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[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even if they work in construction it's not like that magically makes more houses

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not magic, it's economics. If you're putting in more man-hours in a competitive market, you should be getting more products out of the other end. Immigrants can plumb just as well as you, of course.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We don't need more manpower, it's our policies that are restricting supply

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those are also dumb. We should stop zoning everything just for the sake of the environment and basic livability, even.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If there were more incentive to build housing then more people would get into construction, not the other way around. People don't train for industries that don't pay

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure. IIRC, though, this thread started with somebody blaming immigration for the crisis. It's not that, that's not how it works.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is if you get more immigrants than you can build houses

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Except immigrants build houses. Sense this discussion looping back on itself a bit, so I'll check out if there's nothing further.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But they don't, I don't understand why you are under this impression

Millions of immigrants in recent years and nothing is getting built

Need to fix policies before getting more immigrants