It's interesting because I just moved to a major city in Canada, and if we didn't have immigrants it would grind to a halt. From the guy who installed my cable (Philippines) to the woman who cut my hair (Iraq) and the guy who delivered the couch (Pakistan), we would be screwed without them. All my Canadian nephews want to design games. No manual labour. Period.
Newsflash: The bigger your population the more workers you need. More immigration -> more workers required -> more immigration. There are many countries in the world with below replacement birth rates that aren't collapsing like neoliberals say they should.
I see your point, however, part of the problem is that nobody under 40 years old seems to want to fill the jobs that require physical labor. We have a shortage in virtually all trades. Even if our population was declining, we'd still need people who are willing to do those jobs. Also, our drug addict/homeless problem is getting worse (watch the documentary "Vancouver is Dying". Those aren't immigrants shooting up and stealing all of our shit to buy drugs.
It's interesting because I just moved to a major city in Canada, and if we didn't have immigrants it would grind to a halt. From the guy who installed my cable (Philippines) to the woman who cut my hair (Iraq) and the guy who delivered the couch (Pakistan), we would be screwed without them. All my Canadian nephews want to design games. No manual labour. Period.
Newsflash: The bigger your population the more workers you need. More immigration -> more workers required -> more immigration. There are many countries in the world with below replacement birth rates that aren't collapsing like neoliberals say they should.
I see your point, however, part of the problem is that nobody under 40 years old seems to want to fill the jobs that require physical labor. We have a shortage in virtually all trades. Even if our population was declining, we'd still need people who are willing to do those jobs. Also, our drug addict/homeless problem is getting worse (watch the documentary "Vancouver is Dying". Those aren't immigrants shooting up and stealing all of our shit to buy drugs.