My parents were immigrants and as a result I'm strongly pro-immigration.
What's happening right now is too much. It's idiotic and ideological. One thing that makes me very proud to be Canadian is our openness to immigration but our federal government is taking that goodwill and throwing it in...
Personally, I'll take lower real estate costs and a reasonable future for our city over 5 star finishings any day. Vancouver and Toronto have nice buildings in no small part because of the cost of their housing
For sure. I also think Edmonton is gonna win it all this year, or at least get to the finals. But as much as it sucks, blowing it up is necessary sometimes to get the top talents to win in the long run. We can't just be stuck in the middle, that's the worst place to be in sports.
We also have a higher fertility rate. BC is the lowest in the country. I know immigration is the biggest driver of growth today, but the higher rate will keep us younger and add a buffer