxed to the edge." Ultimately, I believe excessive government spending and high taxes can hinder economic growth. We need to prioritize efficiency, accountability, and responsible spending to foster a healthy and prosperous economy.

[@christophercolumbus8944]

who is that in your avatar?

[@gameragodzilla]

Y’all need your version of DOGE.

[@mrxiong2567]

Most young Canadians can't even afford housing anymore and neither could they afford to start a family. It's an old folks country.

[@abcdedfg8340]

Old folks voted and cared about their futures. They were active in civil society, some had unions that cooperated with business, some stood up. But they had a very strong economy that benefitted employers and employees immensely. In germany people still care. Thats why they have decent pay, decent time off, decent work life balance, and have limited chronic burnout that seems to be killing productivity in canada. Its hurting business and employers alike now here. So up to you canadians.

[@cao6496]

😮 but many still buy houses with helpfrom their parents 😮 unfair?

[@abhimanyunath2001]

Old folks voted right people and stand for country... While young folks are busy with rainbow and terror 😅

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

It's a western world problem. It still sucks, but it's not unique to Canada and it was caused by bigger forces than one prime minister. The only countries that have made headway against the problem area Austria and Japan. Austria, really just Vienna, made most apartments public housing. They aren't investment vehicles, and it keeps prices down. Japan told every existing homeowner complaining about plans for apartment buildings going up near their single-unit homes to sit down and shut up, and they built their way out of the problem by increasing supply. Both require governments with balls willing to piss off rich people.

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

As an "old folks" male, one thing I have noticed, is the expertise of millions of people who helped build this country is wasted. There will be a crisis of competence. There have been several cases recently where long retired experts have been called in to do, fix, operate, repair, whatever some piece of something no one bothered to learn anything about. It is a very interesting to watch an entire culture sprinting toward a cliff ...

[@larrymorley2579]

The video is just a regurgitation of Canada's well known current problems. It totally avoids the topic of "why Canada will lose the 2030's". Total clickbait.

[@chrisgreene2623]

Thank you for exposing this lame host

[@ianbenjiman]

They are synonymous. Canada's current problems are exactly why it will lose the 2030's.

[@lanetomkow6885]

Housing Crises Political polarization and authoritarian policies Lack of infrastructure, factories needed to remain competitive with our natural resources Rising cost of living and most indebted nation in Western world per capita Granted, the video didn't state every single problem, but calling this clickbait is pretty far-fetched. Your comment seems subjective and based on a history between you and the host Aaron Watson. Care to share so we can understand. Because at this point it seems your comment is more 'clickbait' than this video imo. Cheers

[@freniisammii]

Have you considered that the target audience might be for people outside canada? I think that was the whole point. Plus, what exactly were you expecting?? You wanted him to make an oracle announcement and predict the future??

[@RealBrotherGG]

agree, gets no where near the issues.

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[@PaulK-el9zx]

Canada needs to change its mindset from housing to investing in new technolgy. Thats the only way to improve our standard of living. More people is not the answer, productivity per person has to improve through investing.

[@TheRebornOne34]

@@abcdedfg8340 A lot of ignorance in these comments, thanks for being a breath of fresh air!

[@craigharrison5406]

Shhhh don't distract them with logic. Lets just keep going straight ahead into the abyss, no adjustnments needed.

[@MrIGameHard]

Canada was a great country until 2015, with the election of Trudeau it's impressive how he ran a 1st world economy into the ground. Unaffordable housing, stagnant GDP/GDP per capita since his election, divisive politics and authoritarian tendencies. If at any point I have the chance to move to the US I'd take it in a heartbeat.

[@carloandreaguilar5916]

wasn't the housing crisis already ongoing for years before Trudeau?

[@heavenbright2342]

Was Canada really great or just average but seemed great at a time when Eurasian countries had to play catch up while Canadian industry, agriculture, academia, and institutions were protected from total wars and strife? I think Canada was average the entire time, before and after 2015. It's just that Canada never was capable of functioning in the complex 21st Century. The failure of Canada is not because it has deteriorated, it's just that things are harder, more complex, more competitive, and faster paced and Canada was never capable of keeping up with others on an even playing field.

[@ExposingKogwuSamson]

​@@heavenbright2342 False, Canada was a very successful nation until Justin Trudeau decided to try and implement a mix of socialism, communism and marxism.

[@joshdoddadbod]

My thoughts exactly.

[@dvsmapple]

This is just an awful take. Housing has decoupled from incomes in early 2000s. We only talk about housing now because mortgage rates went up. Authoritarian tendencies? You mean PM having an absolute immunity from criminal persecution? Oh wait, it's a US thing.

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[@JetBen555]

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[@rdbtumpy]

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[@penumbral_psithurism]

@@JetBen555 Like watching a bunch of NPCs in a Bethesda game.

[@mattt1994]

I grew up in Toronto, Canada and left in my mid-20s. I feel so thankful to be watching this video from America and not needing to worry about the stress of never being able to afford a house. America has higher paying jobs, lower taxes, and a lower cost of living.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

And dangerous levels of polarization, income disparity, and religious fanaticism. Plus the ever-present threat of medical bankruptcy even if one *has* insurance.

[@rally_chronicles]

​@MikeFitzmaurice these are just words you vomited out and are wrong on every level. You have no idea what you're talking about. You sound like a NICE canadian

[@mattt1994]

@@rally_chronicles I’d love to hear any data you have that would dispute the main points of my comment. These are all pretty objective measures with plenty of data available. Please tell me how I’m wrong about America having lower taxes, higher paying jobs, and lower cost of living.

[@rally_chronicles]

@mattt1994 I'm on your side. I'm disagreeing with the guy above me.

[@mattt1994]

@@rally_chronicles lol my bad! Thought this was tagging me. (Sorry I get so many comments disagreeing with very basic facts like this)

[@y_x2]

Trudeau is spending like crazy. He is not limiting the number of immigrant to a sustainable level which create big problem of rent to most people with low revenue.

[@JustChillingNahhhhMean]

There are about 5 millions temporary residents and the illegals. That’s crazy

[@thetrainhopper8992]

Native Canadians legally do not have more legal protections than in the US. Native Canadians are still overseen by a law from Canada’s founding in the 1860s. Native Americans are governed by Acts passed in the 1970s that gave them across the board, equal recognition no matter the tribe. Native Canadians have to live within a paternalistic system supplemented by treaties of conquest. Things aren’t perfect in the US, but a progressive facade doesn’t mean things have changed over 150 years. And that’s the thing, Canada is culturally the US. The only differences are the lenient immigration and health insurance, the rest is a progressive facade to make themselves feel better so they can ignore their own problems. I’m a California and it’s eerily similar to how we function here vis a vis the rest of the US.

[@brodyalden]

You highlighted the housing issue briefly in your summary; and to me that seems like one of the most critical and potentially galvanizing issues mixed up in all this. There aren’t enough houses by a far cry, and that situation does not appear to be on the path to remedy any time soon.

[@JM-gu3tx]

It is said that uncontrolled immigration is exacerbating that problem, which would mean that supply and demand actually exist and affect each other.

[@ExposingKogwuSamson]

​@@fuzzy_bunny343 The migrants and immigrants that are being let into Canada are not coming here to do anything positive. They are coming here to destabilize Canada's economy because the WEF wants to force a new world order.

[@bobcrane9945]

@@JM-gu3tx Yet they are literally thousands of small condos empty and for sale in the largest cities in Canada. They are empty because the carrying costs are out of line with the economy. Supply and demand don't always work when inflation and high interest rates are punative. It is not all about immigration but it is all about bad government.

[@Billy97ify]

Mandate 4 persons per bedroom. Bunk bed factories will make a killing.

[@Antares-vj7su]

@@JM-gu3tx you are very wrong, it's not that easy. Canada pumped up the economy with tax credits, to attract investors to Canada. These companies needed immigrant workers because Canada's population growth is absolutely horrible and what little young talent Canada produces goes to the US because it is the country with the best economy in the world and Canadians have a fast line to get a US visa. Do the math yourself, if you take away the immigrants who supported jobs and paid tons of taxes for the old Canadian population, what is left? Companies will close down and move to another country with better tax incentives. It's a snake chasing its own tail, the plan wasn't male, but the execution was wrong. Canada has not been able to keep up with home construction, there is too much bureaucracy and there is fighting even between the same neighborhoods in the same city. Now the quality of life is so poor that even immigrants don't think it's worth staying in Canada, because it's impossible to buy a house and healthcare is below the average level of any other developed country. Now trust in the government has collapsed and the provinces are preparing to eat the remains of the corpse like vultures, primarily Quebec which has started pushing decisively for independence again. Saying "let's stop immigration" won't change anything, on the contrary it will collapse the pension system and there will be many vacancies in specialized jobs.

[@Acemanveryspecial]

''Basic dictatorship is allowing them to turn their economy around on a dime.'' Fucking insane that he actually said that, wow.

[@perrybonney9090]

Amen! If that was true, why has Xi Jinping let his economy decline so precipitously, when he needs the revenue to keep building his military and Belt & Road Initiative?

[@RingToneChallenger]

this is what happens when you bring someone that has been spoon fed his whole life as a leader of society, only eats tomahawk steaks and caviar and 5000 dollar bottle wine with my tax money.

[@coolioso808]

Wake up, boy, Canada was in decline way before Trudy got into office. Harper and his buddy Pierre contributed to the decline of the middle class and the increase in wealth and power of the upper ownership class and it just kept getting worse decade by decade. Because the problem is systemic. Politicians are not our saviours, save for maybe 1% of them are actually in it for the right reasons. Capitalism is socially, economically and ecologically unsustainable and it has plagued our entire society. It isn't getting better by a simple vote. No. It'll take community action, cooperation, collaboration, co-ownership and mutual aid to build a better foundation to overtake the current collapsing system.

[@blast_processing6577]

This could describe the current Prime Minister or the next one, Poilievre.

[@hello855]

That's 90% of politicians.

[@2maw1wrimike]

Canada should have created a sovereign wealth fund with the new trans mountain pipeline. Canada should license homeownership, just like it does with cars. Canada needs to tie immigration to jobs and shelter. Canada needs to reduce monopolies and oligopolies with anti trust legislation. Canada needs to build new towns linked by rail like it did 100 years ago. Canada needs to stop paying multinational employers $2/hr for employing temporary foreign workers while also buying down mortgage rates with new debt. Canada needs to prohibit elected officials from joining globalist political policy parties run by billionaires. Candace should support free trade between provinces.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

Finally, someone on this comment thread gets it.

[@Billy97ify]

How do you create wealth fund with a project that was mismanaged and is a dead loss? Step back from the bong.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@Billy97ify - that's true of the TMP, but not true of oil revenue in general. Canada could have done what Norway did, but they didn't. Part of that was short-term greed, and part of it was old-fashioned federal-provincial infighting.

[@Billy97ify]

@@MikeFitzmaurice Canada's situation is not at all similar to Norway's. Norway has a rich offshore deposit and a small population. The government of Canada can't manage a piss up in a brewery.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@Billy97ify - Well, I agree about the piss up a brewery point, as long as we're applying it to both Tories/Libs in Ottawa and Tories/NDP in Edmonton, both now and in the past. But in terms of offshore vs up north or 5 million vs 40 million people, using windfall profits to invest in the future is important either way. Neither Edmonton nor Ottawa gets a pass for wasting the opportunity.

[@markalanwiya3801]

I was an immigrant myself 10 years ago to this beautiful country , but the thing with my situation compared to now i had to spend 3 years in another country so canada would do a 100% background check on me to accept me and when i entered canada after two weeks i start working until now i pay tax and proud to do so not like the recent immigrant they come in in thousands if not millions to collect the money from the government that were deducted from the hard workers cheuqe , so I won't blame the real canidians complaining about the new comers

[@jhickman4735]

Who cares if it's beautiful, it's how difficult it is to live here that matters. Hardly anyone gets enough vacation time to enjoy it anyway.

[@noahrafter-lanigan2409]

​@@jhickman4735 and because of the NIMBY regulatory slop-garbage he mentioned makes it so you have to have a fucking lawn in your yard instead of the multitude of charismatic and beautiful Canadian plants that are available to plant. It is a seriously stupid flaw that we don't grow the hardy edible natives and all the others everywhere we can fit them, our country is meant to represent unbroken wilderness, so we can make it thrive again. We often forget about the millions of bison that used to roam here in unbroken prairies, it would have been amazing to see in full glory. We can choose that path and break away from the standards of humanity but we chain ourselves up in bureaucracy and internal conflict.

[@kirkoconnell]

1) You are still a new comer yourself. 2) Is it that millions are coming into Canada, paid for BY CANADA? OR is it the temporary worker program, which Companies BEGGED Canada to implement during COVID, where foreign workers, SPONORED BY BUSINESSES ERGO NO CANADIAN GOV DOLLARS, come to work low-paying jobs for companies? Which do you think it is? Please, investigate that.

[@eyeswideshut1989]

@@kirkoconnell It's both, fool.

[@SDFNI3894YR]

@@eyeswideshut1989 he asked the question in no foul tone. then why you calling him a fool?

[@brokensystem5583]

Telling a Young Canadian to invest in a home in 2024 is equivalent to saying "just fly to the moon" it's borderline laughable

[@marcanthony8873]

Damn, I had no idea Trudeau went full-on dictator to crush that protest. Him saying their views are unacceptable was the cherry on top.

[@matthewvandyk7773]

And it wasn't a small portion of Canadians. Every single Canadian i know supported the convoy. But it's great to know my PM believes I'm a fringe Canadian.

[@gnarlyalso]

Trudope is an unacceptable leader.

[@cevens2000]

In Canada, we sell our unrefined oil and gas products to the states and buy it back for a higher price

[@cevens2000]

@MohammedSinghar No shit, so why have the middle man when we can refine it ourselves?

[@23lkjdfjsdlfj]

@@cevens2000 The Canadian government's best idea has been to use its tax revenue to hire enormous amounts of government workers that don't do anything useful. We could have paid Canadians to build refineries but the government is filled with empty brained people with zero skill, knowledge, experience - who couldn't even conceive of how to build a pencil. Such empty brained leaders could never conceive of building a refinery or any form of manufacturing, just as they will never support Canadians who could.

[@Brained05]

"In Canada, we sell our unrefined oil and gas products to the states and buy it back for a higher price." Canada refines most of the products it uses. There is also trade of refined products between Canada and the US which is mostly balanced. Canada does import a bit more than it exports, but the amount is a tiny fraction of total production.

[@kirkoconnell]

It is sort of the cost of the Tar-sands. Americans invest heavily out west to get the material, so they can refine it at their home bases, and sell for a profit. If you don't like that system, you can have a national company that does that for Canadians but the last time Alberta complained so much, another Trudeau had to undo it.

[@susanfernandes7748]

@@Brained05 numbers count don't they!

[@ashupandya7263]

Questionable leadership is the most important aspect behind today’s situation in CANADA🔥🔥🔥

[@PixelSageYT]

Dwindling population is a wild statement with more immigration than ever.

[@tayar3797]

(Just look at the comment above mine) a dwindling home populations is probably what he's referring to, the birth rate is pretty low, but it is odd for him to say dwindling population when immigration is actively very much increasing the population.

[@susanfernandes7748]

The Canadian birthrate has dropped significantly. In 1960 it was 26 per 1,000 population. In 1970 it was 18.4 per 1,000. In 2023 it was 10.7 per 1,000. There are not enough working people to sustain the country. 55% of the population (21.7 million people) is over 45. 18% (7.2 million people) of the population is over 55. Each loss of 1% of the workforce due to retirement/death/other reasons means a loss in the area of 1 billion dollars in tax revenue. We are experiencing that right now as the Boomers retire. We need immigration, without it the country dies or becomes part of the US. Estimates are in the neighbourhood of 500,000 immigrants per year are required. There are 582,600 open jobs in Canada for the 2nd quarter of 2024. The Canadian unemployment rate is at 6.6% as of August. What we need to do is a better job at handling "incomers". Remember, there are immigrants, foreign students, temporary foreign workers and refugees. Each is a different situation with a different set of rules.

[@Jazsway910]

We need these immigrants to work for wages that we can’t live on here.

[@celdur4635]

Crazy how such a big country has a housing problem.

[@Eric79-f7i]

We love our Bureaucracies, taxes, permits and red tape.

[@sm3675]

Canada needs to end immigration.

[@celdur4635]

@@Eric79-f7i One would think new small cities could be built to fill out the Width of Canada no?

[@PaulK-el9zx]

Just poor management and too much government and levels of government not working together. Immigration should be controlled by each province just like Quebec does.

[@jameshansenbc]

The housing problem is localized mostly to Vancouver and Toronto, due to how much of the land around them is protected from development, either in the form of crown land, federal and provincial parks, or agricultural land protections. This is then combined with zoning regulations that prohibit large areas of these cities from densifying (more than 50% of Vancouver's land is zoned for detached homes or small multiplexes). Cities that are free to grow without these restrictions and have allowed far more units per parcel like Edmonton have much more affordable housing.

[@markferguson7563]

In 1978, I met the great English raconteur, Quentin Crisp, in Sydney, on three occasions when he was on tour with his one-man show, 'An Evening with Quentin Crisp'. At the last of these meetings I had a one-on-one, 10 minute conversation with Crisp, in which he got around to talking about ancient Rome, and what was, in his opinion, an overlooked aspect of its demise. And this entails immigration intakes being so significant that the groups become so large that they can't integrate into society. Therefore, they organise against the host. Crisp summed this perspective up with saying: "Immigration is the impetus and nemesis of societies. And Rome, and Constantinople prove that to be correct." Here in Australia, my country (which is also the case in NZ), draws in excessive numbers of immigrants who have totally fractured its social fabric, and, INDEED, is the core reason why properties to buy or rent are so exorbitant that makes it impossible for millions of people under 30 to be ever able to afford buying a home.

[@rally_chronicles]

Well looks like we're gonna have to dig a deep hole or exile a lot of people.

[@eyeswideshut1989]

@@rally_chronicles When do we start? I am SICK of ALL of this.

[@hatepirate6467]

and how exactly did European immigrants integrate with the native culture? Immigration was indeed the nemesis of the native Americans for sure.

[@markferguson7563]

@@hatepirate6467 -- Well, obviously, colonisation was a nemisis for indigenous peoples: wherever they might be. But isn't mass-immigration of peoples from 'diverse' cultures and, moreover, religions actually re-colonisation 2.0? Well, of course, it indupitably is, and to have advocates for open-borders (whether it is with Canada, Australia, NZ and the US) pretending this isn't the case extols what morons they happen to be. Here in Australia - as it is with their compardes elsewhere - champion open-borders. Yet, in confluence with this agenda of supporting unfettered intakes of immigrants, they vehemently complain that real estate prices, whether it's with buying or renting properties are too high: but the dummies can't fathom that large-scale immigration programs are the bane of the problem.

[@stormstriker2000]

sorry bro, rome is home ground of erupa, australia and canada isnt, its new world, u barely lived in it for 200-300 years, that means nothing, literally yesterday, ur nothing like native home of whites, europa. ur open game

[@bobjohnson3940]

Canada is ground zero for various forms of social engineering

[@zhukhov]

For decades by the UN.

[@canacmay2152]

Most trouble weak government and inexperience

[@ra-neter6662]

U MUST NOT HAVE HEARD OF AMERICA

[@aawshaw]

I think a key issue you missed is how negative Trudeau is about Canada and its history. He never talks about anything positive in Canada‘s past and has apologized for almost every conceivable injustice in Canadian history. He has declared that the country is responsible for genocide without a clear explanation. No wonder Canadians are down on themselves!

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

What are you smoking? He speaks positively about Canada on a regular basis. It actually takes character to admit to mistakes and try to do better in the future. Did your parents, teachers, clergy teach you that? And "without a clear explanation" is either ignorant or a lie: Canada exterminated the Beothuk tribe. That's literal genocide. It also endorsed a policy of residential schools that led to the hidden deaths of a lot of children, and was based on a policy of "teaching savages how to be white, for their own good, whether they like it or not." You can admit this and still honour the contributions of Canadian forces at Juno Beach on D-Day, the countless contributions of Canadian artists, the inventions of peanut butter and insulin, that Alberta successfully made itself rat-free, etc.

[@idcraw]

I was a kid who went to Expo 67 when Canada was the future not anymore

[@npcimknot958]

@@MikeFitzmauricewhat are you smoking

[@sicilianotoronto]

@@npcimknot958 yeah exactly!

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@npcimknot958 - Seriously? You define patriotism as pretending your country can do no wrong? You really think Trudeau *doesn't* praise Canada on a regular basis? Answering "yes" to either question can only mean you're letting Little P.P.'s do your thinking for you.

[@iramhaidergazi1395]

Canadians have learnt a very big lesson for what happens when you elect a PM because he has a nice haircut. Trudeau will be kicked out of office in Oct 2025 but Pierre Poilievre will have an extremely difficult time navigating through the next 5 years trying to clean up all the mess Trudeau will have left behind with his drunken sailor type policies.

[@ironfistarrival]

Conservative have the same Mass Immigration Importation Policies and the fucking Liberals , do not keep your hopes on the Conservatives , find another Or more other Political alternative Parties .

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@iramhaidergazi1395 his answer will be to slash taxes and let oil/gas do whatever it wants. Which is what Harper did, and it caused so much misery he became so hated that we actually elected a lightweight like Trudeau in the first place.

[@sicilianotoronto]

@@MikeFitzmaurice Go away.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

​@@sicilianotoronto - Clever comeback.

Poilievre is just like Trudeau in what matters.

[@tampicocast4940]

Canadian here. This is a good summary of the problems we are facing and why Trudeau is so unpopular.

[@DrinkTheKoolAid62]

The NIMBY mindset mentioned at around 14 minutes is not a grassroots phenomenon. It is the result of large landowners like BlackRock who make sure to send representatives to speak at any housing related council hearings to ensure their interests are served and that there is always high demand and low supply for housing

[@redman6790]

Yep, the avg citizen is so easily influenced by the most simplest of propaganda that they will sway with the wind.

[@kirkoconnell]

You are not wrong, but BlackRock does not own much of anything. They are a Broker. This is an Alt-Right, 4Chan talking point. But Corporations involved in the rental market did cause this issue. They lobbied Governments to get rid of rent controls, so they could profit, and limit building, so they could profit, and now we have out of control rents and not enough buildings. But the Corporations got the profits, so as the CPC say "great job".

[@jordandemarchi1926]

I am Canadian and yeah our country is fucked at the moment

[@evaeva8731]

Aren't there jobs opportunities for international students?

[@darb4091]

No, they have reduced the number of hours they can work and they are all crying over it now; it is a sham by the private schools to get money out of the students when all they really want to do is get in Canada.

[@jordandemarchi1926]

@@evaeva8731 Nit really. Full time work yes. Part time is hard to find. Especially here in Toronto

[@matthewvandyk7773]

​@@evaeva8731the jobs are only for International students and Immigrants. Candian born candians don't get any jobs. We get fired so International students or Immigrants can be hired. We now even have law firms offering to help International students apply for refugee status. Oh and its basically a uphill battle to for candians to fight their wrongful termination.

[@bling0rb007]

Trudeau crossed a very dangerous line. Don't even need to mention it as controversial. That was the majority of people protesting against Trudeau across the country. The donation for the protest was the proof.

[@davequinn5735]

You are obviously a Conservative. Care to hear of Harper's corruption and dismantling of our healthcare and education system? I can give you all the data you need to prove it.

[@davidreeves8266]

You must be a politician...

[@bling0rb007]

@@davidreeves8266 No but I'm guessing you must have very smart questions.

[@andrewolf9865]

If you think Trudeau crossed a line, what are your thought on Harper saying the Emergencies Act was "Castrated" and "Useless" during the G20 protests, while he passed laws legalizing mass arrests, arrests without probable cause, assaults on already arrested individuals, use of tear gas and rubber bullets on protestors, and in the end while all the police departments where facing massive lawsuits for violations of charter rights, gave every police officer legal immunity, and made it illegal to sue the police departments for any charter violations on that day. Also bonus that Pierre, the man criticizing Trudeau for using the Emergencies Act, was the same man praising Harper for "taking control of the situation" and "not allowing things to get worse through inaction".

[@bling0rb007]

@@andrewolf9865 you really compared that? Businesses and cars getting destroyed was peaceful?

[@Briggsian]

Important note to add to the cost of housing increase: More than half of the price increase in housing is due to speculative investment from corporations and homeowners. The problem is so severe that, if you remove the effect of housing on Canada's GDP, the economy has actually been in a recession. The slight growth that Canadian GDP has experienced over the past few quarters is largely due to increased housing costs. Bringing in immigrants to solve our economy only works when there is an adequate supply of jobs and AFFORDABLE housing. New housing starts don't matter if they are speculative money-making luxury projects that the average Canadian, new or otherwise, cannot reasonably afford. Sadly, neither Trudeau or Poilievre are likely to pursue anything outside of the same neoliberal policies that have placed the country in the predicament it finds itself in. Tax breaks and subsidies to wealthy housing developers won't solve the problem that has been caused by greed.

[@eyeswideshut1989]

Said developers also have other corporations who now own entire neighborhoods... Sometimes up to half of their builds in each area. How TF is this NOT illegal?

[@beyakhad]

And recently the capital gains tax increased so even fewer people and businesses will want to invest here.

[@eyeswideshut1989]

@@beyakhad Many, other than ones who have learned all the loopholes and abuse all of us and the system. Those ones are taking over. We are f***ed. Last I checked the tax for cap. gains was like mid-50%... that the new one you speak of?

[@Kalibur91]

At 1:22 , why does Quebec look like that? Monteregie is not included! All the way up to Gaspé, and Anticosti Island!

[@Mrachnitedoktrini]

Ok, you obviously have never been to Canada. As of now, the majority of the large urban centre population has been replaced with fresh third world immigrants from India and Africa, holding low skill and wage jobs. With roughly 750,000 Indians and 250,000 Africans moving in every year under the current government, Canada is a very different place from what anyone watching this video can imagine.

[@Mrachnitedoktrini]

As of now the defacto second official language of Canada is Punjabi

[@sunrays1279]

Ya but they are not the reason why economy sucks. The Canadian economy sucks cause Canadians are lazy and never built an economy based on any manufacturing or service industry all Canada ever did was sell gas and leech off of immigrants in the real estate sector and ofcourse rely on USA for everything else like a parasite.

[@Gritt982]

This comment speaks the truth. I went to Toronto for a concert yesterday and didn't hear a word of English while outside. It's no longer the place that I grew up. Plus there's an overwhelming stench of sewage. The infrastructure can't hold up forever in this state of overuse. Look what happened to the water main in Calgary. Everything from our roads, sewage, healthcare, transit, homes etc are working in overdrive. We're doomed.

[@Brained05]

"...750,000 Indians and 250,000 Africans moving in every year..." Rather impressive when total immigration was less than half that.

[@Mrachnitedoktrini]

@@Brained05 Just check the government of Canada numbers. They are not hiding it. You have to count the foreign students (all Indian) and temporary workers (also all Indian). The official numbers are 1 million extra turbans per year.

[@jejudo3000]

No not my sweet Canada 😭

[@thedeathhunter]

yeah your sweet racist canada baby, going down the drain.

[@ngoctruongpaulnguyen6503]

​@@thedeathhunterracist? As compared to which country?

[@thedeathhunter]

@@ngoctruongpaulnguyen6503 no country even comes close to racism towards foreigners and tourists as compared to shitty ass canada

[@emptyhad2571]

@@thedeathhunterRacist? The real racism is back in my country of origin Sudan

[@TheBridge-ru5rz]

​@@emptyhad2571how so?

[@realfinleymars]

At this point, Alberta as the most successful Canadian province should either secede or join the USA. Survival of the fittest seems to be where we're heading in the 2030s.

Successful? It only has oil, it is a very specialized economy with little economic diversity. It will be hit hard in the future.

[@JohnnyPreston6699]

They have to give up “free” healthcare

[@hello855]

@@JohnnyPreston6699 If they have enough money to fund universal healthcare, they don't need to give it up. Alberta already subsidizes most of Canada. It would be one of the wealthiest places in the world per capita with its natural resources. They may end up with better healthcare.

[@geraldseivewright711]

become a territory of the USA

[@scotthenderson3519]

Yeah, Good luck in 10 to 20 years when renewable energy is more important than oil and gas which most of their economy is built around. Even places like Saudi Arabia and Dubai know that the oil and gas gravy train won't last much longer

[@FrankColiviras]

Regarding housing, as in all previous bubbles that burst, none this large, you will find that there is shadow inventory, held by investors that are much larger than people know. Condos are largely held by offshore investors, that inventory will be released once the profit motive is demolished, turnover of old to new Renos will be eliminated, freeing up a years worth of dormant inventory, people will downsize and younger generations will move back to the basement apartment etc. So, even if the long term forecast that there is housing shortage is correct, I agree, the short to medium term has no such shortage. It will be bloody.

[@Andrew-xw4zj]

Exactly, look at what is happening in China. I would bet the majority of the 'investors' in Canadian RE are Chinese using Canadian RE to launder dirty money out of China. With Chinese RE imploding and a lot of bad debt coming to the surface and margin calls being made many of these investors will be forced to liquidate to cover their debts back in China. This is going to cause a bloodbath in markets in Canada with recent runups like Toronto.

[@susanfernandes7748]

I do agree with that. There is internal migration happening where people in Toronto (for example) are moving to Kitchener because they can no longer afford Toronto prices or they don't like the congested nature of the city. People previously living in Kitchener are migrating outwards to less expensive locations, particularly those that are retired. This brings a problem to smaller communities because older people are generally a heavier burden on support systems. Rent in my building is controlled. I've been here 14 years. The suite configuration that I am in now costs $1,000 a month more than what I am paying. That increase is about 70% and that is over the course of less than 4 years. Since I have retired, rent is now 80% of my income.

[@ChrisEbyRealEstateAgent]

Your content is first class as a Canadian it’s refreshing to see this honest insight into to our country.

[@varchives-d3p]

CAD could Risk if Stretched at a breaking point into an all out Revolution, Anarchy.

[@oussamaalaoui9121]

Housing represents 25% of canad's economy they wont let the prices down since it will riun the country

[@OGwhale]

That alone is a problem. Housing doesn't produce anything.

[@CommoditySC]

I wish. It's over 40%.

[@cao6496]

😮 canada cant climb up again as its industry down a lot if housing down?

[@OGwhale]

@CommoditySC seems to be the only business everyone is doing here... it's pathetic

[@PaulK-el9zx]

Nasdaq has out performed canadas housing prices. Invest in technolgy that actually improves our lives. Housing is just a roof over your head.

[@mikepants3736]

How does the rest of Canada feel about Quebec separating? Canadians would vote them out if they had the chance.

[@Pagaie101]

Problem would have been solved if you would have stayed home and minded your own business back in 1995...

[@gabbar51ngh]

They should join France. Would love to see how US would like it with a French military base in Quebec.

[@answerman9933]

@@gabbar51ngh Why would the US care about a French military base in Quebec? France is no threat to the US in any form.

[@gabbar51ngh]

@@answerman9933 And yet they don't allow even their Allies to have a military base over American mainland ever, only vice versa. Shows US sets the rule and Europe follows. France has always been an outlier amidst that. They're also not part of the Anglo order. Highly doubt, US would like French military over North American region.

[@geminiblue6677]

I was think how easy it could be to let Quebec separate, but close off the TCH and withdraw the canadian military. Then come back 2 weeks later to take it over again

[@dineshmalla3651]

The issue is governance which has wrecked the economy of Canada with millions of immigrants coming to the country in an unplanned manner.

[@coolioso808]

How would you fix it? If you had the control. What would be your top policies to get Canada back on track, ensure everybody has their needs met and stay within planetary boundaries?

[@davequinn5735]

BS!! Immigrants only take jobs you will not lower your self to take. LOW paying jobs at MacDonald's, Tim Horton's, 7-11, Housekeeping at hotels, etc. BTW, EVERY person in Canada, you included, is either an immigrant or descended from on. Think about that. You sound like Republicans who claim "all immigrants are animals".

[@hello855]

@@coolioso808 The top priority is reducing immigration, which has exacerbated every problem we have. Limit student visas to legitimate universities and programs. Restrict the number of foreign workers employers can hire and tighten the rules on LMIA. Close loopholes in the PR points system and revert the number of PRs issued per year to pre-pandemic levels.

[@coolioso808]

@@hello855 Okay, but that's not addressing the cost of living crisis. NO it's not immigrants fault for over saturating the market to jack up prices: It's capitalists! Rich land owning developers and corporations that have private ownership over the means of survival and production to maximize profits. It's capitalism that is the crisis. Immigration is a symptom, just like the bad capitalist defending parties on the right like NeoLibs and Regressive Conservatives. The system is the sickness. There is no incremental tiny policy that can help and cutting taxes a little bit while gutting social services as Cons like to do will make things worse. Don't believe me? See UK and USA. They have deeply conservative policies and suffer greatly. Canada has neoLibs for 10 years and Conservatives for years before that. It's all a crap show. Can't vote our way out of this, but we can vote for anti-war, pro-worker parties based on policy to slow the slide down the drain and support a Real Green New Deal and build mutual aid to get people actually supported in our communities like the State and Corporate marriage will never do properly without massive people pressure.

[@theomnithinker]

13:24 Correction: Central Canada is actually just Ontario and Quebec (and sometimes Manitoba) even though geographically the center of Canada is more close to Alberta. Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC are typically called Western Canada.

[@missj.4760]

@AaronWatsonGeo 1:24 The map is incorrect. South shore of St-Laurent river (Gaspésie, Montérégie and Bas St-Laurent) should be in blue as they are part of Québec.

[@982-o4e]

how to reduce housing prices? build more houses, or, reduce immigration and the canadian government is doing the exact opposite, eliminating any potential chances

[@Brained05]

"build more houses" - How is the Canadian government discouraging the building of more homes?

[@hello855]

@@Brained05 Excessive regulations. We're building houses at the same rate as the 1970s, when immigration was a fraction of what it is now.

[@Brained05]

@@hello855 That's not the Canadian government. The big problem is at the city and regional level with poor zoning and bylaws.

[@kirkoconnell]

The Canadian Government, which has invested over 5 Billion into reducing housing over the last 2 years and is NOT in charge of Housing, that is a provincial responsibility, are the responsible parties for the decades long housing crisis, even though they have only been in power for less than 1 decade? ... I don't think you thought your argument through there brother.

[@beyakhad]

@@Brained05 enough to meet demand

[@manofsan]

Immigration - especially from 3rd world - can't provide near-term stimulus, since those immigrants aren't sufficiently skilled and productive. Furthermore, as you said, there isn't enough housing and related infrastructure to absorb them, only leading to more misery and distress. Canadian politicians have simply become addicted to immigrants and ethnic pandering, which nets them votes far more easily than the harder work of building roads, schools, sewers, hospitals, etc. Machine Politics is the new norm, which is short-circuiting the country's political system in a runaway vote-harvesting loop.

[@davequinn5735]

WRONG!! 1) Housing issues are caused by the demand for homes outstripping the supply, pushing up prices. The "Law of Supply and Demand". Look it up 2) Don't blame immigrants. Truth be told EVERYONE in this country is either an immigrant or descended from one. Think about that. Immigrants do NOT take the good paying jobs. The take the only ones they can get...the ones you won't lower your self to accept. Pandering? You are obviously a Conservative Party member. Care for me to supply you with data to PROVE Harper almost destroyed Canada? Just say so and I will provide it.

[@Brained05]

"since those immigrants aren't sufficiently skilled and productive" Do you have any clue how the Canadian immigration system works? Over 60% of immigrants are economic class. To qualify you need a university degree, fluency in either English or French, be in your twenties, have two or three years of Canadian work experience and a job offer.

[@manofsan]

@@Brained05 - then how come the economy isn't soaring, especially with the latest intensive importation drive? Proof is in the pudding.

[@Brained05]

@@manofsan "then how come the economy isn't soaring" - Because the baby boomers are still retiring. Without immigration the Canadian workforce would be shrinking at a rate of 150,000 - 200,000 workers per year. Immigrants are making up the difference and even expanding the workforce, but they are still just in their 20s. They won't reach their peak productivity for another 20 years. Without them Canada would be like Japan, suffering the double whammy of an ageing population and a shrinking workforce.

[@hello855]

@@manofsan I agree that the number of immigrants is far beyond our ability to absorb, leading to pressures on our infrastructure. The other guy is talking about our points-based process to obtain PR, and he isn't wrong. Even Trump was envious of our merit-based immigration system a few years ago and wanted to reform the broken US immigration system which is based on sponsorship. But the other missing contexts are: 1) most immigrants who are skilled workers back home (e.g., doctors, nurses, engineers) are not able to transfer their certifications and experiences to the Canadian job market, as employers do not accept them, so they end up taking low-skill service industry jobs; 2) the primary contributors to our latest wave of immigrants have been students and foreign workers. The lackluster control over student visas (and colleges trying to exploit them for profit) and rampant LMIA frauds by corporations led to out-of-control immigration numbers. Many of these people try to cheat our PR system, which awards more points to Canadian education and work experience. The origin of immigrants doesn't factor into whether or not they're sufficiently skilled and productive. It's open loopholes in our system that needs to be fixed and temporary visa programs that don't currently vet and control the people coming in.

[@0ptic0p22]

you mean india??

[@sicilianotoronto]

Hahaha exactly!

[@redman6790]

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[@ASH-ou4cg]

I always wonder why they have so offspring over there, just to ship them over here. The GTA is disgusting now.

[@MissMonkeyNinja]

@@ASH-ou4cgbrampton is 80% non white according to our last census

[@eyeswideshut1989]

@@ASH-ou4cg To take over

[@john_doe_not_found]

Lack of investment shows up in the hospital bed chart. 1970s, 6.5 beds per 1000 people. Today, 2.5 beds per 1000 people. The same lack of infrastructure spending shows up in the lack of housing. Lack of housing is amplified by the rise in the number of singles, seniors aging in place, BNB rentals, and corporations buying up large swaths of neighbourhoods. Then there are the cities that pack on so many zoning restrictions and assessments that it takes many years for a developer to get approved to build anything. It is very hard to build anything in Canada today.

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[@MrPolychinel]

Good video, but a major point was missed and it misrepresents Quebec’s position in the last section of the video. The Quebec independence/nationalist movement is not about gaining more leverage or blackmailing Canada, even though it is often falsely portrayed as such. I ask my canadians friends here to please read this with an open mind. The main arguments from Quebec sovereigntists are tied to the issues mentioned in the first half of the video and a fundamentally different vision of the country. Canada’s post-nationalist identity isn’t coherent with Quebec’s own identity and geopolitical interests, which aim to protect the French roots of its institutions and culture while also having a nation-to-nation stance on Indigenous relations. Quebec prioritizes integrating migrants and ensuring they learn French, rather than economic growth. This includes providing adequate welfare and housing support. While many Canadians might agree, they may not fully grasp the efforts needed to protect Quebec's cultural distinctiveness. Canada’s economic interests don’t align with Quebec’s, which is more diversified and innovation-focused. Quebec has significant AI, video game, visual effects, and aerospace industries, alongside its energy sector. Our energy policy prioritizes hydroelectricity and wind energy for strategic autonomy, unlike Canada’s oil export strategy. Thus, a major energy transition would benefit Quebec but not Canada. Finally, unlike the main point of the last part of the video suggests, most sovereigntists oppose equalization payments. Many economists have argued that by cutting redundancies between the federal and provincial governments, it would almost, if not completely, even out with the amount received from equalization payments. Independence would give Quebec more flexibility to invest its wealth efficiently based on its interests. Canada would be relieved of Quebec’s divergent interests, which can be frustrating mostly to western canadians. Breaking the federation could help both countries to address their current structural issues and pursue their own goals. I honestly do not understand why so many Canadians wouldn’t be open to it and why they see Quebec’s independence as a threat.

[@finnmcginn9931]

Quebec should leave, as should Alberta and Saskatchewan. I hold nothing against the Quebecois, it's Ontario I take issue with

[@stefanielozinski]

I’m an Anglo Canadian and I love Quebec and their culture. I honestly think that part of the reason so many anglos feel threatened is out of kind of a misplaced jealousy/frustration. We’re basically told we have no culture, no ethnicity, no people, etc, while Quebec is allowed to be Quebecois. But I don’t blame y’all for that. Je me souviens!

[@dtegg91]

As someone who was born in Canada in 1991, I can tell you that 33 years later the "post-modern" Canadian identity you mentioned around 3:25 has been going strong since before I was born and continues to go strong in 2024. From Millenials onward, very few people associate with the British past, especially in the big cities. It's harder to define that being "Dutch" or something like that, but that's also part of its definition. It's a hodge podge of identities and is more an identity of a set of ideals and principals (akin to the the US' "American" identity).

[@coolioso808]

Canada is built on being multi-cultural. From the many First Nations to the English and French who settled first from Europe, but then progressively years after that in came the other Europeans from central and eastern Europe, then China and Latin America, Africa and India. I grew up in Canada in the 1990s as well but while I had a part-Eastern European cultural background which led me to enjoy certain foods and a bit of the old country language, I was otherwise just part of a general Canadian upbringing with friends of different backgrounds, many of which I didn't know much about their background, just that they were nice friends. What more do you need, really? Culture is what you make of it in your community. But the problem has been global capitalism commodifying our lives and social relations so we haven't had time or energy to preserve what community culture we really care about. We are selling our labour to the capitalists and not keeping up with the cost of living. This is textbook late stage capitalism. It's a sick system and we are living through some of the worst parts of it. The solution is collective organization, education and agitation of the system while we build up a new, viable system to replace it. But who even knows about it? I do, because I've done the research. But many still don't know. Some are in the "Denial" phase of grief.

[@farinshore8900]

Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act ILLEGALLY!

[@pin65371]

You got some numbers wrong here. You said that it requires $50 a barrel to be profitable. We are down to less than $20 a barrel. The site I work at is under $20 a barrel for cost to produce.

[@ascendant95]

Do you work in the tar sands??

[@adamgallant105]

What are you talking about? Canadas population has surged in recent years.

[@rackmannn]

LOL Canada is losing the 2020s

[@Freezerburn137]

We've been losing since 2015, once the great Turdo came into power

[@JohnnyPreston6699]

@@Freezerburn137Losing since the last days of Stephen Harper

[@intho44]

This is the first time I stumble on your content and you’ve gained a new follower! I am from Québec but lived in Alberta for 7 years. That period of life really opened me up to a different way of seeing my country. A lot of the things you’ve explained in your video seem common knowledge for most English Canadians but complete news to French Canadians in Quebec. I wish Quebecois could see a french version of this!

[@babybunnie1840]

@Aaron Watson, what is HUGELY missing in all you independent journalist videos, is how these people are also using Canada as a BIRTH TOURISM country and where both parents do NOT have to be citizens but yet their children will get access to all resources being born in Canada. Richmond Hospital and other hospitals in Ontario/Quebec are having this issue as people are crossing the border. Why is there no stories on this issue and PP Conservative and nobody has brought up IF they plan to fix this issue!?!?

[@alexandru5369]

As bad as America's housing issue it in Canada it's a full blown crises. Also glad you brought up Geography Canada is even more spread out than the states if anything provinces there should have power like America's states do i.e. a federation it might solve the cultural divide

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

Canadian provinces already have more autonomy than American states.

[@ALuimes]

@@MikeFitzmaurice Tell that to Alberta 's gun owners.

[@johnsweeney2906]

#TrudeauForPrison Canada is now the worlds largest open air prison

[@ascendant95]

Always remember what the CBC taught you though. There are dragons and monsters just south of you. They shoot at each other every day and they're very racist and very hostile to Canadian politeness and charm. You're in an open air prison, but life just south of you is the Supermax prison where you get 10 minutes of fresh air a day in an 8x10 cage. Their beer is swill too. Canada eh!!!!

[@agodelianshock9422]

Our population isn't what we'd call dwindling. Too many people, not enough housing, services, usable land, jobs, and other infrastructure to support it all. On top of it, the immigrants who were supposed to supplement the growth never materialized. All that's happened is the most sought-after positions hire from abroad and local Canadians suffer while we bring in millions of low skill immigrants to compete for the bad jobs that are left. So we have a generation that has to compete even for McDonalds jobs with an hour long commute on clogged roads and never gets any training to move up, meanwhile it takes a lifetime to afford just the down-payment on housing.

[@jcdentonunatco]

that chart on private sector job growth is extremely alarming. Its showing that public sector is the only sector seeing growth. So the government is expanding at a time when the economy is shrinking. It should be the other way around. It looks like Alberta is doing something right. But canada at large is in huge trouble

[@JCNEOHK]

Let's be right on the point, Canada's greatest problem is that it is too dependant on US relations, without true independence, it is not possible for the government to truly serve the country's best interests

[@blackdreamhunk3413]

Canada just needs to fix the economy

[@cjgmz781]

And how should they do that? ( This comment might sound aggressive but I am genuinely curious)

[@Shiv-vb1re]

​@@cjgmz781They have to build new cities and houses

[@quackywhackityphillyb.3005]

Literally just reducing immigration. ​@@cjgmz781

[@blackdreamhunk3413]

@@cjgmz781 you asked me a question then deleted my comment?

[@youpedia4614]

​@cjgmz781 to fix it is just to invest in each businesses so that they will be able to produce more stuff and technology. Cause the problem boils down to gdp per capita

[@koshka02]

People aren't getting paid more, despite costs of everything increasing. People who have spent years on their education, why are they going to go work for what, $60-$70k CAD? Only for it to be immediately absorbed into rental and food costs? Can make 2-3 times as much in the US or in Europe. There feels like little incentive to stay and start a business. The other issue is, (and I don't know how this relates to my first point), is that we're importing people to this country who are willing to accept a lower quality of living standards. As a result, this has a trickle-down effect to everyone else and drives up rental and home prices. If 10-20 'International Students' (we all know which country that mainly is) all want to share a basement because they're willing to accept that, that's going to drive up rental prices massively. If 1 house on a street sells for $10k more than all the other houses on the street, then those other house prices are also going to increase. Also, our leaders, and everyone at the top of the hierarchy have ZERO, I repeat, ZERO incentive to change anything. Why? Because they've seen record growth. They're loving this. They love that food prices are high. They love that their multiple rental properties are more expensive than ever. We're all suckers for this situation.

[@blackdreamhunk3413]

Let's not forget the millions of phone scams that never happened when I was growing up.

[@blast_processing6577]

In BC the housing crisis was caused by BC United, then known as the BC Liberals, a provincial party. They removed nationality from BC land titles, they brought realtors with them to China in trade delegations, and they ignored Fintrac's warnings about the source of monies being used to prop up the real estate market. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the results of BC United's policy spilled out into the rest of Canada in this respect either.

[@veran6219]

There is a great rise in prices since 2020 (Covide) while salaries did not rise the same Over 3 million new migrants and students entered Canada since 2020 which is beyond the country capacity to absorb in terms of jobs, housing,... this makes life as a nightmare for Canadians and also new migrants Government knows all of that and they are still doing it - unbelievable

[@Ironknuckle100]

No it is "UNQESTIONABLE" leadership as the leadership refuses to answer any questions. Soon to change though.

[@qpdb840]

As a Canadian they abuse the Atlantic provinces because they don’t care, Newfoundland is one of the provinces with oil, minerals, and hundreds of good natural harbours, and a good geographical region and location that the us has multiple military bases, which are built on top of old graves that they dug up and moved and dumped in a pit, anyways the US uses Newfoundland better than the Canadians do, even though they do accidentally kill newfies when they see them as a threat because a lot of newfies hate Americans on OUR island. We are the closest point to Europe in North America but we have to go to Ottawa to then go to London or Paris

[@Billy97ify]

Newfoundland can leave Canada.

[@qpdb840]

@@Billy97ify exactly we want independence, if you are a mainlander, give us our independence again. We had it before it was stolen from us

[@Billy97ify]

@@qpdb840 I would vote for you to go. Quebec too.

[@qpdb840]

@@Billy97ify good, an independent Newfoundland is a good Newfoundland, is it because you are generous or that you want us gone, both answers are fine

[@Billy97ify]

@@qpdb840 I have no beef with Newfoundland. It is really poorly connected to Canada, if you want to go , go IMHO. I suppose you would have to have a navy.

[@technofeeliak]

From the beginning you forgot to mention the invasion of Canada by foreigners. What do you think is raising the cost of living in a short period? Maybe... tons of people moving to Canada who want housing, food, services? Maybe competing with these "new Canadians" is driving up the cost of living? Maybe?

[@MrBrndin]

Government spending is what causes inflation, spending that money on "newcomers" does fit with your point though.

[@ATW090]

we are already losing or free-falling. the question is how hard we will hit the ground or how hard are our faces will hit the ground

[@Rahim-x7e]

Hey Aaron! are you looking for a new video editor for your team? let me know, if you’re interested.

[@derblah9006]

Have to disagree with your implication that Canada has no real identity and is a just a loose northern copy of the United States. You clearly have not spent time with many Canadians. Canadians are super proud of their history, and have strong traditions (of course there are people, just like in the US, that shun this history, but definitely a minority). They might linguistically sound similar to Americans and be geographically close, but Canadians do NOT feel like Americans. I'm not going to speak on the other issues because I'm not an expert, but as far as immigration is concerned: people always seem to discuss this issue like Canada is facing some existential crisis; irl the percentage population of "white" Canadians is around 10-15% higher than the US, so they are much more homogenous demographically than you make it out to be. And not even to say that immigrants would contribute to a loosening of this identity. Both US and Canada are immigrant countries and have thus far done well to fold those populations into the dominant culture. Source: I worked for a Canadian company and had mostly Canadian colleagues.

[@cjgmz781]

I second this

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

I third this

[@npcimknot958]

Canada definetly has an identity.. and ther eis no better example than canadian youtubers vs america.. mutahar is canadian indian.. the way he talks.. how he thinks is pretty much quintessential canadian.. ( live and let live.. ) tries to wait for all sides .. listens.. isnt very political.. able to make fun of himself.. and his minority side.. he really is a good example of a canadian.. vs the america youtubers who are definetly more defensive.. opinionated.. tend to jump to conclusions.. more political.. more sensitive. ( ironically) Canadians were known to have a really odd sense of humour.. and you see that with ryan renolds, ryan gosling, etc.. it’s really subtle things.. but these things really are a result of living in canada.. same with kpop idols from canada.. people seem to really like the canadian ones because they are “ nice’ but they are kinda wierd at they same time.. again.. its a different humour.. And of all the people i think canadians in general in this period.. are not racist at all .. are there racist people of course.. but in general.. when you grow up around minorities etc.. you don’t’ even blink.. the extremist don’t’ represent canada.. In america first black xyz.. first gay xyz is a big deal.. in canada for most of us we shrug.. it’s “ ok.. are you good tho?”.. there like 1000 other black people.. asian, indian, white, etc.. why you? It’s hwy those tactics don’t’ really work.. and when Canadians do boycott they do tend to boycott.. our news is a good example.. you want dying media.. look no further than cbc.. lool 😂 .. no one watches that. And tis not immigration.. canada was usually good at vetting imigrants.. its migrants.. and people abusing the system to skip the line

[@npcimknot958]

Also the same with america.. America is 52 states.. and almost none are the same at all.. ther is no rea american identity as well.. florida is florida.. texas is texas.. la same thing.. there really isn’t a unifiying identity.. only that flag. At this point.

[@npcimknot958]

Also this.. yes is toronto brown town.? Yes.. but it doesn’t mean other parts of Ontario are.. it doesn’t paint the real picture.. jsut like is 10 % of the world lgbtq? No. The truth is the lgbtq is very very small.. and the extremist activist are even smaller.. which is why the lgbtq are wanting to cut out the tq.. extremist are loud… but htey’re the minority.. ( its why majority of antifa is from quebec.. not anywhere else in canda) Same with the whole Gaza israel stuff.. thats a small% when it comes down to it.. majority of peopel are too busy trying to survive vs protest on the streets.. it’s not a problem.. and if you actually walk around toronto.. you will see.. racism.. isn’t a thing.. crime.. isn’t really a thing.. it happens but its not as big of a problem.. Most violence and problem happen in those communities vs cross overs.. violence to whites will usually be white people.. black to black, brown to brown, etc etc etc.. there is litearlly church street.. gay pride.. you see 0 .. ZERO muslims protesting .. People sometimes really need to pull back form the fear pron news.. and rememebr.. the world isn’t as crazy as its being portrayed.. its just too bad the crazy and evil are in high positions. And all the problem white people think are caused by migration, etc.. its not affecting your areas.. its affecting indian area, etc.. you’re not in the situation you’re living in a tent in a home for 600$.. don’t act like this is actaully affecting you vs other people.. all I’m seeing is people becoming actually racist.. or showing their true selves.. Same with america.. american blacks DO NOT hate american whites.. like how news portrays.. again, most peopel don’t care.. we’re not in teh 1900s anymore.. most peopel doni’t care if you’re gay.. but we ALL CARE THAT THE economy is crumbling

[@hunainkhan1648]

Will you do America

[@AaronWatsonGeo]

Yes

[@Da-Thicccy]

@@AaronWatsonGeoAre they gonna win or lose?

[@Da-Thicccy]

@dincoox1725 idk it could be either of them

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

Diverse multicultural societies rarely work, I just know two countries that manage to pull this off, Singapore and Malaysia. I multi-racial and multi-cultural democracy are very disfunctional. Quebec should leave Canada, I think as soon they notice there french Canadian identity threaten they will do so.

[@answerman9933]

Belgium and Switzerland seems to work as well. Although, on the surface they may be more multilingual than multicultural.

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

@@answerman9933 yeah, but it hard, Canada is multilingual too, just like these examples you cited. Also these countries are becoming more diverse too.

[@BidouLaloge]

Québec tried twice. But Federal government cheated and use scheme on us to prevent Québec's project to freedom. I believe Québec should be free from English rule.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

You've just provided two examples where they do work, so they can work. What it takes is political and cultural will. Singapore and Malaysia make it work because they know they're screwed otherwise. As is Canada.

[@abhimanyunath2001]

U can't give Singapore and Malaysia as an example in western context of multiculturalism. In Singapore there are only one party, so no socalled liberal democracy like west and In Malaysia only people from malay ethnicity can be head of state or prime ministers and there are many more restrictions on non malay and non Muslims in Singapore. And different ethnicities people settled their hundreds of years ago not in 21st century. And most importantly u have to consider from which demography and ideology u are taking immigrants from. If they are tolerant and acceptable to all culture or they just try to enforce their own forcefully. If the form of multiculturalism continue then it will be one of the top 3 main reason for the fall of western society by middle of this century.

[@JustChillingNahhhhMean]

Just bought a semi detached house and to be honest… max price should have been 250k, not 500k.

[@UpstairsReserve]

What's happening to Canada is also happening in Australia. We too have an out-of-control housing market, 500,000+ immigrants a year in a country of 22 million and we also have millions of Indians scamming the student VISA system to jump the immigration queue, drop out and work minimum wage jobs. Our delivery people, restaurant workers and fast food workers are all Indians, and most live in cramped flophouses owned by other Indian landlords.

[@imperial_Drag999]

Canada should become part of usa It will boost growth and also build more cities Supply of real estate is very low they need more skycappers . Also ban immigrants for now , dont deport who is already in canada but should not let anyone enter after 2025 .

[@DavidMcCalister]

For the last 6 months I've been worried what Trudeau would do between now and October 2025... I just hope there is some serious justice... his family falling apart seemed really heavy.. but you can tell he doesn't care and has continued to try to destroy Canada, and by Canada I mean the poor and middle class and all those lovely immigrants we pretend to care about....

[@coolioso808]

When are you going to dig deeper beyond the surface level distraction of bad politicians? Newsflash: Bad politicians are everywhere! You think Canada only has them? See USA, see UK, see Australia, see Argentina, see Israel. Oh, it is bad just about everywhere. And there is a reason for that. The system is the sickness, and the system is a world run on monetary-market capitalism. Completely unsustainable, unjust and unhealthy by every measure. System change is the only solution, but that takes class solidarity and building a new system from the community-level up, networked with others doing the same, like OST, MAN or TZM organizations have been trying to do and continue to do, while most aren't even aware of the root problem. And worse, people are told about it, they just deny it or deflect.

[@eyeswideshut1989]

I don't care about any of the ones who came most recently.. 5 years max. F*** them all.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

First moronic fail comes seventeen seconds in. No, Canada's population is not dwindling. Take it down, rewrite it, and try again, OK? You're not even meeting KZbin's low standards.

[@qwertyytrewq973]

Reduce tax. Cut government spending and workers. Less bureaucracy. Freedom for businesses

[@afhack6589]

America can afford to have a Biden. Canada can't afford to have a Trudeau.

[@mirandapillsbury7885]

The main issue is lack of housing. If the Canadian government ramped up construction in big cities and encouraged new immigrants to go to smaller cities across Canada we'd be fine but they are dumping them all in super overpopulated cities and they are competing with us for housing and rent and all that stuff. I love the idea of increasing our population by any means necessary (so even if it just means having lots of immigration...I'm THAT open minded...but we NEED the housing crisis to be stabalized and we need to disperse our population across our vast lands instead of concentrating everyone in like 5 major cities.

[@ExposingKogwuSamson]

We don't have a problem with a low population, we have a problem of the liberal federal government sterilizing Indigenous Canadian women. If you think that migrants and immigrants can come to Canada and take over reservation and unceeded lands you are sadly mistaken. We don't need mass migration or immigration, we need secured borders. We will not allow Canada to be recolonized and we know very well that that is what Justin Trudeau is up too. We are going to vote Justin Trudeau out for betraying Canada and our treaties.

[@dougiep2769]

Free trade agreements arent an advantage..furthermore once all the businesses leave canada for good you will never get them back...and they are fleeing rapidly

[@darb4091]

What do you mean fleeing rapidly, NAFTA was signed in 1992.

[@dougiep2769]

@@darb4091 what I mean is exactly what I said. No such thing as free trade and to follow companies are picking up and moving from Canada because of it's insane policies that make it unaffordable to manufacture things in canada

[@dumdumbrown4225]

@aaronwatson - this is a solid video backed by your excellent research and great narrative. I just got back from a Canadian trip with my partner. We celebrated our anniversary in Niagara, spent a few days in downtown Toronto, a couple of days in Calgary and a fantastic outdoor weekend at a Banff camping site with an old friend. I do love Canada for what it is - Indigenous Canadians are a lovely people, Canadians from all ethnic communities were warm and welcoming to us ignorant tourists. What saddened me was the increasing homelessness, the flailing job market, the healthcare crisis and the economic implosion that around the corner that I witnessed. I could see the very same signs I saw in my homeland - Australia - that caused me to permanently move to the US …because I could. While it is endearing to see staunch Canadian (and Australian) patriotism denying the institutional corruption and oligarchic social set up in Canada, it does ring alarm bells for someone like me - I was also witness to a certain minority group holding the rest of Canada hostage - that was terrifying to watch …it’s like a country within a country. I’ve lived and worked in several countries including the UK, and am Indian-South African-Australian-American …perhaps that’s why it seems so obvious to me and is invisible to Canadians (and Australians… who are similar in many ways). I hope videos like yours will bring to light the economic sinkholes that await Canadians (and Aussies) if things don’t change.

[@Stigger1977]

I was a proud Canadian once....that Canada is gone. I now want Canada to be absorbed by the US so I can flee.

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

This guy needs to do his homework. BNN Bloomberg seems to disagree with much of the information he is putting forward. Much of this information is outdated. Yes, times are tough, but that is true of many countries. Our population is growing, thus the real estate problems, though it is caused more by flipping real estate instead of immigration. Intrerest rates are coming down, leading to more affordability for Canadians, our economy is not as dependent upon resources as before. It is largely a services based economy now, with banking and real estate leading the way. In addition, our government is stable, which is more than many other countries can say.

[@primeministernico944]

Not to be anoying but Canada is a federation not a confederation a common mistake that is made because political slogant when canada was created said confederacy of Canada but the system is a federation the federal has more power than the provinces

[@jayasuriyas2604]

said*

[@primeministernico944]

@@jayasuriyas2604 sorry I don't really speak english

[@bobcrane9945]

Yes it is the antithisis of a Republic. Our system is based on the British parliamentary system where the government is our "parent". On the other hand putting "the children" in charge doesn't necessarily work any better. Just look to the US.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

Not nearly enough, though. The 10 provinces trade more easily with the USA than they do with each other, and they attempt to handle healthcare in idiosyncratic ways that don't scale and naively assume that neither patients nor doctors nor medical students move from one province to another. The federal government can't really make provincial/local governments tell NIMBY homeowners to stop complaining at the thought of apartment buildings going up next to their houses. As such, the immigration needed to offset the baby boomer population bomb (since X-ers and millennials have sired fewer children) isn't being met with new housing construction. There's no means to whack Alberta about its collective head for not spending its oil/gas windfall on diversification and infrastructure so they don't have to regard the need to reduce pollution and carbon as an existential threat to their livelihoods.

[@primeministernico944]

@@MikeFitzmaurice officialy it is a federation with a federal system

[@CanadaMath]

In 2004 I wrote a somewhat famous article called 'Top 8 reasons not to immigrate to Canada'. In short, the Canadian authorities tried to destroy my life. They made it so that I could not be employable in Canada. So I moved to the U.S. in 2005 and then some years later I moved permanently to the Philippines. I am happy that so many years later videos like yours are saying essentially the same things that I did. I was ahead of my time. I will never go back to Canada. Not to live, not to visit, not even a connecting flight. Too cold, too expensive, taxes are astronomical, no culture, no freedom, no jobs, no opportunities, only modern slavery, worst healthcare system, unbearable political correctness, crime infested/drug infested, xenophobic people, too depressing. It has become a North Korea style dictatorship in the western world. There are many reasons why Canada has fallen apart. But the number one reason is ‘multiculturalism’. My friends, multiculturalism simply does not work. Different cultures do not come together and mix, different cultures come together and clash. The world is divided into different countries for a reason: because people hate each other and only want to be with their own kind. The number two reason for Canada’s demise is ‘socialism’. In this modern era of aging populations, it is mathematically impossible for socialism to continue. The government does not have the money to take care of old people and provide healthcare, pensions, welfare, unemployment benefits, disability benefits and the numerous other programs, even with the astronomical taxation that burdens hard working Canucks. Well Canada, you had a good run. Time for Canucks to move to an emerging country. We welcome you here in Southeast Asia. Multiculturalism destroys the fabric and identity of a country. Socialism bankrupts a country.

[@brodyalden]

Thanks Aaron. Interesting video!

[@gordonbehr1589]

whats with the big mic???

[@brightphoebesays]

Every Canadian citizen would fit into Tokyo? How so? The population of Canada is nearly 39 million, the population of Tokyo is 14 million...

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

The municipal government had to liberalize zoning law first and adopt the zoning law Tokyo adopts, before opening up the immigration system.

[@MikeFitzmaurice]

@@diegoyanesholtz212 - this. A thousand times this. Japan federalized housing development and told local governments and homeowners to **** off when they complained about new housing developments in their neighborhoods. It worked. It worked well.

[@MrAlen6e]

Absolutely, New Zealand has been a bit successful as well in this regard.

[@missj.4760]

@AaronWatsonGeo The Prairies (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) are not considered Western Provinces, not central provinces. Central provinces in Canada are Ontario and Québec.

[@anthonyriggio2612]

100% Facts on Ontario and Quebec being Central Canada hence why the Greater Toronto Area is referred to as the Center Of The Universe of Canada.

[@veritech1020]

I'm an Albertan, and we are absolutely in the west of the country. Where did you get the idea that we're not????

[@MarcHarder]

@@4spooky8u The Prairies are in no way considered 'central'

[@4spooky8u]

@@MarcHarder look at a map

[@MarcHarder]

@@4spooky8u by that logic, Utah is in the midwest

[@olivierlevasseur6777]

Hi. As a Quebecer, you mistakenly misleading people about the money the federal government give to Qc on immigration. Immigration is a constitutionally ¨shared skills¨. It's mean that the federal gives more autonomy to the province to deal with their own, provincial, policy. Also, the Federal still a say in the end... Canada is a very decentralized federation who his closer of a confederation but still a strong federation due, with other things, to our equalization system. Equalization is the Government of Canada's transfer program that addresses fiscal disparities between provinces. On that point, that's the kind of stuff the USA should have to answer poverty in some poorer states. A chain is as stronger as his weakest points...

[@ninjabackhand1337]

A Quebecois calling himself a "Quebecer"? I call BS. The fact you tried so hard to emulate in text how a good majority of the French speaking community speak when trying to talk "H'english" is also a too on the nose. GTFO of here you New Brunswicker. 😂

[@ascendant95]

When will you be seceding? We could use 2 haters north of our border with no chance of ever doing anything to inconvenience us. Just having one group of 28 million jealous haters is getting boring. Eh?

@@ascendant95 We aren't jealous of the Americans, we like to live on only one full time job instead of two, we also like not having major gangs in the streets and a Third World crime rate.

[@ascendant95]

LOL @ your CBC talking points. I live just fine on one full time job and there is very little crime to speak of in the suburb I live in. If you take a 15 minute drive south to the city there is crime for sure, but no more than you'll find in Toronto. Please give me some more gold. Tell me about how Canada is the greatest country in the world. I'm begging you. CBC mind control is a powerful drug! lol

[@ascendant95]

Be grateful that most Americans don't know what I know. 99% of them think you are a bunch of sweetie pies. I'm the 1% who knows how nasty you are and how much you hate us. You know who else definitely knows what I know? Orange Man Bad. NAFTA 2.0 showed that. :)

[@turbobmw6875]

Remember this is time we will never get back

[@dragonsandwarts5644]

He literally just said : 9:00 the small fringe who are holding unacceptable views. Is Canada not a free country ? Are you only allowed to hold the views of government ?

[@CFaring-j1u]

If you are Canadian, then you already know the answer