Canada's birth rate is going down. The solution = more immigrants
- Thread starter Shannon Beth
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If cost of living wasn't so fucking expensive maybe Canadians would have more kids.
How would we increase our own birth rate? Force people to mate like horses? Cloning?
Migration has always been a part of history.
Ironically it’s immigration that’s making housing so expensive. Canada recieves older and wealthier immigrants than those that typically walk in or brave a trip across the Med in a sketchy boat. There are positives, bring skills and capital, and negatives, don’t work that long before they start getting benefits and sometimes they don’t stay at all just park money in real estate (Vancouver and Toronto).
How about a national $10/day daycare plan so young families can afford to have children.
It is supply side issues that is making housing more expensive.
Immigration is one demand factor, but even with reduced immigration Canada's housing woes will continue, given the red tape and bureaucracy surrounding zoning, permitting, taxation and what not.
It's easy. Give generous tax breaks for having children, instead of generous social programs for having children.
People are not going to have kids for tax breaks.
Canadians not having kids is not just about affordability imo. A lot of people actually dont seem to want kids for various other reasons.
When I was growing up in Quebec it was very common to see Catholic Irish and French families have enough kids to ice a hockey team.
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If you're following Texas as an example, their low cost of living is a contributing factor in the rise of the multiple children families. If parents can afford it, they seem to have more kids.
For sure. People are asking for 12 months deposit these days.
My neighbours were new immigrants from Hong Kong, and they did not have a credit score. So they had to pay 12 months. Am not sure if it is illegal though.
Why will rent control kill new apartment construction? Rent control prevents yearly unreasonable increases.
On checking it does look illegal. But there are bidding wars now in downtown Toronto. For rentals lol.
