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kcjohn1

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1. Canada/Australia/US are countries with migrant history

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:46 AM

Jun 2016

You can't really compare their situation UK/Europe.

UK immigration issue was tied to lots of xenophobia. However, from policy perspective it is questionable. UK has no capability to control migration. Due to austerity, and low wages in eastern europe (also 50% youth unemployment in Spain/Italy), UK is getting lots of migrant workers who are displacing and forcing down wages in UK.

This is the problem with neoliberals. They don't give a shit about the low class workers. I'm pretty sure cheap polish workers in Bristol is good thing for them, but the local chap in Bristol is not going to be better off.

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Canada did not have a financial bubble in 2008, so we did not become [View all] applegrove Jun 2016 OP

Canada/Australia/US are countries with migrant history kcjohn1 Jun 2016 #1

Well if there was not massive speculation in Europe that caused a decade applegrove Jun 2016 #2

Canada's financial bubble is still ongoing Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #3

Two markets are hot right now. People are being warned. In Vancouver applegrove Jun 2016 #4

The whole country is affected, Toronto and Vancouver are merely the worst Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #5

Oh good gosh no. The country would not be better off if the middle class applegrove Jun 2016 #7

There is no soft landing or happy ending to be had here Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #8

Immigration is much higher in Canada (and the US and Ireland) than in the UK but xenophobia pampango Jun 2016 #6