uselesspoliticalhack on July 5, 2024 12:47 pm If only we could raise immigration even higher, that would solve our problems.
blondereckoning on July 5, 2024 12:50 pm The most concerning part is that it should’ve dropped due to all the full-time student/seasonal jobs. Yikes.
KermitsBusiness on July 5, 2024 12:58 pm Wonder how high it will get before the feds think it’s a problem.
Difficult-Yam-1347 on July 5, 2024 12:58 pm The Unemployment rate [was 4.8% in July of 2022.](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410028703&pickMembers%5B0%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=4.1&cubeTimeFrame.startMonth=07&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2022&referencePeriods=20220701%2C20220701) Two years later, and 2.2+ million people later, it is 6.4% Imagine a government hating its own people this much. [YoY public sector employees are up 4.3% Private? 0.8%? ](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240705/t002a-eng.htm)0.8% isn’t good[ when the government increases the population by 3.2%. ](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/population-growth-in-canada-hits-3-2-among-world-s-fastest-1.2013670)
Daveschultzhammer on July 5, 2024 1:02 pm So more people, less jobs, no housing. This is Trudeau and Freeland working hard for Canadians. Got it.
alex114323 on July 5, 2024 1:03 pm In Toronto it’s 8 percent. The real figure is probably much higher sadly. What an absolute disaster..
bomby0 on July 5, 2024 1:04 pm Is the “labour shortage” in the room with us right now, Mr. Prime Minister?
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If only we could raise immigration even higher, that would solve our problems.
The most concerning part is that it should’ve dropped due to all the full-time student/seasonal jobs. Yikes.
Wonder how high it will get before the feds think it’s a problem.
The Unemployment rate [was 4.8% in July of 2022.](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410028703&pickMembers%5B0%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=4.1&cubeTimeFrame.startMonth=07&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2022&referencePeriods=20220701%2C20220701) Two years later, and 2.2+ million people later, it is 6.4%
Imagine a government hating its own people this much.
[YoY public sector employees are up 4.3% Private? 0.8%? ](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240705/t002a-eng.htm)0.8% isn’t good[ when the government increases the population by 3.2%. ](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/population-growth-in-canada-hits-3-2-among-world-s-fastest-1.2013670)
So more people, less jobs, no housing. This is Trudeau and Freeland working hard for Canadians. Got it.
In Toronto it’s 8 percent. The real figure is probably much higher sadly. What an absolute disaster..
Is the “labour shortage” in the room with us right now, Mr. Prime Minister?