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Deportations are cheaper than hotel rooms
Deportations are cheaper than hotel rooms
Makes a cost-benefit argument that deportations are more economically efficient than housing immigrants in hotels.
forestranger1 Dec 29, 2025
SLASHED!!! From 395,000 new wards of the state to 380,000, all paid for by "middle class" taxpayers, who increasingly aren't. Canada is cooked.
SLASHED!!! From 395,000 new wards of the state to 380,000, all paid for by "middle class" taxpayers, who increasingly aren't. Canada is cooked.
Focuses on fiscal burden of immigration on taxpayers and economic sustainability concerns.
sylvansmyth Jan 3, 2026
*ITs your kids futures folks* CANADA is badly in debt with ZERO to show for it MINUS double the population
*ITs your kids futures folks* CANADA is badly in debt with ZERO to show for it MINUS double the population
Expresses concern about Canada's debt and population growth as economic problems affecting future generations, combining fiscal anxiety with demographic concern.
timedmonds3 Dec 30, 2025
So we paid to bring g them here. Then paid to house and feed them. Now we are paying to send them home. This is moronic.
So we paid to bring g them here. Then paid to house and feed them. Now we are paying to send them home. This is moronic.
Critiques the financial inefficiency of immigration policy through enumeration of government spending across the immigration lifecycle.
sampirro6625 Dec 31, 2025
400 a week isn't anywhere close enough. Should be 10x that.
400 a week isn't anywhere close enough. Should be 10x that.
Argues that financial support ($400/week) is insufficient, focusing on economic adequacy.
xbox360fan1956 Dec 25, 2025
Would be wonderful if true. The illegals cost more if let in the country. I'm all for my tax money to be spent on removing them from the country.
Would be wonderful if true. The illegals cost more if let in the country. I'm all for my tax money to be spent on removing them from the country.
Focuses on cost of undocumented immigrants and tax spending, framed as economic concern with implicit policy position on deportation.
ImpalerVlad Dec 25, 2025
I live in cape Breton Island in canwda and I can remember renting a 3 bedroom house for 500 a mont now a one bedroom apartment is 800 a month, u can't find houses/apartments anymore …
I live in cape Breton Island in canwda and I can remember renting a 3 bedroom house for 500 a mont now a one bedroom apartment is 800 a month, u can't find houses/apartments anymore because of all the foreign peopl they brought in. Trying to get a job is also retarded because they higher the foreign people first because the government pays so much of their salary , I just wish they'd all go back the fuck from where they came from easy as that
Combines housing cost inflation and job competition claims with xenophobic framing about foreign workers and demographic anxiety.
ChristianMingle902N.S Jan 27, 2026
Wow, they got great holidays at the taxpayers expense. Why should we have to pay for them? Don't bring them here to begin with.
Wow, they got great holidays at the taxpayers expense. Why should we have to pay for them? Don't bring them here to begin with.
Focuses on taxpayer burden and cost of supporting asylum seekers as primary concern.
EvalynChuran Dec 29, 2025
They’re taking all our jobs!
They’re taking all our jobs!
Expresses concern about job competition from immigrants, a classic economic anxiety argument.
Lazershot_YT Jan 27, 2026
Indians are hard workers and not relying on government funding like other immigrants
Indians are hard workers and not relying on government funding like other immigrants
Positive economic framing of Indian immigrants as hardworking and fiscally responsible compared to other immigrant groups.
BroFessorAtoZ Jan 27, 2026
As a white Canadian in a skilled trade who has lost 100's of thousands in work to lower bids from East Indians it honestly makes me wanna apply for M.A.I.D I worked for four years …
As a white Canadian in a skilled trade who has lost 100's of thousands in work to lower bids from East Indians it honestly makes me wanna apply for M.A.I.D I worked for four years In a apprenticeship to get my redseal these guys come work for three months at the union's an they leave start their own company it's only 150$ for a business license in Canada and than they cut my throat a job worth 80 a sheet for hang tape an paint they come an bid at 15$ a sheet! HOW CAN WE COMPETE? Anyways I just wanted to comment because I may legit just give up an self delete here rather soon :( I'm 26 btw been in the trades since 15
Commenter describes personal job loss due to immigrant competition and wage undercutting, framed as an economic grievance with suicidal ideation as emotional expression of desperation.
DanielBeaton-r1d Jan 27, 2026
Few years ago, Brampton overtook Mississauga in terms of population growth, also highest auto insurance rates in the country, my uncle pays 5k a year for Lexus insurance
Few years ago, Brampton overtook Mississauga in terms of population growth, also highest auto insurance rates in the country, my uncle pays 5k a year for Lexus insurance
Cites specific economic impacts (population growth, insurance rates) with personal anecdote about insurance costs as evidence.
KelvintoKind3 Jan 27, 2026
Meanwhile..Canadian Colleges are Strapped for CASH and GOING ON STRIKE..😡
Meanwhile..Canadian Colleges are Strapped for CASH and GOING ON STRIKE..😡
Critiques the economic impact on Canadian institutions, highlighting financial strain on colleges as a consequence of immigration policy.
krugmeister7301 Jan 27, 2026
My kids cannot get a simple job, cannot afford the housing and food, that's what happens to Canada with a mass of immigration without providing job houses, care, and schools
My kids cannot get a simple job, cannot afford the housing and food, that's what happens to Canada with a mass of immigration without providing job houses, care, and schools
Combines personal experience (children's job/housing struggles) with economic argument that mass immigration without infrastructure causes domestic hardship.
moeemadi3620 Dec 29, 2025
Tax cut for middle class that was voided by inflation. Have you seen the price of butter LOL. What a joke approx $44.00 per month. Nothing substantial. Virtual signalling
Tax cut for middle class that was voided by inflation. Have you seen the price of butter LOL. What a joke approx $44.00 per month. Nothing substantial. Virtual signalling
Focuses on the inadequacy of tax cuts relative to inflation and cost of living, critiquing the economic impact of policy.
johnjet23 Jan 21, 2026
There is a fundamental error here: if universities are struggling due to lack of students, without government programs, then the university is not economically viable and should close. Otherwise, they are just a government department.
There is a fundamental error here: if universities are struggling due to lack of students, without government programs, then the university is not economically viable and should close. Otherwise, they are just a government department.
Argues that universities dependent on government programs lack economic viability, framing immigration policy through fiscal sustainability logic.
enge.marcelo Jan 22, 2026
Who is paying for these hearing ? Who is paying for their medical care? How are they contributing to Canada ? If they are burdens to our system which us Canadians have paid into our …
Who is paying for these hearing ? Who is paying for their medical care? How are they contributing to Canada ? If they are burdens to our system which us Canadians have paid into our entire lives they need to go right now asap! We need our money to go into our people.. into housing and healthcare for the people that have been born and raised here! Not strangers that just landed.
Questions immigrants' economic contribution and argues resources should prioritize citizens over newcomers, with us-vs-them framing.
bonniemac8479 Dec 28, 2025
So there is already 1 million Canadians without work and it's hurting our young Canadians where is the 1 million in waiting getting a job. We need new immigration laws its way out of hand.
So there is already 1 million Canadians without work and it's hurting our young Canadians where is the 1 million in waiting getting a job. We need new immigration laws its way out of hand.
Argues immigration harms Canadian job availability and youth employment, calling for stricter laws.
kirkadams6824 Jan 20, 2026
Let people that are working or own businesses paying taxes stay. If they are net negative. No free hand outs paid by Canadian taxpayers.
Let people that are working or own businesses paying taxes stay. If they are net negative. No free hand outs paid by Canadian taxpayers.
Focuses on economic contribution (taxpayers, net positive/negative) as the basis for immigration policy, with implicit critique of welfare spending.
freetimeflip6438 Jan 21, 2026
countries can't survive this, never mind all the debt we have packed on the last ten years.
countries can't survive this, never mind all the debt we have packed on the last ten years.
Expresses concern about national economic sustainability linked to immigration and debt, framing it as an economic crisis.
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