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How Canada's immigration debate soured - and helped seal Trudeau's fate (www.bbc.com)

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Immigration has long been a polarising issue in the West but Canada mostly avoided it - until now. With protests and campaign groups springing up in certain quarters, some argue that this - together with housing shortages and rising rents - contributed to Justin Trudeau's resignation. But could Donald Trump's arrival inflame it further?

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Believe it or not, that land is used by nature to keep us all alive. The solution to population growth cannot be expansion into the greenbelt. More efficient, denser cities and PT are the way forward.