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Economic Argument

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Trump destroyed our economy in the first term it was a disaster
Trump destroyed our economy in the first term it was a disaster
Critiques Trump's first-term economic policies, specifically claiming negative economic impact.
@immortalblue7315 Mar 4, 2025
Electricity, oil, steel, lumber, water, and potash, are just a sample of what Canada supplies to America. Good luck! You are going to need it.
Electricity, oil, steel, lumber, water, and potash, are just a sample of what Canada supplies to America. Good luck! You are going to need it.
Discusses Canada's economic leverage through resource exports and implications for US-Canada trade relations.
@lisamarie8265 Mar 4, 2025
What's even worse is the people that work here their whole life and barely got enough to retire now can't retire or are starving because there's no more services for those people who built this …
What's even worse is the people that work here their whole life and barely got enough to retire now can't retire or are starving because there's no more services for those people who built this damn country and these new people don't give a s*** about it they're destroying everything I mean how many videos do you got to see if I'm dumping garbage and using our beaches as washrooms
Focuses on economic hardship for long-term residents unable to retire and loss of services, framed as caused by immigration and cultural degradation.
EricjSchuh Feb 17, 2026
Immigration has had such a negative impact on so many aspects of Canadian’s Day to day life. As mentioned, Housing, Employment and Healthcare, as well as reducing wages. Mr. Kenny was absolutely right about the …
Immigration has had such a negative impact on so many aspects of Canadian’s Day to day life. As mentioned, Housing, Employment and Healthcare, as well as reducing wages. Mr. Kenny was absolutely right about the Self important elites who want cheap labourers and who are not impacted in the same was as all Canadians
Focuses on economic impacts (housing, employment, healthcare, wages) while critiquing policy decisions and elite interests.
Northern_Frost Feb 17, 2026
Employers are mad because they are underpaying the immigrants. That’s why they hire them over Canadians. Look at Tim Hortons
Employers are mad because they are underpaying the immigrants. That’s why they hire them over Canadians. Look at Tim Hortons
Argues that employers hire immigrants because they accept lower wages, using Tim Hortons as a specific example of labor market dynamics.
darkliightXxX Feb 14, 2026
Yeah...support the company's and extend the EI benefits. Who's going to pay for that?! Increase our taxes?? I'm already paying over 40%! Idiots.
Yeah...support the company's and extend the EI benefits. Who's going to pay for that?! Increase our taxes?? I'm already paying over 40%! Idiots.
Commenter raises concerns about tax burden and government spending on EI benefits, framing immigration policy through economic impact.
@candykisslolol Mar 4, 2025
Unfortunately, Canada is changing for the worse. Many people are unemployed. Migrants work for money that is below the subsistence level. Prices are rising. And wages are stagnant. Only migrants from third countries remain here. …
Unfortunately, Canada is changing for the worse. Many people are unemployed. Migrants work for money that is below the subsistence level. Prices are rising. And wages are stagnant. Only migrants from third countries remain here. Others return. Even young Canadians are leaving Canada for a better life.
Focuses on unemployment, wage stagnation, rising prices, and economic decline while expressing concern about demographic and economic changes.
vitalszemjon9503 Feb 14, 2026
Economic forecasters are already saying the US is headed for a deep recession. After just 6 weeks on the job.. SMH.
Economic forecasters are already saying the US is headed for a deep recession. After just 6 weeks on the job.. SMH.
Cites economic forecasters' predictions of recession as consequence of Trump's policies.
@harryhondo1013 Mar 4, 2025
Canada just needs to fix the trade deficit with the United States. If Trudeau does, the U.S. tariffs would not happen. Canada has turned a deaf ear when the U.S. requested a fair trading partner …
Canada just needs to fix the trade deficit with the United States. If Trudeau does, the U.S. tariffs would not happen. Canada has turned a deaf ear when the U.S. requested a fair trading partner and less deficits in the past decades. Trump was obligated to put a tariff on Canadian goods entering the U.S. since Canada did not resolve the problem.
Analysis of trade deficits and tariffs framed as justification for U.S. policy, focusing on economic imbalance between nations.
@noraarico1313 Mar 4, 2025
Google, YouTube, Microsoft, Adobe, and IBM are all led by Indian-born CEOs. If white North Americans have such a problem with Indian immigrants, why are they still using Google and YouTube every single day?
Google, YouTube, Microsoft, Adobe, and IBM are all led by Indian-born CEOs. If white North Americans have such a problem with Indian immigrants, why are they still using Google and YouTube every single day?
Highlights economic contributions of Indian immigrants to major tech companies, countering anti-immigrant sentiment.
미이하-v6y Feb 6, 2026
Remember tariffs don’t raise prices, the greedy corrupt corporations do this. If they would absorb them which they are financially able to but choose not to, it would be fine and no scary sensationalism
Remember tariffs don’t raise prices, the greedy corrupt corporations do this. If they would absorb them which they are financially able to but choose not to, it would be fine and no scary sensationalism
Discussion of tariff economics and corporate profit margins, arguing corporations bear responsibility for price increases.
@Ssjgnolan Mar 4, 2025
Why impose tariffs? Canadians don't buy American goods anymore. That's way more effective than imposing tariffs.
Why impose tariffs? Canadians don't buy American goods anymore. That's way more effective than imposing tariffs.
Discusses trade strategy and consumer purchasing behavior as an alternative to tariffs, framed as economic reasoning.
@nurzumkommentieren5762 Mar 4, 2025
The Auto Industry stands to lose on both sides of the border …. And it’s not Tesla
The Auto Industry stands to lose on both sides of the border …. And it’s not Tesla
Comment discusses economic impact on the auto industry across borders, focusing on business and sectoral consequences.
@OBoy-m1v Mar 4, 2025
As long as south asian earning in dollers, they good to live there
As long as south asian earning in dollers, they good to live there
Frames immigration acceptability based on economic criteria (earning in dollars), making an economic argument about who 'deserves' to live in Canada.
kuldeepvirk4591 Mar 1, 2026
If Canadians want to pay higher taxes, go ahead and let more immigrants in.
If Canadians want to pay higher taxes, go ahead and let more immigrants in.
Links immigration policy to tax burden, framing it as an economic trade-off.
Thedon-x9i Feb 11, 2026
These capitalists just don't wanna pay fair wages to Canadians. It's just a money making scheme for these companies. Also, you're telling me that truck tire company had to go across the Atlantic, to another …
These capitalists just don't wanna pay fair wages to Canadians. It's just a money making scheme for these companies. Also, you're telling me that truck tire company had to go across the Atlantic, to another continent to find workers? LMAO!
Critiques immigration as a corporate cost-cutting scheme that undermines fair wages for Canadian workers.
KR-xf3cg Feb 12, 2026
It only makes benefit for capitalists to bring down the hiring costs
It only makes benefit for capitalists to bring down the hiring costs
Comment critiques immigration as economically beneficial only to capitalists through wage suppression, a class-based economic argument.
kakeru123 Feb 11, 2026
NO PAIN, NO GAIN, BABY. WE CAN MAKE OUR PRODUCTS, Thank you. Time for other countries to stop taking advantage of us. ??
NO PAIN, NO GAIN, BABY. WE CAN MAKE OUR PRODUCTS, Thank you. Time for other countries to stop taking advantage of us. ??
Comment advocates for domestic manufacturing and criticizes other countries for taking economic advantage, framing this as an economic/trade issue.
@documentaryartist Mar 4, 2025
That’s the harsh reality. During Trudeau’s time, Canada saw a significant influx of newcomers, which put pressure on housing, the labour market, and healthcare. It’s normal for a country to tighten immigration for a few …
That’s the harsh reality. During Trudeau’s time, Canada saw a significant influx of newcomers, which put pressure on housing, the labour market, and healthcare. It’s normal for a country to tighten immigration for a few years; lower quotas naturally mean higher requirements. Coming on a study permit or a work permit doesn’t guarantee permanent residency. Once a temporary status expires, and if there’s no other legal pathway to stay, the person must leave Canada.
Discusses immigration's impact on housing, labour market, and healthcare; frames policy tightening as rational response to resource pressure.
firewatermoonsun Feb 11, 2026
Business owners are unhappy and mad because no more cheap labour and grants from the government. There is no shortage of labour in Canada unemployment rate is close to 7% young Canadians can’t find a …
Business owners are unhappy and mad because no more cheap labour and grants from the government. There is no shortage of labour in Canada unemployment rate is close to 7% young Canadians can’t find a job all positions are filled by imported cheap labour workers
Focuses on labor market impacts, cheap labor undercutting wages, and unemployment rates among Canadian youth as economic consequences of immigration policy.
Mistermister-g8g Feb 11, 2026
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