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Most have become a burden on the average Canadian tax payers. The 1 guy India was better but yet they come here lmfao
Most have become a burden on the average Canadian tax payers. The 1 guy India was better but yet they come here lmfao
Claims immigrants are a burden on taxpayers (economic argument) while dismissing one positive example, with implicit us-vs-them framing.
JC-gm1rr Sep 28, 2025
Who is paying for this free food? Someone is fitting the bill, is it the tax payers?!
Who is paying for this free food? Someone is fitting the bill, is it the tax payers?!
Questions who pays for services and frames it as a taxpayer burden, combining economic concern with information-seeking.
stsabados8979 Sep 26, 2025
Corporations wanted cheap labour but fkd themselves.
Corporations wanted cheap labour but fkd themselves.
Critiques corporate hiring of cheap immigrant labour as economically self-defeating.
Ohnoherego Sep 20, 2025
yeah, in 1950s - pop 18K now 750K - what is the unemp rate? what is the rate of new business starts? the gov needs to have policies to integrate them not pay taxes - …
yeah, in 1950s - pop 18K now 750K - what is the unemp rate? what is the rate of new business starts? the gov needs to have policies to integrate them not pay taxes - really u people need to teach ur people
Raises questions about unemployment rates and business creation in relation to population growth, critiquing government integration policy.
garydavidson6917 Sep 19, 2025
Simple fact, Canada is in a bad economic shape, and the frustration is being taken out on a race. Scapegoating is human nature. And hypocrisy of the older immigrants is at its finest.
Simple fact, Canada is in a bad economic shape, and the frustration is being taken out on a race. Scapegoating is human nature. And hypocrisy of the older immigrants is at its finest.
Frames immigration frustration as economic scapegoating, attributing blame to poor economic conditions rather than immigrants themselves, while noting identity-based hypocrisy.
hxrprxt Sep 19, 2025
I can't even pay my bills anymore and back in 2000 my job would have been considered middle/upper class.
I can't even pay my bills anymore and back in 2000 my job would have been considered middle/upper class.
Personal account of economic decline linking wage stagnation to broader economic concerns, implicitly related to immigration impact.
johnm140 Sep 14, 2025
The thing is, we need immigrants. But we need immigrants who are doctors, engineers, scientists.... not Tim Hortons employees
The thing is, we need immigrants. But we need immigrants who are doctors, engineers, scientists.... not Tim Hortons employees
Argues for selective immigration based on skill level and economic contribution, distinguishing high-value professionals from low-wage service workers.
DeeKate Sep 9, 2025
I HAVE 120 BUCKS A MONTH AFTER BILLS, NO COUNTING FOOD, LIVING OFF INSTANT NOODLES AND A 2 DOLLAR TOMATO, COUNTRY SUCKS
I HAVE 120 BUCKS A MONTH AFTER BILLS, NO COUNTING FOOD, LIVING OFF INSTANT NOODLES AND A 2 DOLLAR TOMATO, COUNTRY SUCKS
Personal account of severe financial hardship used to critique Canada's economic conditions and government performance.
jerryswallow Sep 8, 2025
Bring back 500$ Apartments and 500$ Beater cars and I'll make lots of babies for Canada. Can't pick up a girl in a tent and an expired bus pass.
Bring back 500$ Apartments and 500$ Beater cars and I'll make lots of babies for Canada. Can't pick up a girl in a tent and an expired bus pass.
Commenter links housing and car affordability to willingness to have children, using humor to critique economic conditions affecting family formation.
LanceTimothy-y7x Sep 3, 2025
To immigrants Canada is a free meal ticket with housing included. My wife works two jobs with myself working 60+ hours a week to barely make ends meet. It enrages me that our government allows …
To immigrants Canada is a free meal ticket with housing included. My wife works two jobs with myself working 60+ hours a week to barely make ends meet. It enrages me that our government allows it. I could go on and on but just putting my two cents worth out there!
Combines personal hardship narrative with economic grievance about government immigration policy allowing immigrants to access benefits while the commenter struggles financially.
petehegger6320 Aug 30, 2025
Just look around he’s immigrant taking the jobs. The homes, the apartments, the money while we suffer, paying for all this.
Just look around he’s immigrant taking the jobs. The homes, the apartments, the money while we suffer, paying for all this.
Attributes job loss, housing scarcity, and financial hardship directly to immigrant competition, presenting immigration as zero-sum economic threat.
itsmemike60j54 Aug 28, 2025
Here's the root of most of the problems, its gov. policy, you take in a million new people a year, give them everything and your dollar ends up losing value, so even though your working …
Here's the root of most of the problems, its gov. policy, you take in a million new people a year, give them everything and your dollar ends up losing value, so even though your working hard, you cannot get ahead in this country. So you end up going into a debt that you can't pay off and the problems increase. Taxes go up value of the dollar keeps going down, so in the end its a no win situation for most of the general population and its the same when you retire, you get an income that's not enough even to pay for rent in the city you were brought up in. This is a very serious problem and gov. does not seem to do anything about it, food banks are overwhelmed along with medical staff, food prices and rents have gone out of sight as far as prices are concerned. We have a national debt that never gets paid and a gov. that spends more money than it takes in in taxes. And a dollar thats going to H in a handbasket. Too much crime, too much violence, too many traffic jams and too much drug use. I have written to this liberal gov. and told them how to fix these problems but they don't listen, their agenda is with the WEF, you will have nothing and you will be happy, right, no. Canada is now a bankrupt country and going to a third world status, I guess you get what you vote for and I did not vote for this gov. to ruin the country. Hey note that this is just the start, its going to get a whole lot worse down the road as we all suffer another great depression, then things really get bad.
Extensively critiques economic impacts of immigration policy (inflation, debt, wages, housing, taxes) and government fiscal mismanagement.
bruce5895 Aug 28, 2025
But CANADA CHARGES US 25%
But CANADA CHARGES US 25%
References Canada's tariff rate as an economic counterpoint to the discussion.
@RICHARDCRUDE Mar 4, 2025
THANK ALL OF THE TRUDEAU AND CARNEY VOTERS. YOU CAUSED THIS AND THINGS WILL GET WORSE. OUR HIGH TAXES GO TO THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND NEW COMERS THAT ARE RECEIVING ALL THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. WE …
THANK ALL OF THE TRUDEAU AND CARNEY VOTERS. YOU CAUSED THIS AND THINGS WILL GET WORSE. OUR HIGH TAXES GO TO THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND NEW COMERS THAT ARE RECEIVING ALL THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BU THE DAY AND OUR TAXES WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP. WHAT DO WE DO? LEAVE CANADA AND STOP PAYING THESE TAXES TO SUPPORT THIS?????
Focuses on tax burden, government spending on immigrants, and economic consequences, framed as unsustainable fiscal policy.
HonestReviewer-k4q Aug 27, 2025
Too many immigrants, too fast! Minorities have a better chance at getting jobs than majority now. W T H?
Too many immigrants, too fast! Minorities have a better chance at getting jobs than majority now. W T H?
Expresses concern about job competition and employment discrimination based on immigration pace and minority hiring.
hdhdeted Aug 26, 2025
8:26 🙄we cant afford babies if we are forced to pay for their brady bunch THATS OUR MONEY THATS OUR TAXES PAYING INVADERS TO GER PREGNANT FOR A LIVING 🤔 WE PAID FOR RGEM TO …
8:26 🙄we cant afford babies if we are forced to pay for their brady bunch THATS OUR MONEY THATS OUR TAXES PAYING INVADERS TO GER PREGNANT FOR A LIVING 🤔 WE PAID FOR RGEM TO BACKSTAB US 🧐 ASIAN 10:33 ONLY PAY ASIANS TO PUSH US OUT OF MY HOOD AND NY COUNTRY😢😢😢
Focuses on tax burden and welfare costs for immigrants, framed as economic exploitation and demographic replacement threat.
MemeYouyou-dz4yk Aug 27, 2025
And let me give you just an instance a Chevrolet Tahoe in the states is under 60 grand in Canada and looking at 80 grand 100 grand give or take
And let me give you just an instance a Chevrolet Tahoe in the states is under 60 grand in Canada and looking at 80 grand 100 grand give or take
Provides specific price comparison example (vehicle costs) between Canada and US to illustrate economic disparity argument.
Lakeboii70 Aug 26, 2025
Canadian businesses wanting cheap subsidized foreign labour caused all of this
Canadian businesses wanting cheap subsidized foreign labour caused all of this
Attributes immigration policy to business interests seeking cheap labor, framing it as an economic driver rather than humanitarian or political choice.
videomofo Aug 10, 2025
The population going down INCREASES wages Its why you all have higher wages despite being the same gdp as Mexico
The population going down INCREASES wages Its why you all have higher wages despite being the same gdp as Mexico
Argues that lower population growth increases wages and explains Canada's wage advantage over Mexico through labor supply economics.
HackersSun Aug 25, 2025
People don't have kids because they can't afford it. Make life affordable and Canadians will have more kids. That's the best solution.
People don't have kids because they can't afford it. Make life affordable and Canadians will have more kids. That's the best solution.
Argues that affordability is the root cause of low birth rates and proposes economic solutions as policy remedy.
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