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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Maybe this is why Mission race participation is down?
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 22:17:53 -0500
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On 11/23/24 6:50 PM, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 11/23/2024 10:01 AM, -hh wrote:
>> On 11/23/24 9:42 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 11/21/2024 1:40 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2024-11-21 06:59, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 11/20/2024 1:31 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-11-20 06:42, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Canada is becoming unaffordable. And not just housing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I love how you never miss an opportunity to show how much of an 
>>>>>> asshole you are
>>>>>
>>>>> And if you did not like that one read the comments in this one:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbit8ZS1GsA&lc=UgwwN_4YDQ-o- 
>>>>> cgZlp14AaABAg.AB6BexuglUrAB6GX1T2U4t
>>>>
>>>> No thanks, asshole.
>>>>
>>>> Bottom feeders like you can always find muck to rake.
>>>
>>> LOL! in 2022 there was a spike in Canadians emigrating to the U.S. 
>>> From your own CBC!
>>>
>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-moving-to-the-us-hits-10- 
>>> year-high-1.7218479
>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/primary-care-canada-10-000- 
>>> canadians- report-1.7125990
>>>
>>> Americans moving to Canada, not so many. In 2023 10,640. Given the 
>>> difference in populations the per capita difference is something like 
>>> 70 Canadians moving to the U.S. for every U.S. move to Canada.
>>>
>>> https://canadaimmigrants.com/us-immigrants-to-canada/
>>
>> Because there's been greater economic opportunity in the US for 
>> decades.   Had a friend move to Toronto back in the 1990s, for example.
>>
>> Plus there's more depth than just the top line number.  For example, 
>> the second cite above indicates that born-in-CA emigrants was pretty 
>> steady at ~40K/year, with a CoVid dip down to 26K and 2022's rebound 
>> to 53K is probably just an rebound as it reverts to the mean.
>>
>>
>>> There may be a spike after our 2024 elections, you are welcome to them.
>>
>> If the ACA gets cancelled, Medicare privatized, & Social Security 
>> gutted as per P2025, who wouldn't be considering a move to Canada?
>>
>>
>>> Of course, both countries ARE attractive to migrants. The U.S. is so 
>>> attractive it became a major reason Trump is the next president. 
>>> Democrats way underestimated how we, including Latinos, feel about 
>>> the illegals. If we controlled immigration as well as Canada it would 
>>> not be such an issue here.
>>>
>>> People literally walk hundreds of miles to get to our southern 
>>> border. Not many walk across Canada's southern border.
>>
>> Except that Canada is increasingly concerned about the immigration 
>> currently coming from the US, and just tightened their policies to try 
>> to prevent a surge after 2024 making it an even bigger problem:
>>
>> <https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-letter- 
>> mayorkas-raises-concern-over-surge-illegal-immigration-northern>
>>
>>
>> -hh
>>
> Canada has a huge problem. The dependency ratio is increasing long term 
> (dependent pop/total pop) as citizen birth rates have dropped. Thus 
> encourage immigration form countries with higher birth rates. That has 
> caused another problem:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMBKMWsVRc

You've not looked at the USA's ratio, have you?

And FYI, the worst part is that we have a solution staring us in the 
face, but the incoming Administration has promised to reject it.

-hh