r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '26

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u/ConstructionOk4528 Mar 13 '26

108k full time jobs lost and Carneys approval rating will still go up smh are people stupid

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u/boozefiend3000 Mar 13 '26

“The Canadian economy lost more jobs in February than it has in a single month in the last four years — but Prime Minister Mark Carney says when compared to the United States, we're doing pretty good.” 

Who gives a fuck? Country needs to constantly compare everything to the states. We’re absolutely pathetic 

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 13 '26

Liberals (boomers specifically) when every aspect of the canadian life is getting significantly worse but if you fudge the numbers (a lot) it could be interpreted to be doing still worse than the USA but not as bad as if you did a thought experiment and making USA perform as bad as they possibly could:

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 14 '26

Its funny with you mentioning spiritual boomers, probably read my other comment saying my friend was one in spirit and yeah, hes fucking insulated from the economy going to shit. hes essentially got to do life on easy mode besides putting in, admittedly a bit of hard work in the beginning to get his position but from there on is essentially on easy mode. Rental property, job that you literally cannot lose in any sort of economic downturn, parents that work (may not have the riches but definitely middle class) and had been leaning more and more boomer liberal over the years as he fell into this comfort. Always got an excuse for the liberal failures, doesnt understand how difficult life is and that lots of people need to choose between bills and food.

Sorry for the rant but it ain't just the actual boomers thats the issue but the boomers in spirit too. Dont even know what the point of my comment here is other than an example of people who are protected from the economy can afford these stupid luxury beliefs. 

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Mar 13 '26

It's always compare to the US. It's getting shittier and shittier here but it isn't the absolute shit show it is down there so it's OK!

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 14 '26

It's funny that he wants to compare that one metric. But GDP, GDP per capita, then the US is irrelevant. They've seen 40% GDP growth in a decade. We've seen I believe 4% GDP growth OVER 10 YEARS! nevermind inflation was running hot for many of those years too. 

Canada's only means to increase GDP under the Liberals is immigration. This country is retarded.

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u/OxfordTheCat Mar 15 '26

Because it offers context?

Every single developed country is experiencing significant job losses. We're still doing better than the world's largest economy south of us.

I swear Gen Z's think we live in a bubble and every country is some separate closed economy insulated from the world. 🙄

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u/Late_Winner6859 Mar 15 '26

Somehow it’s only convenient context that is offered.

Last month for food prices it was “climate change”. The comparison with US (who have much lower prices) did not come up.

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u/Longjumping_Deer3006 Mar 15 '26

Youth unemployment is at 14% buddy.

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u/Lumindan Mar 15 '26

Because it offers context?

Comparing to the U.S. only adds context if it actually explains what’s happening here. It doesn’t magically make the problem smaller. Saying we're doing better doesn't really mean jack shit.

Canada losing the most jobs in four years is still bad news for Canadians regardless of what the U.S. numbers look like. If anything, constantly pointing south is just a way to dodge the obvious question.

Why is our labour market weakening right now? Why is the government still pumping immigration and offering people full PR when our youth can't find work?

Economic benchmarking can be useful, but it’s not a substitute for accountability. Saying we’re doing better than the states doesn’t help the people who just lost their jobs, and it doesn’t explain whether the policies here are working or not. If Canada’s economy is strong, it should be able to stand on its own results not just look good relative to someone else having a worse month.

I swear Gen Z's think we live in a bubble and every country is some separate closed economy insulated from the world. 🙄

Nobody is claiming Canada exists in isolation. The point is that Canadians care about the Canadian economy first. If job losses here hit a four-year high, brushing it off with “well the U.S. is worse” is basically the economic version of “it could be worse,” which isn’t exactly reassuring. I get you feel the need to run defence and carry water for you guy but this is just sad.

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u/WeightedDips95 Mar 14 '26

"Its the war with Iran! Also why Canadians cant afford homes! Dont ask why it was Trump last week but Iran this week, or why these trends started long before either! Wait, you werent going to ask anyways, because youre a brainless lobotomized C*nadian! Just give us a majority and well fix the country for real this time! "

-Literally the LPC

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 14 '26

90% of voters quit voting liberal before they fix the country! Or something like that.

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u/Fuck_you_all22 Mar 14 '26

More like "give us the majority and we will build gulags for you to live in."

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u/rastamasta45 Mar 14 '26

I’ve already seen the comments “I’m certain id be worse with CPC”

We’ve had a liberal rule for so long people can’t even see what life is like without them. Definition of abusive relationship.

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u/Fuck_you_all22 Mar 14 '26

Cbc and other media are bought by liberals with taxpayer money. The population is getting dumber with liberal propaganda. Also a lot of people rely on government cheqs to survive.

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u/Sharp_Phrase_9066 Mar 14 '26

"He hits me only because he loves me."

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u/TKB-059 bc Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

I'm sure Carney going off on another MOU signing in Sri Lanka or whatever will fix this.

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u/WeightedDips95 Mar 14 '26

Dude... Hes signing DEALS. Little PP cant even get his security clearance still!

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u/ultragigasimp Mar 14 '26

We must fill those jobs in with part time Indians who will work for pennies, quick 250,000 more for each province!

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 14 '26

250000 ???? Bud We could take in 10 million for reach province and India would barely notice the population decline. Hell, we could probably take like 5 to 10 million per county/whatever the province considers that tier below the province, of each province and they STILL would have a lot of Indians left in india.

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u/ultragigasimp Mar 14 '26

… I don’t like this game anymore 

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 14 '26

Horror stories to tell around the campfire 

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 13 '26

Shit really??? Got something concrete saying this so I can see how my "totally not liberal" friend weasels his way out of seeing that Carney and the liberals being fucking atrocious?

Seriously ive never seen someone so young be a boomer so much in spirit, so if you can link as much proof as possible bro. 

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u/Lumindan Mar 13 '26

straight from statscan so there's no media bias

According to the latest results from the Labour Force Survey in February 2026:

  • Employment declined by 84,000 (-0.4%) and the employment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 60.6%.
  • The unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 6.7%.
  • Employment fell among youth aged 15 to 24 years old (-47,000; -1.7%) and men in the core working age of 25 to 54 years old (-41,000; -0.6%). Employment was little changed for core-aged women and people aged 55 years and older.
  • Employment declines were recorded in services-producing industries (-56,000; -0.3%) and goods-producing industries (-28,000; -0.7%). The largest declines were in wholesale and retail trade (-18,000; -0.6%), and 'other services' such as personal and repair services (-14,000; -1.8%).
  • Employment declined in Quebec (-57,000; -1.2%), British Columbia (-20,000; -0.7%), Saskatchewan (-5,500; -0.9%) and Manitoba (-4,000; -0.5%). Employment increased in Newfoundland and Labrador (+2,100; +0.8%) and was little changed in the other provinces.
  • Average hourly wages among employees were up 3.9% (+$1.42 to $37.56) on a year-over-year basis in February, following growth of 3.3% in January (not seasonally adjusted).

Copy pasted the report information from their reddit account as well.

Here's a fun thought process, how much could we bolster our local economy if we could buy handguns and oic banned items tomorrow? How about a 750 million dollar injection into local business?

Best we'll see from the government is more unchecked immigration for easy wage suppression. Those youth employment stats are damning.

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u/I-LOVE-HENRY-RIFLES Mar 14 '26

Youth not having jobs is pretty bad cos they start earning money later. Less of a pension, less savings and less things to buy and enjoy. Life’s cooked.

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u/WeightedDips95 Mar 14 '26

I mean if its not obvious by now, the government(LPC) and Canada doesnt give two shits about the young of this country. We are an inconvenience. They would rather, and are happy to just replace us with a revolving door of foreigners as it suites them. Watch them expand MAID to "economically depressed" young people soon.

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 14 '26

THE YOUNGINS JUST DONT WANNA WORK ANYMORE WHERE THE WORK ETHIC BACK IN MY DAY I WORKED 40 HOURS A WEEK AND COULD AFTORD A HOUSE THE KIDS JUST NEED TO GO UP TO GHE BOSS AND ASJ FOR A JOB LAZY GENERATION 

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u/gamercast1337 Mar 13 '26

Bro if i could buy handguns and OIC guns id be fuckin poor.  And dont you dare suggest using 1 billion spent on this gun grab before guns were even grabbed to invest in local economy/ literally anything else, it means you just hate (checks notes, sees its written over a million times from the constant goal post moving) uhh you just hate uhhhhh.... canada sovereignty?

Also how DARE you suggest a million immigrants a year could lower wages!? Despite that being whats exactly happening !???? You evil trumpy! We need these immigrants to keep wages down and everything else high! To suggest anything else means you HATE canada!!