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Posted by Herman
- Today at 07:59:54 PMLet's link two issues that are troubling Canadians these days: the brain drain and Alberta's referendum on separating from Canada. Both are about people exiting a country.
In the case of the brain drain, it's mainly the young and old who decide to move elsewhere so they can improve their standard of living. With separation, a majority of voters decide they need to secede to be successful, which happened with Singapore separating from Malaysia, Norway from Sweden and the Czech Republic from Slovakia.
Whether it's a person or a jurisdiction that's exiting, the source is often dissatisfaction with opportunities offered by staying put. I think of my own case when my wife and I trotted off to the United Kingdom for my doctoral education. We thoroughly enjoyed mid-1970s Britain and even considered staying. But with labour relations ruinous, strikes frequent and crippling, salaries low and the pound plunging, it took about a nano-second to decide we should return to Canada.
Since 2021 almost half a million Canadians have left the country. According to Statistics Canada's review of the most recent census data, two-thirds of emigrants are between 20 and 44 years of age and almost 70 per cent have university degrees. A majority are immigrants who decide to move again in search of greener pastures. Today almost 1.3 million Canadians live abroad, three-fifths of them in the United States.
Not since the 1990s has the "brain drain" been a policy concern. But after a lost decade of high taxes, a failing health-care system and stagnant per capita incomes running at Alabama levels, it's not surprising more people are leaving.
incomes are down from 2014, when commodity prices crashed, the province still transfers close to $20 billion a year to other provinces by paying more federal taxes than Ottawa spends in Alberta. That net tax burden — close to a tenth of household income — would be more acceptable if Albertans felt they had influence over federal decision-making. But they don't, which is why even those who don't want outright separation generally favour greater provincial autonomy.
As a Canadian who has benefited from living in both Alberta and Ontario, it is sad for me to hear people say Canada is broken. If we want people and provinces to stay, the best way is not to block or tax their exit but instead to make Canada a better place to live.
For decades, Canadians took pride in schools and universities that graduated top-notch professionals, business leaders and skilled workers. But in recent years standards have fallen as institutions have focused more on identity issues and less on learning. Some provinces are beginning to address this problem by revamping their curricula. A more dramatic reform would be a voucher system to encourage competition among schools.
Governments also spend too much — 44 per cent of GDP — which requires high taxes that hurt Canada's competitiveness. Greater productivity in public services will take greater competition for public monopolies (such as provincial power companies) and privatized delivery of services on a competitive basis. Wasteful spending and frivolous subsidies directed at historically slow-growth industries or ego-massaging projects will not improve Canada's productivity.
Mark Carney understands Canada's economy is underperforming but he's still a long way from undoing all the wasteful practices that have hurt it. Even his nation-building plans have yielded little construction so far. Now that he has a majority, let's see if he shifts from governments picking politically popular projects to the private sector deciding where capital can be used most effectively.
If we want to keep people and provinces in Canada, we should be making the country better, not putting up exit barriers or taxing emigrants. Desperate autocrats do that sort to thing, not free and democratic Canadians.
- jackassass M. Mintz
Fri, April 17, 2026
In the case of the brain drain, it's mainly the young and old who decide to move elsewhere so they can improve their standard of living. With separation, a majority of voters decide they need to secede to be successful, which happened with Singapore separating from Malaysia, Norway from Sweden and the Czech Republic from Slovakia.
Whether it's a person or a jurisdiction that's exiting, the source is often dissatisfaction with opportunities offered by staying put. I think of my own case when my wife and I trotted off to the United Kingdom for my doctoral education. We thoroughly enjoyed mid-1970s Britain and even considered staying. But with labour relations ruinous, strikes frequent and crippling, salaries low and the pound plunging, it took about a nano-second to decide we should return to Canada.
Since 2021 almost half a million Canadians have left the country. According to Statistics Canada's review of the most recent census data, two-thirds of emigrants are between 20 and 44 years of age and almost 70 per cent have university degrees. A majority are immigrants who decide to move again in search of greener pastures. Today almost 1.3 million Canadians live abroad, three-fifths of them in the United States.
Not since the 1990s has the "brain drain" been a policy concern. But after a lost decade of high taxes, a failing health-care system and stagnant per capita incomes running at Alabama levels, it's not surprising more people are leaving.
incomes are down from 2014, when commodity prices crashed, the province still transfers close to $20 billion a year to other provinces by paying more federal taxes than Ottawa spends in Alberta. That net tax burden — close to a tenth of household income — would be more acceptable if Albertans felt they had influence over federal decision-making. But they don't, which is why even those who don't want outright separation generally favour greater provincial autonomy.
As a Canadian who has benefited from living in both Alberta and Ontario, it is sad for me to hear people say Canada is broken. If we want people and provinces to stay, the best way is not to block or tax their exit but instead to make Canada a better place to live.
For decades, Canadians took pride in schools and universities that graduated top-notch professionals, business leaders and skilled workers. But in recent years standards have fallen as institutions have focused more on identity issues and less on learning. Some provinces are beginning to address this problem by revamping their curricula. A more dramatic reform would be a voucher system to encourage competition among schools.
Governments also spend too much — 44 per cent of GDP — which requires high taxes that hurt Canada's competitiveness. Greater productivity in public services will take greater competition for public monopolies (such as provincial power companies) and privatized delivery of services on a competitive basis. Wasteful spending and frivolous subsidies directed at historically slow-growth industries or ego-massaging projects will not improve Canada's productivity.
Mark Carney understands Canada's economy is underperforming but he's still a long way from undoing all the wasteful practices that have hurt it. Even his nation-building plans have yielded little construction so far. Now that he has a majority, let's see if he shifts from governments picking politically popular projects to the private sector deciding where capital can be used most effectively.
If we want to keep people and provinces in Canada, we should be making the country better, not putting up exit barriers or taxing emigrants. Desperate autocrats do that sort to thing, not free and democratic Canadians.
- jackassass M. Mintz
Fri, April 17, 2026
Posted by Herman
- Today at 07:06:54 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 15, 2026, 09:00:29 PMHere is one of the ways Justine and onman Carney turned Canada into a third world country.
Posted by Herman
- April 15, 2026, 07:58:25 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 13, 2026, 05:08:50 PMCanada could be making a lot of money right now.
Instead, we're going to see rising energy prices like the rest of the world without any upsides.
The United States built the infrastructure. We did not. Now we're going to experience the consequences.
Instead, we're going to see rising energy prices like the rest of the world without any upsides.
The United States built the infrastructure. We did not. Now we're going to experience the consequences.
Posted by .
- April 12, 2026, 06:39:37 PMQuote from: Herman on April 12, 2026, 05:52:16 PMOver 106,000 Canadians left in 2024...A departure tax of half a million dollars? Does the average Canadian citizen even have that in their bank account at this point?
and the majority are working-age (25–44).
Not retirees.
Not snowbirds.
Our core workforce.
Why?
Because of:
• Better jobs
• Higher pay
• Lower taxes
• Affordable housing
• Lower cost of living
California and New York were going to tax exiting residents for as much as 10 years at one point... Canuckistan not only said "hold my beer", it also wants you to hold its kombucha enema as well. Might as well slather yourselves in axle grease and grab your ankles now guys, you are FUCKED.
Quote from: DKG on April 11, 2026, 12:04:30 PMDid you see any videos of the NDP convention? It made international news because it made this country look like a woke joke.You mean like the one I linked in the post you quoted? I've seen enough thanks. Canada is an authoritarian shithole and nobody is mounting any meaningful defense against it.
Jesus Christ, what you get for being nice these days. No, I am not saying this to be hurtful, I'm saying it because it is true. You need to start executing your leaders (read "owners") and voting in representatives to fill their seats.
Meh, why am I bothering, none of you listened the last 9000 times I tried talking sense into you.
Posted by Herman
- April 12, 2026, 05:52:16 PMOver 106,000 Canadians left in 2024...
and the majority are working-age (25–44).
Not retirees.
Not snowbirds.
Our core workforce.
Why?
Because of:
• Better jobs
• Higher pay
• Lower taxes
• Affordable housing
• Lower cost of living
and the majority are working-age (25–44).
Not retirees.
Not snowbirds.
Our core workforce.
Why?
Because of:
• Better jobs
• Higher pay
• Lower taxes
• Affordable housing
• Lower cost of living
Posted by Herman
- April 11, 2026, 06:59:07 PMDespite Conman Carney keeping two sets of books debt grows.
Posted by Herman
- April 11, 2026, 06:55:37 PM
Posted by DKG
- April 11, 2026, 12:04:30 PMQuote from: . on April 10, 2026, 04:58:46 PMYeah I know. MAID has got worse too. as has education. None of this surprises me, it is the logical extension of government corruption and overreach as practiced on a society of affable sheep. There is plenty of blame to go around, even for you and I.Did you see any videos of the NDP convention? It made international news because it made this country look like a woke joke.
https://rumble.com/v7809vk-oppression-olympics-rtarded-lefties-try-to-out-woke-each-other-.html
You get the government you deserve. You will be dragged further and further left because none of you will fight it in any meaningful sense because you think you can vote your way out of the tyranny. And you can't.
Posted by .
- April 10, 2026, 04:58:46 PMQuote from: DKG on April 10, 2026, 08:00:45 AMCrime, poverty, unemployment, health care, inflation, rampant drug addiction, homelessness have all become considerably worse in the six years since you left Canada.Yeah I know. MAID has got worse too. as has education. None of this surprises me, it is the logical extension of government corruption and overreach as practiced on a society of affable sheep. There is plenty of blame to go around, even for you and I.
https://rumble.com/v7809vk-oppression-olympics-rtarded-lefties-try-to-out-woke-each-other-.html
You get the government you deserve. You will be dragged further and further left because none of you will fight it in any meaningful sense because you think you can vote your way out of the tyranny. And you can't.
Posted by DKG
- April 10, 2026, 08:00:45 AMQuote from: . on April 09, 2026, 06:46:27 PMGuys, guys...Crime, poverty, unemployment, health care, inflation, rampant drug addiction, homelessness have all become considerably worse in the six years since you left Canada.
Canada was already on the ropes when I sold up shop and exited in 2020. It beggared belief just how high the cost of living was back then and teetered dangerously on the precipice of what might generously be described as a third world totalitarian shithole.
This thread is not news to me. I have seen the homeless encampments on the sidewalks of Ottawa where businessmen used to tread, I have seen the piles of trash and feces, the shuttered businesses and the dulled, devoid of hope eyes of its citizens. YouTurd shows only part of the story I am sure and I will remain forever grateful to be one of the lucky ones that got out while the getting was good.
Those of you who didn't are content it seems to blog the decline and delusions of seperatism as you are milked for your dying breaths. I used to think you deserved better than what I knew was coming. I am revising that belief as it is clear you are incapable of fighting for it in any meaningful way.
It's a sad thing to face. The silver lining is that I do not have to.
Posted by Herman
- April 09, 2026, 07:36:07 PMWe are sitting on one of the most resource-rich countries on the planet.
And somehow... we can't get out of our own way.
Let that sink in.
You're paying close to $2 a litre.
Groceries are up.
Everything costs more.
And at the exact same time, Canada has the ability to produce, move, and sell energy to the world at a massive scale.
So what's the problem?
It's not a lack of resources.
It's not a lack of demand.
It's us.
More specifically... it's the decisions being made at the top.
Pierre Poilievre just dropped a clip that's blowing up right now, and it's hitting hard for one simple reason.
It's not a politician talking.
It's the CEO of the company that would actually build the pipeline.
Greg Ebel from Enbridge.
And he lays it out in plain English.
No spin.
No politics.
No theatrics.
Just reality.
He lists five things stopping a major pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific.
Five.
And every single one of them ties back to federal policy.
Think about that.
Not market conditions.
Not technology.
Not lack of interest.
Policy.
Here's what he said is standing in the way.
First.
A tanker ban off the west coast.
So even if you build the pipeline...
You can't load the oil.
Which makes the entire project pointless.
Second.
You can't actually get a pipeline approved.
Too many hurdles.
Too much red tape.
Too much uncertainty.
Third.
We don't even have the ability to produce enough oil to fill it.
Not because we can't.
Because we're not allowed to.
Fourth.
There's no clear path on emissions rules.
Companies don't know what the target is.
What the cost is.
Or what the rules will be five years from now.
So they don't invest.
Fifth.
Industrial carbon tax and CO2 requirements.
In other words, before you even think about growing production...
You need government approval tied to a whole separate layer of infrastructure and costs.
So let's recap this.
We have the oil.
We have the demand.
We have the companies willing to build.
And we've created a system where none of it can actually happen.
You couldn't design it worse if you tried.
And here's the part that should really bother you.
This isn't some abstract policy debate.
This hits you every single day.
Gas prices.
Heating costs.
Shipping costs.
Food prices.
Everything.
Energy is upstream of all of it.
So when energy gets more expensive...
Everything gets more expensive.
And we're doing it to ourselves.
That's the wild part.
We're not being outcompeted.
We're self-sabotaging.
Instead of exporting to global markets like Asia...
We're forced to sell at a discount to the U.S.
Instead of creating jobs...
We're creating paperwork.
Instead of building...
We're studying.
Instead of leading...
We're hesitating.
I don't care what side of the political aisle you're on.
At some point you have to ask a basic question.
Why are we making this so hard?
Why does a country with this level of natural advantage act like it's allergic to prosperity?
Because that's what this is.
We are choosing complexity over common sense.
We are choosing delay over action.
We are choosing ideology over results.
And regular people are paying for it.
Literally.
At the pump.
At the grocery store.
In their monthly bills.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world isn't waiting.
They're building.
They're investing.
They're competing.
And we're sitting here arguing about whether we should even participate.
That's not leadership.
That's paralysis.
The frustrating part is this isn't some impossible problem to solve.
We know exactly what the barriers are.
The CEO just listed them.
Clear as day.
So the real question isn't "what's wrong?"
The real question is...
Why won't we fix it?
Because until we do, nothing changes.
Prices stay high.
Opportunities get missed.
And Canada keeps playing small.
We don't need more studies.
We don't need more announcements.
We need to get out of our own way.
Build.
Produce.
Export.
Act like the country we actually are.
Because right now?
We're not even close.
And that's the truth people are starting to wake up to.
And somehow... we can't get out of our own way.
Let that sink in.
You're paying close to $2 a litre.
Groceries are up.
Everything costs more.
And at the exact same time, Canada has the ability to produce, move, and sell energy to the world at a massive scale.
So what's the problem?
It's not a lack of resources.
It's not a lack of demand.
It's us.
More specifically... it's the decisions being made at the top.
Pierre Poilievre just dropped a clip that's blowing up right now, and it's hitting hard for one simple reason.
It's not a politician talking.
It's the CEO of the company that would actually build the pipeline.
Greg Ebel from Enbridge.
And he lays it out in plain English.
No spin.
No politics.
No theatrics.
Just reality.
He lists five things stopping a major pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific.
Five.
And every single one of them ties back to federal policy.
Think about that.
Not market conditions.
Not technology.
Not lack of interest.
Policy.
Here's what he said is standing in the way.
First.
A tanker ban off the west coast.
So even if you build the pipeline...
You can't load the oil.
Which makes the entire project pointless.
Second.
You can't actually get a pipeline approved.
Too many hurdles.
Too much red tape.
Too much uncertainty.
Third.
We don't even have the ability to produce enough oil to fill it.
Not because we can't.
Because we're not allowed to.
Fourth.
There's no clear path on emissions rules.
Companies don't know what the target is.
What the cost is.
Or what the rules will be five years from now.
So they don't invest.
Fifth.
Industrial carbon tax and CO2 requirements.
In other words, before you even think about growing production...
You need government approval tied to a whole separate layer of infrastructure and costs.
So let's recap this.
We have the oil.
We have the demand.
We have the companies willing to build.
And we've created a system where none of it can actually happen.
You couldn't design it worse if you tried.
And here's the part that should really bother you.
This isn't some abstract policy debate.
This hits you every single day.
Gas prices.
Heating costs.
Shipping costs.
Food prices.
Everything.
Energy is upstream of all of it.
So when energy gets more expensive...
Everything gets more expensive.
And we're doing it to ourselves.
That's the wild part.
We're not being outcompeted.
We're self-sabotaging.
Instead of exporting to global markets like Asia...
We're forced to sell at a discount to the U.S.
Instead of creating jobs...
We're creating paperwork.
Instead of building...
We're studying.
Instead of leading...
We're hesitating.
I don't care what side of the political aisle you're on.
At some point you have to ask a basic question.
Why are we making this so hard?
Why does a country with this level of natural advantage act like it's allergic to prosperity?
Because that's what this is.
We are choosing complexity over common sense.
We are choosing delay over action.
We are choosing ideology over results.
And regular people are paying for it.
Literally.
At the pump.
At the grocery store.
In their monthly bills.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world isn't waiting.
They're building.
They're investing.
They're competing.
And we're sitting here arguing about whether we should even participate.
That's not leadership.
That's paralysis.
The frustrating part is this isn't some impossible problem to solve.
We know exactly what the barriers are.
The CEO just listed them.
Clear as day.
So the real question isn't "what's wrong?"
The real question is...
Why won't we fix it?
Because until we do, nothing changes.
Prices stay high.
Opportunities get missed.
And Canada keeps playing small.
We don't need more studies.
We don't need more announcements.
We need to get out of our own way.
Build.
Produce.
Export.
Act like the country we actually are.
Because right now?
We're not even close.
And that's the truth people are starting to wake up to.
Posted by .
- April 09, 2026, 06:46:27 PMGuys, guys...
Canada was already on the ropes when I sold up shop and exited in 2020. It beggared belief just how high the cost of living was back then and teetered dangerously on the precipice of what might generously be described as a third world totalitarian shithole.
This thread is not news to me. I have seen the homeless encampments on the sidewalks of Ottawa where businessmen used to tread, I have seen the piles of trash and feces, the shuttered businesses and the dulled, devoid of hope eyes of its citizens. YouTurd shows only part of the story I am sure and I will remain forever grateful to be one of the lucky ones that got out while the getting was good.
Those of you who didn't are content it seems to blog the decline and delusions of seperatism as you are milked for your dying breaths. I used to think you deserved better than what I knew was coming. I am revising that belief as it is clear you are incapable of fighting for it in any meaningful way.
It's a sad thing to face. The silver lining is that I do not have to.
Canada was already on the ropes when I sold up shop and exited in 2020. It beggared belief just how high the cost of living was back then and teetered dangerously on the precipice of what might generously be described as a third world totalitarian shithole.
This thread is not news to me. I have seen the homeless encampments on the sidewalks of Ottawa where businessmen used to tread, I have seen the piles of trash and feces, the shuttered businesses and the dulled, devoid of hope eyes of its citizens. YouTurd shows only part of the story I am sure and I will remain forever grateful to be one of the lucky ones that got out while the getting was good.
Those of you who didn't are content it seems to blog the decline and delusions of seperatism as you are milked for your dying breaths. I used to think you deserved better than what I knew was coming. I am revising that belief as it is clear you are incapable of fighting for it in any meaningful way.
It's a sad thing to face. The silver lining is that I do not have to.
Posted by Herman
- April 08, 2026, 06:21:41 PMConman Carney bribed his way into a parliamentary majority.
