{"id":1131,"date":"2017-12-27T07:31:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T07:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2017-12-27T07:31:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T07:31:29","slug":"instead-of-massive-immigration-increases-we-should-make-it-easier-for-canadian-citizens-to-afford-larger-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1131","title":{"rendered":"INSTEAD OF MASSIVE IMMIGRATION INCREASES, WE SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS TO AFFORD LARGER FAMILIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"gmail-masthead\" class=\"gmail-site-header\">\n<div class=\"gmail-site-branding\">\n<div class=\"gmail-container\"><a class=\"gmail-custom-logo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/\" rel=\"home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-custom-logo gmail-lazyloading\" src=\"https:\/\/sfzone1-oxqmtx6mks9gz8nesb0.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SF-1.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer 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href=\"mailto:?subject=Instead%20Of%20Massive%20Immigration%20Increases%2C%20We%20Should%20Make%20It%20Easier%20For%20Canadian%20Citizens%20To%20Afford%20Larger%20Families&amp;body=While%20the%20political%20elites%20promote%20large%20immigration%20increases%20as%20being%20about%20%22inclusion%22%20or%20%22openness%2C%22%20the%20true%20agenda%20is%20about%20serving%20global%20corporations%20who%20want%20larger%20supplies%20of%20labour%20-%20making%20it%20easier%20to%20pay%20each%20worker%20less%20money%20and%20making%20it%20tougher%20for%20Canadian%20citizens%20to%20afford%20having%20more%20children.%20The%20Trudeau%20Liberals%20have%20announced%20plans%20to%20bring%20in%201%20million%20new%20immigrants%20in%20the%20next%20three%20years.%20While%20immigration%20numbers%20were%20around%20260%2C000%20under%20the%20Conservative%20government%2C%20Trudeau%20is%20planning%20to%20raise%20the%20yearly%20number%20to%20340%2C000%20per%20year.%20Trudeau%27s%20planned%20increase%20is%20a%20massive%20influx.%20Politicians%20-%20even%20%20Read%20Here%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spencerfernando.com%2F2017%2F12%2F26%2Finstead-massive-immigration-increases-make-easier-canadian-citizens-afford-larger-families%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"gmail-swp_count gmail-swp_hide\"><span class=\"gmail-iconFiller\"><span class=\"gmail-spaceManWilly\"><span class=\"gmail-swp_share\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-nc_tweetContainer gmail-totes gmail-totesalt\"><span class=\"gmail-swp_count\"><span class=\"gmail-swp_label\">SHARES<\/span>1.1K<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>While the political elites promote large immigration increases as being about\u00a0<em>\u201cinclusion\u201d<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>\u201copenness,\u201d<\/em>the true agenda is about serving global corporations who want larger supplies of labour \u2013 making it easier to pay each worker less money and making it tougher for Canadian citizens to afford having more children.<\/h2>\n<p>The Trudeau Liberals have announced plans to bring in 1 million new immigrants in the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>While immigration numbers were around 260,000 under the Conservative government, Trudeau is planning to raise the yearly number to 340,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trudeau\u2019s planned increase is a massive influx.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail-Vwlj6P6Q\"><\/div>\n<p>Politicians \u2013\u00a0<em>even the most Conservative ones<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 are generally worried about the consequences of criticizing this huge planned increase in immigration.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the elites regularly condemn anyone who questions immigration policy as a\u00a0<em>\u201cracist,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0which scares many politicians away from asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>Another factor that causes people to be unwilling to criticize immigration policy is the oft-repeated phrase that\u00a0<em>\u201cwe need large immigration increases because Canadians aren\u2019t having enough children.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail-u9mEn9ct\"><\/div>\n<p>Of course, the elites want to make sure that nobody ever asks,\u00a0<em>\u201cwhy aren\u2019t Canadians having more children?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>And here\u2019s where the elitist orthodoxy around immigration breaks down.<\/h3>\n<p>A key factor in the lower birthrate among Canadians is the massive increases to the cost of living. As many have pointed out, it now takes two incomes \u2013\u00a0<em>and huge amounts of debt<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 to afford what was once possible on one income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When people are constantly working and falling further into debt just to barely keep their heads above water financially, it\u2019s incredibly difficult for families to afford having more children \u2013\u00a0<em>even when they want to.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the government pretends to do something about this growing unaffordability problem, they don\u2019t do the one thing that would really help fix it:\u00a0<strong><em>Increase the leverage of Canadian workers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple supply-and demand problem.<\/p>\n<p>The more potential workers Canada brings in every year through immigration, the more each worker in the country has reduced bargaining power. Since there is an expanding pool of workers, workers are competing for companies, rather than companies competing for workers.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it easier for companies to pay workers less, and forces people to work longer hours and give up more of their life to their job \u2013\u00a0<em>meaning less money and less time for family.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This helps big companies \u2013\u00a0<em>particularly global corporations<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This then becomes a self-reinforcing cycle: It makes it tougher for Canadian workers to afford more children, which leads to a lower birthrate, which then is used as justification for even larger immigration increases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, minimum wage hikes don\u2019t help this problem, since many companies will just lay people off instead of paying them an artificially set wage. Those laid off often go on social assistance, which leads to increased taxes on taxpayers \u2013 which again hurts the affordability issue.<\/p>\n<p>So, the key issue is the leverage of each individual worker.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Lower wages, more hours, and more desperation = reduced ability for families to have more children.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>By increasing immigration rates even further, Justin Trudeau\u2019s immigration policy will reduce the leverage of Canadian workers, which will make the affordability issue even worse, and will make it tougher for Canadian citizens to afford larger families.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the immigration rate was kept between 200,000 and 260,000 \u2013 the level that it was at under Harper\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>combined with massive tax cuts to make life more affordable<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 we would begin to reverse this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s aging population creates a growing demand for workers, meaning that maintaining immigration levels at a modest level\u00a0<em>(rather than Trudeau\u2019s massive increases)<\/em>\u00a0will begin to strengthen the power of Canadian workers.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, companies would begin competing for Canadian workers, meaning they would need to pay higher wages\u00a0<em>(without needing an artificially mandated wage increase by government)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>These higher wages would reduce the debt burden on households, give workers more leverage to negotiate favourable hours and family-friendly policies, and would make it easier to afford having more children.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This would begin to destroy belief in the elitist orthodoxy that justifies massive immigration increases, and this is why the elites are so afraid of it.<\/p>\n<p>While they hide their policies behind virtue-signalling concepts lines such as\u00a0<em>\u201cdiversity is our strength,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0their real agenda is to serve global corporate interests.<\/p>\n<p>Global corporations want a massive pool of desperate, underpaid workers. They don\u2019t want a country where workers have influence and leverage. So, they need to bring in more and more people every year to destroy that leverage, and they need a way to demonize anyone who notices what\u2019s actually happening. So, they claim to support\u00a0<em>\u201copenness\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>\u201cdiversity,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and call any critic a\u00a0<em>\u201cracist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>While Canada should remain a country that welcomes immigration, that welcome should be on terms that benefits Canadian workers. Many immigrants bring great ideas and great skills to our country, and we benefit from welcoming people into the Canadian family.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That said, we must always be watchful for politicians who try to use our immigration system to serve elite corporate interests that hurt Canadian workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The job of the Canadian government is not to fix the world or open our doors up to an unlimited amount of people.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The job of the government is to serve Canadians, and a big part of that is making it more affordable for our own citizens to afford larger families.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we must be willing to push back against the broken and failed elitist orthodoxy on immigration, and have a real discussion in this country about helping our families and our workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spencer Fernando<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Fernando INSIGHT INTO NEWS, MONEY, POLITICS, &amp; CULTURE INSTEAD OF MASSIVE IMMIGRATION INCREASES, WE SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS TO AFFORD LARGER FAMILIES CULTURESPENCERFERNANDODECEMBER 26, 20172 Share929 Tweet184 Email SHARES1.1K While the political elites promote large immigration increases as being about\u00a0\u201cinclusion\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201copenness,\u201dthe true agenda is about serving global corporations who want larger supplies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[877,164,876,875],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}