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Originally Posted by Acajack
But we've seriously fucked up on housing and immigration, and these are very important areas for people's quality of life and the future of the country.
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We've always been mediocre-to-poor when it comes to housing compared to our peer countries. We had a good run in the 1960s and 1970s, but so did most other western countries, and we were never best in class. In the 90s we were "saved" by a housing crash and a poor economy. And, since then, well, we all know the story.
But when it comes to immigration we used to be the best in the world. And while I don't think we're "the worst in the world" (that case
could be made for housing), we're no better than the average of our peers, maybe even below average, and all of this happened within one administration - Trudeau's.
None of our other peer countries has fallen so drastically in their area of strength. This would be like if Japan all of a sudden had Canadian levels of crime. Or if the US was suddenly as innovative as Belgium. Or if Iceland's women's rights fell to American levels.