Most of Canada voted for Lewis, except Ontario and Quebec.
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Who says I think we need replacement migration? I don't think that allowing the population to shrink is necessarily a bad thing. It's happening to Japan right now. In "theory", CPP should pay for itself. You get what you put in. The fact that the government is printing money like crazy to pay for other shit to devalue your past CPP contributions into the pot is the reason why people are panicking about CPP.
As for Old Age Security, if that gets reduced when I'm 65 if Canada's population is allowed to shrink, it is what it is. I'll be there in 30 years. By the time I'm 65, my Chad-lite good looks will have long faded. My interest in sex will probably be not what it used to be. Even at 35, my sex drive isn't what it used to be. My body will start breaking down at 65. I'll be past my prime. My quality of life won't be the greatest by then. I'm more concerned about the fact that this government is sacrificing the young of today for the older guard (boomers/Silent Gen/etc.) and immuno-compromised with these lockdowns. If this lockdown has taught me anything, it's that boomers hold far more political influence than millennials and zoomers.
Macroeconomics is not the same as microeconomics. National debt is really just inflation. It's not like an actual debt that has to be paid or else the country gets repo'd or some shit. Inflation is a threat because it can lead to devaluation of the currency. Which means imports become more expensive. And then quality of life for the population decreases as a result. This is why Marxist-Leninist Cuba has a lot of poverty. They produce only $231.96 USD in exports per capita in a year. That is very low productivity. And so their Peso isn't worth wiping your ass with. They rely on a lot of charity from other countries just to maintain the standard of living they do have. Canada produces $15,477.22 USD in exports per capita. Our citizens produce 67x the export value per capita that Cuba does. Canada's economy is far more efficient than Cuba's.
And if you are worried about inflation, the last thing you want is more people, more consumption. Canada doesn't have any problems with production. We have a glut of labour supply. Tons of Canadians who are chronically unemployed are put down as "not in labour force" in Statscan. Our society doesn't need to breed or import more Uber drivers. We have plenty of those.