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[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Our democracy is very much under attack and we will end up like the states if we are not careful.

This is not your parent's conservative party any more. It's dead, long gone, It's not pinin' for the fjords, That party is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet it's maker! What we have now is a mini trumponian nightmare molded by lies and run by criminals that want to destroy Canada.

[-] teppa@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mass immigration to depress salaries for rich oligarchs and land holders seems to be destroying Canada far faster.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago

I don't see it that way. Most immigrants are hardworking, fantastic people, and frankly we need the extra hands. But when our government is privatizing and selling off all our assets to outside interests, we all lose.

[-] Nikophos@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Maybe I'm misreading, but I don't think @teppa is blaming immigrants. I think both things can be true: our politicians are taking advantage of hard working immigrants, exploiting them for cheap labour and increased housing demand/cost, which makes our GDP look better.

It's not the immigrants' fault - we need immigration badly, and benefit greatly in many ways. But not if we're taking advantage of people. We all deserve better.

[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

That persons every response on lemmy is pure anti immigration rhetoric. They’re not a real person. I think it’s Astro turfing or whatever

[-] Nikophos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

That's fair - I checked out a few more of their replies. If my generous interpretation was right, they do a poor job of making their point.

[-] Nikophos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

To clarify, I agree with the comment I replied to. Just wanted to add context for the people down voting. I know immigration is a difficult topic right now and we all just want to see people treated well.

[-] teppa@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its called capital shallowing. We need growth that can be absorbed organically, like what existed prior to the Liberals, but its being done desperately to hide falling GDP.

[-] thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Make workers unexploitable.

[-] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

It doesn't seem that way to me.

[-] teppa@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As an old home owner or what?

Food bank usage is way up, housing is crisis levels, youth unemployment is nearing 20%. At least the last time the youth had it this bad housing was still affordable.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/youth-unemployment-rate-1.7549979

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-monthly-food-bank-use-in-canada-soared-to-record-high-in-march-2024/

[-] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

They aren't the immigrants' fault.

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