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Trump administration 2024-2028

Bruce Monkhouse said:
Ask the same question of Canadians [excluding BC ] mid-January and see how many say they'd leave......
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Oh, you had to bring BC into this. We are the best at foot voting! ;)


British Columbians are voting with their feet and leaving B.C.​


Thousands of people are leaving British Columbia and it's no wonder why---high living costs (namely, unaffordable housing) and record-high health-care wait times. The B.C. government's fiscal position has also significantly deteriorated with record-setting deficits, massive government debt and no tax relief in sight.

In 2023/24 (the latest year of available data), for the first time in more than a decade, more Canadians left B.C. (9,199 including 3,958 working-age Canadians (aged 18-64)) than moved to it. In other words, due to inter-provincial migration, B.C. is losing workers who provide revenue to the government (in personal income and other taxes) and cost less (e.g. in health care) than their older counterparts.

Unfortunately, it seems trends are continuing. In the Eby government's 2025 budget, the finance minister warned that the province has continued to experience an outflow of Canadians with thousands leaving B.C., particularly for Alberta.

So, why are British Columbians leaving the province?

For starters, B.C. is on track to become one of the most highly indebted provinces in Canada. The Eby government will run the province's largest deficit on record at a projected $10.9 billion (inflation-adjusted) in 2025/26, and after factoring in borrowing for long-term infrastructure projects, total provincial debt will more than triple since 2017 when the NDP government took office, reaching $208.8 billion in 2027/28---that's $36,413 per British Columbian.

www.fraserinstitute.org

British Columbians are voting with their feet and leaving B.C.

The Eby government will run a projected $10.9 billion deficit in 2025/26.
www.fraserinstitute.org www.fraserinstitute.org
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Immigrants still do like immigrating to those countries when they can. The US is number one in numbers, not in percentage. They just have a bigger population.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ireland, Germany, etc. all take in more immigrants per capita than the US.
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If the number of prospective immigrants >> number of available slots, intake measurements don't tell us much about the desirability of destinations.
 
daftandbarmy said:
Oh, you had to bring BC into this. We are the best at foot voting! ;)


British Columbians are voting with their feet and leaving B.C.​


Thousands of people are leaving British Columbia and it's no wonder why---high living costs (namely, unaffordable housing) and record-high health-care wait times. The B.C. government's fiscal position has also significantly deteriorated with record-setting deficits, massive government debt and no tax relief in sight.

In 2023/24 (the latest year of available data), for the first time in more than a decade, more Canadians left B.C. (9,199 including 3,958 working-age Canadians (aged 18-64)) than moved to it. In other words, due to inter-provincial migration, B.C. is losing workers who provide revenue to the government (in personal income and other taxes) and cost less (e.g. in health care) than their older counterparts.

Unfortunately, it seems trends are continuing. In the Eby government's 2025 budget, the finance minister warned that the province has continued to experience an outflow of Canadians with thousands leaving B.C., particularly for Alberta.

So, why are British Columbians leaving the province?

For starters, B.C. is on track to become one of the most highly indebted provinces in Canada. The Eby government will run the province's largest deficit on record at a projected $10.9 billion (inflation-adjusted) in 2025/26, and after factoring in borrowing for long-term infrastructure projects, total provincial debt will more than triple since 2017 when the NDP government took office, reaching $208.8 billion in 2027/28---that's $36,413 per British Columbian.

www.fraserinstitute.org

British Columbians are voting with their feet and leaving B.C.

The Eby government will run a projected $10.9 billion deficit in 2025/26.
www.fraserinstitute.org www.fraserinstitute.org
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B.C.=California?
 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday rolled back tariffs on dozens of food products, including such staples as beef, tomatoes and bananas, in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries.


The new exemptions — which take effect retroactively at midnight on Thursday — mark a sharp reversal for Trump, who has long insisted that his import duties are not fuelling inflation.
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Loooooooooooooks like someone has learned that tariffs MIGHT just increase the prices on Americans.

Also despite saying that inflation is a Democrat hoax, he seems to be feeling the pressure enough to reverse course on at least some tariffs.
 
Retired AF Guy said:
I was referring to the fact that just like California, people are leaving B.C. for greener pastures. As for the economy California still has one of the biggest economies in the world.
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Silicon Valley has concentrated a ton of direct economic activity in the San Francisco area, with vast economic spinoff for the state as a whole through all the other services and subsumed sectors that generated wealth flows to. No surprise California’s doing so well, it’s earned its place as an economic powerhouse.
 
brihard said:
Silicon Valley has concentrated a ton of direct economic activity in the San Francisco area, with vast economic spinoff for the state as a whole through all the other services and subsumed sectors that generated wealth flows to.
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I suspect those living outside of the SF-LA-SD part of California would disagree...
 
PPCLI Guy said:
Or their diminishing water......
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My kid hit me with a neat fact. Asking ChatGPT a question uses about 0.32ml of water used by their cooling systems or whatever. Globally they use 780,000 liters of water per day. Allegedly.
 
The biggest threat that AI poses is it's insatiable demand for electricity and water.....and sooner or later global companies, elites, and corrupt states will choose AI over humans for those limfacs...

Really glad I work with both an AI company, and a robotics company (cheap reliable labour). Just need an SMR company to cover all my bases...
 
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