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MapleEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I live in Canada, 15 km from the US border. When shit kicks off down there millions of them could come north expecting that Canada will welcome them with open arms. We will be unable to feed or house them. Many will die of exposure in the first winter. They should go south and hope that Mexico will take them in.

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SleezyDizasta@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s actually the other way around. Things are getting so bad in Canada that emigration to the US is at a 10 year high

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- MapleEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’m not sure if you completely missed my point or if hating Canada is so big a part of your identity now that you just can’t miss any opportunity to spread that Rusian and Chinese anti-Canadian propaganda.
  
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  - SleezyDizasta@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “everything I don’t like is propaganda” - Typical Lemmy user
    
    No, what I said is true. You’re Canadian, how do you not know this?
    
    Source: CBC
    
    Tens of thousands of Canadians are emigrating from Canada to the United States and the number of people packing up and moving south has hit a level not seen in 10 years or more, according to data compiled by CBC News.
    
    There’s nothing new about Canadians moving south of the 49th parallel for love, work or warmer weather, but the latest figures from the American Community Survey (ACS) suggest it’s now happening at a much higher rate than the historical average.
    
    cbc.ca/…/canadians-moving-to-the-us-hits-10-year-…
    
    Actual reasons cited in the article: Lower taxes, higher wages, affordable housing, dislike of Trudeau’s politics, cheaper groceries, increasing crime rates, increasingly disappointing healthcare system, and warm weather
    
    Whether you agree or disagree with these reasons is irrelevant. The point is that trend is there and it’s accelerating. So to your tongue in cheek point about Americans mass migrating north, that likely won’t happen because the opposite trend is occurring as we speak.
    
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    MapleEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Nice straw man. Typical propagandist.
    
    Cost of Living in United States is 8.6% higher than in Canada (without rent)
    
    Cost of Living Including Rent in United States is 14.1% higher than in Canada
    
    Rent Prices in United States are 26.0% higher than in Canada
    
    Restaurant Prices in United States are 8.7% higher than in Canada
    
    Groceries Prices in United States are 5.2% higher than in Canada
    
    But by all means, go on spreading your propaganda.
    
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tooclose104@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As someone living around the Timmins area, we’ve imported some hot climate individuals and still have room, send them up! The Northlander should be running by then /fingers crossed/

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