Canadians Are Taking a Big Step Back From the U.s. Here's the Data to Prove It
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This wasn't an idle announcement from the likes of North Korea; Canadians have seen Americans as family for generations. That is why the betrayal cuts so deep.
all in all it was big business and seling natural resources to the us that were/are the bulk of trade, but there was always a clear indication that the us got preferential treatment, and so the idea that getting srewed was a big favor to Canada is , well....one supplier just told me about how I can get any kind of metal shipped to me, from the new (very new) cut to length line in montreal or the new (very new) aluminum extrusion plant in montreal, and how there 500000ft² wharehouse is small so they cant stock everything, but can get it overnight, because the build out of the trans Canada hyway twinning project is almost done, cutting many hours of or trucking times, and how I am getting more business enquires on my web site and people looking to work for me, and the huge number of new imigrants, that has prompted the government to remove the tolls from bridges and hyways so that traffic can flow without huge backups.Cranes, everywhere cranes, malls busy, downtows busy, people from places nobody ever heard of and all the ones we have ,our imigration services proving to be good at vetting for gung ho get at it types, and the courts keeping the shit birds, domestic and import from getting too far out of line. watching the appalling things bieng done elsewhere
you have no idea.
“Canada's cost of living crisis, housing affordability issues and overall economic uncertainty continue to push some residents to consider a new life abroad.”
This crisis is causing people to spend and travel less.
BTW, your "source" is an AI generated article by a local blog. It's not news.
Actually, it is AI generated + Human edited (with links to StatsCan for the numbers), and is very interesting "news-to-me" wrt the breakdowns by province.
Anyways, the person I responded to used a quote from the article to support their point, but that quote isn't sourced, because, well, it's clearly opinion masquerading as fact. And since there's no author, no-one has to answer for it, or support their assertion with logic, facts and reasoning.
Be careful what you wish for.
[0] https://www.narcity.com/moving-provinces-canada-ontario-albe... https://www.narcity.com/canadian-emigration-people-leaving-c... https://www.narcity.com/canadians-leaving-canada-emigration-... https://www.narcity.com/canada-immigration-emigration-2024
There are more, but I think you get the idea.
Added: The entire premise... that there is a sudden wave of inter-provincial migration is nonsense. As is the claim that there is a wave of emigration.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2022017...
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=171000...