“This has become probably the most important both economic and political problem facing the country right now,” said Tyler Meredith, a former head of economic strategy and planning for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
“And especially given the significant emphasis the government has put on immigration and the relationship between immigration and the housing market, there is a need to do more.”
The media aiming ire at the Federal Liberals isn’t just unhelpful, it’s actually extremely counter-productive.
Like, let’s say you work at $BIGCORP and you’re embezzling, and you’re not hiding it well. And the CFO says “$BIGCORP has an embezzling problem! We need to fix this urgently! As a result, I’m raising pressure on SomeOtherGuy to stop this problem!”
You’re not SomeOtherGuy, you’re you. What do you do? Do you stop embezzling? Do you shut up and keep doing it? Do you quietly encourage the CFO to keep the pressure on SomeOtherGuy to fix the problem?
Because as long as the press is aiming the ire at the feds, they’re keeping the heat off of the people most able to fix the problem.
Fundamentally, I think the press (and therefore the people consuming the press) is too dumb for federalism. We are not mentally capable of making informed political decisions about accountability in a 3-tier system.
Generally agreed, but also remember that the federal government sets immigration targets, which affects demand