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Changes at "Reduce Canada's population growth to a moderate sustainable level"

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  • -{"en"=>"Reduce Canada's population growth to a moderate sustainable level", "machine_translations"=>{"fr"=>"Ramener la croissance dĂ©mographique du Canada Ă  un niveau modĂ©rĂ© et durable"}}
  • +{"en"=>"Reduce Canada's population growth to a moderate sustainable level"}

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    Proposal text

    Canada needs to reduce population growth to modest levels (i.e., cut immigration, Temporary Foreign Workers & foreign students, refugees are separate).

    Canada’s population growth has been the highest in the G7 (double the US rate in 2019) because Canada drastically increased immigration after 2015, likely to meet the goal of 100 million in 2100, based on the corporate funded Century Initiative. This is not environmentally or economically sustainable.

    Canada's population should only grow by the minimum or modest amount necessary to meet our demographic and economic needs (under 0.5%).

    Type of Proposal

    Public policy that the party would represent


    Objective / Benefit

    Raise Canada's GDP/capita, reduce the cost of living, and be greener (saving farmland, lower emissions, etc.) by cutting immigration to pre-2015 levels or closer to US levels.


    If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?

    N/A


    List any supporting evidence for your proposal

    Traditionally, environmentalists were opposed to population growth and the idea of perpetual economic growth - read \"Limits to Growth\" for example, or the work of environmentlists like Herman E Daly who proposed that eventually we had to have a \"steady state economy\".

    Yet, Canadian elites in business, media and government seem to think that bigger is better. Canada has a low birth rate rate, but so does the US and most other developed countries and even Japan and Italy are shrinking. Yet, the trudeau government has taken immigration policy to an extreme - doubling the already high 250,000 immigrants in 2015 under Harper to 500,000 in 2025, and in fact, we brought in 1.05 million in 2022. This seems in line with the goals of the Century Initiative, a bank and corporate funded group founded by Dominic Barton, thar want Canada to have 100 million people in 2100 - on the basis that bigger is better. Yet, global population will peak at 9.7 billion around 2064 then drop by a billion by 2100.

    Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?

    N/A


    Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?

    Yes


    Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.

    English

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    Le Canada doit réduire la croissance de sa population à des niveaux modestes (c'est-à-dire réduire l'immigration, les travailleurs étrangers temporaires &amp ; les étudiants étrangers, les réfugiés sont séparés).

    La croissance de la population du Canada a été la plus élevée du G7 (le double du taux américain en 2019) parce que le Canada a considérablement augmenté l'immigration après 2015, probablement pour atteindre l'objectif de 100 millions en 2100, sur la base de l'Initiative du siècle financée par les entreprises. La population du Canada ne devrait croître que du minimum ou du modeste montant nécessaire pour répondre à nos besoins démographiques et économiques (moins de 0,5 %).

    Type de proposition

    Politique publique que le parti représenterait


    Objectif / Bénéfice

    Augmenter le PIB/habitant du Canada, réduire le coût de la vie et être plus écologique (sauver les terres agricoles, réduire les émissions, etc.) en réduisant l'immigration aux niveaux d'avant 2015 ou à des niveaux plus proches de ceux des États-Unis.


    Si votre proposition remplace une ou plusieurs politiques existantes, laquelle remplace-t-elle ?

    N/A


    Énumérez toutes les preuves à l'appui de votre proposition

    Traditionnellement, les écologistes étaient opposés à la croissance démographique et à l'idée d'une croissance économique perpétuelle - lisez \"Limites à la croissance\" par exemple, ou le travail d'écologistes comme Herman E Daly qui a proposé que nous devions éventuellement avoir une \"économie stable\".

    Pourtant, les élites canadiennes du monde des affaires, des médias et du gouvernement semblent penser que plus c'est gros, mieux c'est. Le Canada a un faible taux de natalité, tout comme les États-Unis et la plupart des autres pays développés, même le Japon et l'Italie, qui sont en décroissance. Pourtant, le gouvernement Trudeau a poussé la politique d'immigration à l'extrême, en doublant le chiffre déjà élevé de 250 000 immigrants en 2015 sous Harper, pour le porter à 500 000 en 2025 ; en fait, nous avons accueilli 1,05 million d'immigrants en 2022. Cela semble conforme aux objectifs de la Century Initiative, un groupe financé par des banques et des entreprises et fondé par Dominic Barton, qui souhaite que le Canada compte 100 millions d'habitants en 2100, en partant du principe que plus c'est grand, mieux c'est. Pourtant, la population mondiale atteindra un pic de 9,7 milliards vers 2064, puis diminuera d'un milliard d'ici 2100.

    Cette proposition affecte-t-elle un groupe particulier et quels efforts ont été déployés pour consulter ce ou ces groupes ?

    N/A


    Compétence : Cette proposition relève-t-elle de la compétence fédérale ?

    Oui


    Veuillez indiquer la langue dans laquelle la proposition est soumise.

    Anglais

    Dans quelle langue la proposition est-elle présentée ?"]]

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    Proposal text

    WHEREAS Canada’s population growth has been the highest in the G7 (double the US rate in 2019) because Canada drastically increased immigration rates after 2015, likely to meet the goal of 100 million in 2100, based on the corporate-funded Century Initiative (target of 500,000 immigrants/year, or 1.25% of population) . This is neither environmentally nor economically sustainable.

    BE IT RESOLVED that Canada needs to reduce population growth to modest levels (i.e., cut permanent economic immigration, Temporary Foreign Workers & foreign students, after the numbers of refugees and family class immigrants have been determined).

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Canada's population should only grow by the minimum or modest amount necessary to meet our demographic and economic needs (maximum 0.5% of population).

    Type of Proposal

    Public policy that the party would represent


    Objective / Benefit

    Canada must have an immigration policy that is compassionate, but when people move to Canada, their environmental foot increases, including raising increasing Canada's GHG emissions, increasing our dependence on resource extraction, and increasing urban sprawl and loss of wildlife habitat.

    While GDP is a flawed measure, we need to aise Canada's GDP/capita, reduce the cost of living, and be greener (saving farmland, lower emissions, etc.) by cutting immigration to pre-2015 levels or closer to US levels. Canadian might want our country to be more generous than our neighbour, but there is no justification for canada to grow at a rate double that of the US, or more.

    Our immigration policy to be designed to reassure Canadians that it:

    Is environmentally sustainable

    Will not increase unemployment

    Will not lead to underemployment

    Will not be inflationary

    Will not increase home prices or rents

    Will not lower GDP/capita, particularly for people already here with permanent status/citizenship.

    Will not mean major personal sacrifices by Canadians or see us fall farther behind the US on GDP/capita or their expectation of a middle class lifestyle

    Will not add to inequality/make the rich richer at the expense of the rest of us.



    If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?

    N/A


    List any supporting evidence for your proposal

    Traditionally, environmentalists were opposed to population growth and the idea of perpetual economic growth - read \"Limits to Growth\" for example, or the work of environmentalists like Herman E Daly who proposed that eventually we had to have a \"steady state economy\".

    Yet, Canadian elites in business, media and government seem to think that bigger is better. Canada has a low birth rate rate, but so does the US and most other developed countries and even Japan and Italy are shrinking. Yet, the trudeau government has taken immigration policy to an extreme - doubling the already high 250,000 immigrants in 2015 under Harper to 500,000 in 2025, and in fact, we brought in 1.05 million in 2022. This seems in line with the goals of the Century Initiative, a bank and corporate funded group founded by Dominic Barton, thar want Canada to have 100 million people in 2100 - on the basis that bigger is better. Yet, global population will peak at 9.7 billion around 2064 then drop by a billion by 2100.

    Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?

    N/A


    Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?

    Yes


    Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.

    English

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