Canada sharply restricted immigration and scored itself a 0.2% population decline. This flips the script on a long-running strategy of lax immigration to offset low birth rates and prevent pension/workforce collapse.
Slamming the door shut quickly has triggered demographic decline; should the door remain shut for too long, they risk restarting a long-term economic hollowing-out. However, the severe housing shortages, affordability crises, social backlash, and rise of nationalist politics make a good case for curbing inflows.
Canada is facing a rough economic outlook in the coming decades, unless it can figure out the people problem or negotiate more favorable trade integration with the US.
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