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Canada's population growth is exploding. Here's why - The Hub (thehub.ca)
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For several decades Canada’s population growth rate hovered at about 1.0 percent annually. This rate has more than tripled in a few short years, up to 3.3 percent in 2023.

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Why not try to tie the growth of infrastructure to the population growth?

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

When you control both it make sense to do so but there isn't the manpower, right now, to do so. Even when we get enough people to support that much construction the wages are not that great and the work literally destroys your body. Not many people want to do it and the ones who do can't do it for long.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Wth so much demand for housing, wages should be pretty good? Here in California we have a housing crisis but construction wages are good, especially for skilled workers.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Depending on the trade construction is 25-35 an hour for the grunt work, around 40 for electrical/hvac/plumbing. In an industrial job you can get 25 bucks to push a broom and >45 in the maintenance department.

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