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

submitted 7 months ago by Timbits@lemmy.ca to c/world@quokk.au

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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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[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 months ago

having a neighborhood in the middle of nowhere away from jobs is possible (and still happens, increasing sprawl and creating nightmarish commutes and awful car traffic due to lack of rail infrastructure) but most people move into the same high demand areas where people already live