The cost of living in Canada has become "incredible", and newcomers seem to be facing a real challenge to their aspirations for Canada.
Canada, as a historically immigration-based country, has recently prepared to absorb immigrants in large numbers over the next three years.
At the same time, some Canadian residents are choosing to leave the country.
Statistics Canada data shows that the number of people leaving Canada has been increasing in recent years, especially since 2019, when the number of migrants leaving the country has reached a 20-year high.
Approximately 85,927 people left Canada in 2021, while in 2022 that number rose to 93,818. By the first half of 2023, about 42,000 people had left the country.
Although this figure is still relatively small relative to the number of immigrants who entered the country during the same period, immigration experts and lawyers point out that this trend may have an impact on new immigrants.
One of the main reasons for this phenomenon is the rising cost of living, especially housing.
According to a report by RBC, the average Canadian needs to spend about 60% of their household income on the cost of buying a home.
Recently, a large number of overseas Chinese have chosen to return.
Some Chinese who chose to leave said that between 2016 and 2021, Halifax's population grew by 9.1%.
Through immigration and inter-provincial migration, my city has an additional population of about 36,000 people. The traffic is getting more and more congested, and the people on the road are very angry.
Halifax is no longer the cozy, friendly place I remember. There have been cases of car snatching here, especially when the car is parked on the street.
Even in the underground parking lots of some apartment buildings, people sneak in and smash the windows of each car to see if there's anything of value inside.
Even the news of choosing to withdraw Canadian citizenship and permanently restore Chinese citizenship is not uncommon.
A Chinese mother in Toronto shared on Xiaohongshu that she spent 10 months applying for a Chinese green card for her child, which attracted a large number of questions from netizens.
According to the mother, she is a Chinese citizen and a Canadian PR status, and her husband is a Chinese national.
Because the child was born in a Toronto hospital, she is a Canadian citizen, but the family is currently living in China, so she thought about applying for a Chinese green card for the child.
Another Chinese netizen in Canada also completed the withdrawal procedures this month, ending almost 20 years of Canadian life and starting the next stage of his life.
Another netizen who returned to Beijing after more than 10 years of naturalization in Canada also said that he had carefully considered before applying for reinstatement, and for him, this approach was the most reliable.
In the comment area, many Chinese netizens also expressed their intentions.
"Canada is not what it used to be, and I don't think there's any happiness at all. ”
"I'm thinking about going down that path now...... I feel like I'll never go back to Vancouver to settle in my life. ”
"I have been returning for more than ten years, and I am also preparing to restore my Chinese nationality. ”
Many people are considering quitting their Canadian citizenship.
Some people also said that their annual income is 630,000 yuan, but they have paid 250,000 yuan in taxes alone, and Canada can't stay anymore and is ready to go to Hong Kong or Singapore to work.
More than one-third of the tax, it really hurts. In terms of income, some netizens compared Shanghai.
The conclusion is that the pre-tax income of 160,000 yuan, multiplied by the exchange rate after tax, is very weak compared to the Shanghai job with an income of 550,000 yuan.
If it is less than 160,000 yuan in annual income, it will be directly compared.
The owner also complained that the villa he lived in, the neighbors around him were all frugal, and they were reluctant to turn on the lights, and the lights were blind at night, thinking it was a vacant house.
"In the past 13 years, my friends have graduated, and those with better family conditions have returned to China.
High taxes, low wages, prices have skyrocketed, 100 a tank of oil before the epidemic, now 200.
去年在dt(downtown)开的店被break in(入室偷窃)了五次,住的house被break in被偷了2万,报警警察不管,只会开超速罚单。 "
Indeed, oil prices have risen by half compared to before the epidemic. The police often ignore some small thefts, and the on-site handling is very calm, set up a file, give the case number and let you go to the insurance company to report the insurance, and there is no intention to recover it at all.
But seriously, is it better for other countries? It's a bit of a luxury to expect the police to handle thefts like murders.
Being able to lazily go to the scene to assist in checking the monitoring is already benevolent and duty-bound, and if something falls, it will be ruined by default.
Canada, as a welfare state, is a jujube kernel society, cutting the middle and raising two ends. Rich people have good tax avoidance methods, and those who really bear the responsibility of supporting society are still middle-class. Therefore, this makes the workers look down on the people who receive subsidies.
"Canada is a beautiful developed country, with friendly and tolerant people and diverse cultures, but under the Liberal Party, it has done really badly over the years.
Last year, I lived in Markham in Toronto for more than half a year, and witnessed the deterioration of law and order, soaring prices, and the harvesting of most of the middle class, subsidizing the lazy who did not work hard, resulting in a lack of motivation for the whole society to forge ahead. ”
There are also people who attribute it to the fact that the intermediary paints cakes for everyone, and then the reality is a "buyer show", which disappoints everyone.
The other wave of people is those who have already gone ashore and feel that Canada is recklessly accepting low-income and low-ability immigrants, dividing resources, and the psychological gap is large, and they are also complaining.
At present, applications for restoration of Chinese nationality are examined and approved by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China. In addition, the Ministry of Public Security authorizes embassies and consulates abroad to examine and approve applications for restoration of Chinese nationality by foreign Chinese.