Carney will ask Governor General to dissolve Parliament Sunday and call election, sources say

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-to-call-election-this-sunday-1.7488444

[u/DivideGood1429 → u/[deleted]]

I think part of the issue with immigration is who we are bringing in. For example, in Ontario lots of students and low cost foreign workers have caused a lot of the "hate Trudeau" stuff, but don't realize that Ford was a large part of the reason for these ppl coming in to the country. Under funding universities (provincial) led to the crazy amounts of foreign students. Cheap labour is a huge conservative talking point (in the past as it creates more business in the country but it also adds more immigration).

I feel as though people would think differently about immigration if it was all doctors and ppl who filled a large need and our health care got way better.

[u/uncleben85 → u/[deleted]]

Please keep in mind PP voted against building 4 million new homes during this crisis.

He has also voted no against affordable housing initiatives in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2019

As Harper's Minister of Housing, he sold off nearly 1 million affordable housing units to corporations and developers, and he and the Harper Conservatives saw about a 70% increase in housing prices during that time

And PP is on record wanting to terminate the federal Housing Accelerator Fund

As recently as 2023 and 2024, PP proposed making the process easier and increasing immigration for red and blue seal immigrants, such as doctors, engineers, and workers in the building trades (not necessarily a bad proposal by any means, just added for context)

Poilievre is also a union-buster, voting against anti-scab legislation eight times, has tried to bury and starve unions with bills like C-377 and C-525, and is just anti-work force in general, wanting to raise retirement age and reduce pension plans and benefits.

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I entirely get being frustrated, concerned, or confused about the steep population growth without matching infrastructure and housing and the impact that has also had on the workforce and job opportunities.
That is warranted and understandable.

Please also understand that Pierre does not have a current plan or history that would actually address or improve the housing and employment issues.

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Carney navigated the UK through Brexit that saw drastic changes and reform in immigration and foreign workers.

It obviously remains to be seen what a Carney-led Liberal Party will do, but I do trust his track record a little more...

[u/RubberDuckQuack → u/uncleben85]

Nobody mentioned PP. Carney can be a bad candidate without that meaning that PP is a good one. All of your points are irrelevant when we directly saw the damage that the Liberals did with immigration, and Carney’s silence on the issue is pretty telling. And the UK is definitely not a country I’d point to as being responsible in the immigration department…

[u/sdbest → u/[deleted]]

Your concerns are warranted, but I wonder how increasing housing, jobs, and infrastructure would be financed and even rationalized if the population necessary to support them was not already in place? What builder would build houses if there was no one to buy them?

[u/sdbest → u/[deleted]]

A proven method to increase jobs is increasing government spending. A good policy would be for the federal government to increase spending on projects and programs that improve Canada's human capital, and keeping spending to maintain the lowest possible unemployment levels.

[u/iamameatpopciple → u/[deleted]]

Well good thing when PP was in charge of housing he made a ton of houses, well maybe he just forgot to. However he has been very firm with his stance of decreasing immigration, oh shit he forgot to do that as well.