IMMIGRATION NOT A SOLUTION TO DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS

Much had been said about immigration as a possible solution to reverse the trend of an ageing population. Most of it is nonsense. Unless we begin accepting massive numbers of very young immigrants and reject anyone over 30 years of age, nothing will change. Immigrants age too, and we are now also accepting older immigrants ( why?). An alarm was sounded regarding the chronically "have-not" Provinces, which have seen an exodus of young people to greener pastures ( Alberta rules!). They are left with the highest proportion of elderly people, and they want to reverse the trend? Where are the jobs? In Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and of course ...Alberta! Even if they bring in the immigrants, how will they prep vent them from leaving? For an interesting take see:

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