Originally posted by: xnbstar
Same case applies to Canada as well, where a significant portion of the population, particularly native communities, is increasingly identified within the older age group. Consequently, the immigrant population has been sharply rising over the last two decades, particularly from Asian countries, who are becoming increasingly prominent across various sectors in Canada.
Toronto, where I currently reside, reflects remarkable diversity, with nearly half of its residents having been born outside Canada. Soon, these North American and European countries will be perceived divergently due to a surging influx of newcomers.
I sorta kept Canada out of this intentionally though I know native population is being outnumbered there as well. The simple reason is, as I understand, iirc, Canada has a vast area of land that’s inhabitable and large that lacks habitation as the country simply never has had the numbers before.
Canadian geography will limit the influx to an extent whereas Europe, Japan, South Korea and a decent chunk of China have no such thing going on for them at all. Another weird advantage Canada has is that it’s currently economically not doing well at all. People flock to areas and even countries where they feel they can thrive financially with or without the legal means to do so, by doing jobs or starting their own business which promises returns around the estimated breakeven period at least. To get a job you need a thriving economy, to start a business you need funds, government assistance and cooperation right from the top to the local authorities, you need skilled labour that is affordable is not exactly cheap. All this work just for the legal route and yet neither one is promising at all right now as per news.
Ergo why I excluded Canada. And I didn’t even factor in the US intervention in Canada that is going to increase even without Trump in a world where US has all that military muscle and power but not a whole lot of legroom to exercise it given the fact that the world is going for dedollarisation. From where I see that’s a bully with a whole lot of power but not a lot of places to throw his punches….not in the next few years to a decade. So, it stands to reason that the bully will throw their weight around their neighbours even more than it ever has - openly at that. We already are seeing signs of this happening with the Argentina situation, the terming of Canada as a vassal of sorts, the bid to get Greenland as it is the access point to the future of resources in the Arctic region, whatever else that maybe happening in even smaller neighbours like Mexico which doesn’t make news.
All of this makes Canada a uniquely positioned country in this crisis, ergo my exclusion.
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