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There are now quite a few news stories in Canada of immigrants leaving the country - some back home and others to the USA and other places. Many just get a Canadian passport and then leave. There are public health care and pensions, so it can be an asset and also a convenient travel document to have. A lot of Canadian university graduates have a very hard time finding work in their fields and a lot of them look to the US for a better future. Both immigration and unemployment in Canada are much higher that in the US - so more people are chasing fewer jobs that often pay less and are taxed more than in the USA. Opportunities are generally a lot fewer in Canada than the US, and the business environment is not as favourable, and taxes significantly higher. You would be getting some of the entrepreneurs from Canada moving to the US for more favourable conditions as well to launch a business and also now a lot more rich investor types, so-called high net worth individuals wanting to relocate, because they just raised the capital gains tax in Canada. Capital gains is also triggered on inheritance in Canada with a deemed sale of property and assets, so rich people would prefer the American system and want to be residents there for tax purposes and have their assets grow in value in the US compared to Canada. There are very large numbers of foreign students and other categories of immigrants which may have as their goal going to the US after getting a temporary visa to Canada which is easy to get - maybe something like half a million to a million people in those categories depending on the year, plus around another half million regular immigrants and refugees now. The Trudeau administration has increased immigration to record numbers. It has been steadily going up over the years for several decades since 1990. Because of family re-unification it can have a snowball effect and could significantly exceed 1 million per year. A lot of the sending countries have much larger populations than Canada, so there are a lot more that can be potentially sent to Canada in the future. About 1/4 of the population of Canada has been added in the past few decades. Add to that visitors and temporary visas - that is a lot of people potentially moving to the US. Before the 1990s Canadians visiting the US were not required to have a passport and a drivers' license or birth certificate was adequate. Now a passport is required. It is impossible to effectively control the long Canada-US border, so there could be some unified policies in that area agreed on between Canada and the USA on immigration and refugees. Canada currently has a very open immigration policy with the government actively seeking out more immigration beyond its current processing capacity and trying to take rejected immigrants from other countries. The Canadian government, especially in recent years under Trudeau is immigration hungry. It might be the only country in the world doing that. What some news reports are now saying is that some immigrants are actually leaving, since they find it so difficult in Canada and some are worse off than they were in the countries they came from, which were considered to be less developed than Canada. \nWashington currently has more immigration controls and administrative competencies than Ottawa, so US pressure and influence is a faster way to get reforms into the system than waiting for local politicians to do anything, which is unlikely. Canada is seen by some as a backdoor into the US. Biden's immigration policies could be seen as very conservative in Canada compared to Trudeau's. It used to be in the news about how refugees were trying to get to Canada and walking across the border in Quebec and out west from the US earlier, but now there are more news stories of immigrants leaving Canada trying to go the other way, probably due to high costs and unemployment because the government took in more people than it could absorb into the economy. They have the idea that immigration drives GDP growth so that they can borrow and spend more, expand the civil service, etc. without making any cutbacks or efficiencies, supposedly without the Debt to GDP ratio getting worse, just by bringing in more people as if that would drive the economy. A lot depends on who you bring in as well. Are they going to go on welfare, are they going to increase crime, will they somehow contribute to society, are they a net tax benefit or cost in terms of government services, will they invest money, will they start a business and create jobs for others ? Those issues do not factor into government decision making in Canada for the most part. Ontario Premier Doug Ford did say there were too many foreign students. It is bad planning not to consider those factors since there are other costs that grow with those policies as well, and infrastructure has to be expanded. I think that the real immigration numbers to Canada are not transparent or made public, nor are the costs involved, if anyone even knows what they are. Nor is the impact on crime. You can guess from what the reports are in other countries. The Fraser Institute has made some estimates on the net costs of immigration to the government budget a few years ago, which were very high and which by now have increased - the cost equivalent of several new aircraft carriers each year. They are big numbers which are not publicized, but it amounts to the fact that immigration is subsidized by the taxpayers in Canada and it is not paying for our pensions as an ageing society as has been claimed. There is less money for education, health care and pensions per person, and those social benefits will probably have to be reduced over time. Social programs can only be delivered to the extent that the government has money. The bigger social system a county has, the more such immigration policies are going to cost. Trudeau has been expanding various social programs as well, so higher taxes and debt are likely with that approach. Then more productive people and companies will want to leave Canada and go to the US. Probably the government does not know what the actual numbers and costs are and doesn't actively keep track of that information beyond what is required. Probably nobody knows what the true immigration figures and their associated costs are in Canada, and hardly anyone has even studied those issues. If they can just walk across the US border and get papers so easily making an asylum claim, it is not surprising, since it would take them longer to get a regular visa and work permit if they did it legally. You could call that a loophole in the US immigration system which is being exploited. The US is better governed in general and has a better system in many ways, but I am not sure if it is the same on that. People have arrived on boats and have not been sent back. At least in the US you have more open information about those issues. In Canada it is hard to find out anything about it. Deportations from Canada are very few. \nOn other issues in Canada when voting in federal elections you have to show a government issued photo ID like a drivers' license or passport to vote and bring a card that was mailed out to eligible voters that gets updated addresses when a person files their taxes. I have never heard of mail-in ballots in Canada, but there are remote areas of the country in the far north who may have special system for voting. It is easier to get a Canadian citizenship than US and many more citizenships are handed out in Canada each year in proportion to the population than in the US. Canadian might be one of the easiest citizenships to get in the world. The official line now is that it is a country of immigrants. Based on current trends, will very little opposition to it in the parliament and most MPs supporting it, future immigration to Canada could increase to several million per year because of the rapid growth of population in the world, and the momentum already growing of immigration to Canada, so it may change significantly in the future. Historically around the world you can see many examples that country names, borders, flags and languages change over time with population changes, so it might not be called Canada anymore in 50-100 years. For example, Bulgaria used to be called Thrace which had been a powerful kingdom in antiquity and had a different language which is barely known about anymore. Over the past 2,000 years it has gone through a number of changes and had various regimes governing it, has been independent and also part of several different empires. Canada has only been a country for a short time in comparison and has been been going through significant changes. Trudeau has said that Canada is a post-national country. Canada is also going through a period of critical self-examination and deconstruction-revisionism. A lot of what had been viewed as positive from its history now is seen more critically, with re-naming and removing historical figures now seen as negative.\nDiscussing immigration policy critically is considered by many to be taboo in Canada, unless a person is saying good things about it in general. You can hear people say that the government isn't processing enough people, for example, but not often that there are too many or that it costs a lot of money. The trend of migration from Canada to the US would only increase much more in the future as it is going currently, and its role as a stepping stone to migration to the US could increase. The way this would be seen by many in Canada is that they are losing valuable people to the USA whom they consider assets, since a lot of officials have been trying to bring in more people into the country, but not everyone wants to stay in Canada nowadays because of a lack of jobs and opportunities. Canada is quite laissez-faire about migration, with Toronto being a sanctuary city as well.

REMEBER PEOPLE ...... THINK .... THINK HARD BEFORE YOU VOTE, TAKE A GOOD LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VOTE FOR BIDEN / Harris , I HOPE YOU ENJOY WATCHING YOUR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO WASTE !!!! ??TRUMP ?? 2024 ??

Well we got two people that have caused this and wanted this and people will continue to vote for this so….?she had ONE job at the border and yet wants to run for president?‍♂️people will vote anyways cause they stupid

All about the vote

As long as New York votes Democrat, this is what happens to them.

People keep voting democrat then complain you get what you vote for. ?

???YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR ???

You can thanks the biden administration for this mess their tying to destroying our country! They didn’t secure the border they lie like they do best!!’ VOTE americans ! make america better! GOD BLESS!?

Flood major cities with illegals while forcing/incentivizing them to illegally vote in OUR elections to cheat on behalf of democrats who are a clear and present danger.

??? ya’ll voted for this LOL

This way Dstated Dems want doing .they import immigrant replace voters Usa & keep NYC blue stated. 4 years later 2028 election Dstated Dems unneed Usa voters. Immigrant voted them .look NYC doing .15k in Account & 5k cash .inwhile Usa People homeless nothing not enough buy food gas rent ? anything take shelter of you .wake up Usa

New York voted for it. They should be ecstatic to pay for it all.

You voted for this! Knock it off! If you haven’t figured out the left is responsible, you deserve EVERYTHING you get.

Idiots are still gonna vote blue...??

The trillions created out of thin air is what's paying for all of this. No matter who we vote for we would've ended up here.

Keep Voting the Democrat Party Freaks!

Sickening! \n\nWant more of this, elect Harris.\n\nHope it stops, vote Trump/Vance. But don't hold your breath. It's an industry.

VOTE RED PEOPLE

Kamala Harris administration... Y'all going to go vote for 4 long years of this

Look at all these democrat votes coming in

Voting has consequences.

Remember this when u vote

This administration trying to out do the black American to vote democrats again. What lack of respect for the population. That’s why Trump said fight for your rights and never give up as the assassination attempt. It’s all clear now… ??????

Keep voting democrat, we're almost there.

Part of the Democratic agenda by design - thousands of illegal migrants who will be registered to vote and will vote Democrat.

YUP!!! KEEP VOTING DUMOCRATS IN OFFICE BUT COMPAIN THAT YOUR CITYS GOING TO SHIT. WHAT A JOKE!!!!!

I said it like 6 months ago on one of your videos, this shit is going to get WAY worse and NYC Residents only have themselves to blame. VOTE better or get use to homeless people taking fat shits on your doorstep like they do in LA LOL... ENJOY NYC!!! You did this to yourself!

Don't worry our POS Prime Minister is responsible and the NDP is keeping him in power. Canada needs to vote for Pierre Poilievre and Americans need to vote for Trump

If y'all want this to stop, you better vote for Trump

Need a wall around NY state... yall voted for it, and stay there...

Welcome to New York! Way to go kamalamaladingdong! The border Czar is still at it, she's protecting all of us citizens of America isn't she? What a good job she's doing about controlling the border crisis, no problem at the border now she just ships them close to Canada and then down to New York. How you legal people of New York are putting up with this is beyond me, kiss your state goodbye with her in charge! Remember for change vote TRUMP!!!!

Good!! Have fun dealing with what you voted for new york. Maybe be smarter with your vote this year.

13,000. Instant Votes ?️ for the Marxists

Thank the mayor, the president, and everyone who voted for them! Enjoy, new york??

can we secede from NY? i would vote yes. put CA in there as well

I just voted today. Straight Republican. Vote out ALL Democrats.

Remember vote trump

This is stupid. You can come here with nothing to offer and we pay you 1400 a month and feed and house you. While chicago American citizens get turned away. I’m voting trump now.

How do Americans keep voting democrat? Please Lord Jesus come quickly.

Nothing is gonna change as long as that city is full of “vote blue no matter who” voters, enjoy your disaster.

If you vote for her other than Trump, poop your pants and change your shirt.

Vote trump

Why aren't NYC Residents Happy...they Voted for and will CONTINUE to VOTE for this..!

IF that Unqualified Political Hack Extraordinaire is Elected ( God Forbid ) you can look for this in virtually EVERY Town and Major City in America. And the Mind Boggling part; people will actually Vote for that Anti American Marxist. LOOK at the hideous Policies she would implement.

And they will still vote DEMONRATS

One more reason to vote out the Democrats

So vote democrat to keep boarders all open ?

Yeah f**k this Biden supporting city up!!! Should of voted red! ?

YES, and registering to vote with the 15+ million illegals voting TWICE.

Well keep them coming Vote Democrat, like Hello! NYC is becoming an absolute nightmare all because of Democrat open border policy!