ShockTroopCAN
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Immigrants are part of the solution, not the problem.
Thanks to Diary Marif for the opportunity to have this important discussion.
newcanadianmedia.ca/federal-ndp-ca…
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Germany has a shortage of workers - so it's turning to India for help bbc.in/4uJSNqn
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@adamchamb @denisebatters Difference being, our PM is likeable, new, refreshing and relatable. PP is the same old same old, been there done that, not new certainly not refreshing.
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Your reminder that the Prime Minister launched his Liberal leadership bid on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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@CanadianPolling The idea that my parents who have paid $100’s of thousands in taxes throughout their life are given the same health care as a temporary immigrants is ridiculous. They need to charge a premium or health insurance plan to these TFW’s.
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Support for charging a fee/premium to temporary immigrants and their families for use of public healthcare and education systems:
Support: 69%
Oppose: 19%
Leger / March 2, 2026
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@DrJStrategy As long as housing gets cheaper than that’s all i care about as a young Canadian.
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For the record.
A Master Class in Incompetence: the Bank of Canada.
High energy prices are deflationary: they squeeze real incomes, crush discretionary spending, and deter investment, so the ultimate macro effect is weaker growth and downward pressure on underlying inflation, not a permanent inflation spiral. Yet you should fully expect central bankers to ignore basic economic theory and, as they did with wages and tariffs, misread a negative supply shock in oil as the start of a permanent inflation regime rather than a growth shock with only temporary price effects. It is hard to describe that repeated error—treating every cost shock as a 1970s rerun, as anything other than total incompetence.
The Bank of Canada just delivered a masterclass in that incompetence: leaving rates unchanged as Canada heads for a hard landing is not caution, it is negligence—tight policy into a weakening, energy‑squeezed economy is how you turn a slowdown into a policy‑induced recession, then blame “inflation expectations” after the fact.
Report on Business@globebusiness
BoC holds benchmark rate at 2.25% amid oil price shock theglobeandmail.com/business/econo…
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@mario4thenorth @mario4thenorth That’s the right decision. All lowering rates does is allow the gov to borrow more (against future tax payers). Rates go down just causes more inflationary effects.
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100% facts.
When I heard that the Bank of Canada, was holding rates steady, while:
-food prices up (highest in G7)
-100,000 full time jobs lost (in 1 month)
-new business start ups at new lows
-foreclosures accelerating
ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE.
And they held the damn rates
James E. Thorne@DrJStrategy
For the record. A Master Class in Incompetence: the Bank of Canada. High energy prices are deflationary: they squeeze real incomes, crush discretionary spending, and deter investment, so the ultimate macro effect is weaker growth and downward pressure on underlying inflation, not a permanent inflation spiral. Yet you should fully expect central bankers to ignore basic economic theory and, as they did with wages and tariffs, misread a negative supply shock in oil as the start of a permanent inflation regime rather than a growth shock with only temporary price effects. It is hard to describe that repeated error—treating every cost shock as a 1970s rerun, as anything other than total incompetence. The Bank of Canada just delivered a masterclass in that incompetence: leaving rates unchanged as Canada heads for a hard landing is not caution, it is negligence—tight policy into a weakening, energy‑squeezed economy is how you turn a slowdown into a policy‑induced recession, then blame “inflation expectations” after the fact.
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@globeandmail Ugh oh Liberal Dougie isn’t going to like this one! Elbows up 😂
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Chinese EV maker BYD in talks to open Canadian dealerships, consultant says theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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@magicmanace @SteveSaretsky 800k? That won’t even get you a house 😂
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@SteveSaretsky Are people so broke in this country that they can’t even afford a 800k house? Do they even work? Most Canadians need to stop eating out so much and put on their work boots.
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Bank of Canada saying the quiet part out loud. House prices need to come down to become more affordable.
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@ShaziGoalie Na us FTHB are just chilling watching the gong show. Cash in hand waiting for the Liberal pain to really hit 🥱
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Where are those FTHB?
We were told they were “cautiously waiting in the background.”
Yeah… right.
GTA Spring Market 2026: RIP ⚰️
Dan 🇨🇦🇲🇹@StraightFromDan
House Sigma sold data is back and GTA sales look like a trainwreck. 2260 so far March typically sees 9000 sales! spring market DED 💀💀💀
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@KeeperofCrypto1 @govt_corrupt That’s why you’ll see the gov just do some more enhanced death tax, so the boomers won’t care cause they’re dead but their kids will get nothing, gov will get it all.
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@govt_corrupt When their pensions are looted and taxed on their home equity by the Carney crowd, they'll be caring a lot all of a sudden.
Airdrie, Alberta 🇨🇦 English
You know who doesn't care about job losses or rising prices? Team Elbow.
They're mostly retired, own a house, two cars, a cottage, and don't give a shit about anyone else.
This is why hostility is growing between younger and older generations.
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@grahamillicheap @govt_corrupt Not even pension money. Money they didn’t even work for such a OAS…. Which will bankrupt us as a country. Elderly couple makes $180k household income in retirement (with a paid off house), and still get OAS. How is that fair for young people who foot the bill
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@govt_corrupt They just want more pension money. Most of them eat like shit and are unhealthy, therefore they rely on their free healthcare which is essentially a statin prescription.
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@REWoman Can you low ball power of sale offers? Seeing some potential properties for myself as a first time home buyer but I want to lowball the bank
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From a very good real estate lawyer I know - “We are seeing tons of powers of sale and shortfall sales”.
Hold on to your hats people things are going to get crazy. One lawyer who is a mortgage recovery lawyer has over 7,000 POS files at his office.
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@MarkJCarney Hey, maybe just stop running $80 billion deficits and immigrating way too many people. That would probably help us first time home buyers
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We’re saving Canadians up to $50,000 on your first home.
Last week, Bill C-4 became law — officially eliminating the GST for first-time home buyers on new homes up to $1 million, and reducing it on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million.
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@ronmortgageguy “Rates are at historic lows Ron.” Sincerely - Katy Perry’s baby daddy
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Bank Of Canada ANNOUNCEMENT!
Nothing: No Change
Which is what we knew on Monday, we knew it last November: this announcement was always going to be a pause
But the Future of Announcements is now an Open Question
War in the Middle East, $95 a Barrel of Oil, surging Gas & Diesel prices
While at the same time BIG job losses in Canada
Inflation versus a struggling Economy
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@BenRabidoux @RichardDias_CFA We still have an overpopulation of around 1.8 million based on regular immigration years compared to 2020-2025.
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Unprecedented times in Canada as population turns negative on a y/y basis for the first time in our country's history
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Why would ANYONE visit Trump’s America?
Canada Goose 🇨🇦@CanadaGoose911
Spring break departures to America from Vancouver
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@ShaziGoalie I mean, when you have Brampton private lenders giving out mortgages to a family of 10 who all falsified income and all work low income jobs that’s going to happen.
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Homeowners with good credit scores are now defaulting on mortgages.
Near-prime delinquencies jumped 31% in one year.
In Toronto, Vancouver, Brampton and Markham the spike is 55%+.
The mortgage shock is no longer a subprime problem.
It’s spreading into the middle class.
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@wonsbyte @unusual_whales What are you talking about? The only thing growing is government spending (which we pay interest on) Productivity is low, investment into manufacturing equipment low, inflation high, unemployment high (just lost 100k full time jobs). Where are you getting your data from
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@unusual_whales Canada economy is growing at a fast rate. When your Country is safe and secured, you attracts a lot of foreign direct investments
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Foreign investment inflow into Canada hits the highest level since 2007, per Bloomberg:
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