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Calling yourself an engineer doesn’t make you one.

There's a field of study in economics called industrial organization that is all about oligopolies, monopolies and forms of imperfect competition. This is known stuff. I have no idea what you mean by your comment about capitalism, but I think you're likely just confused about different forms of competition.

Michael Porter basically just took IO texts and rewrote them for business people. He's a nice entry point if you're interested.

The real issue is Canada's demographic decline. Immigrants were brought in to fill that gap and pay for pensions and other goodies that expect a growing base of tax paying productive workers. We're not getting rid of these people, they will become citizens if they choose to. Personally, I doubt that any announcement by the government will be anything but a temporary hold, to be returned to high levels post-Liberal election victory. All of these people have already been educated (to varying levels of quality) so on paper, they fill out the population pyramid.

The problem is the policy driving it is bad. Rather than high-skilled workers, we're letting in low-to-mid-skilled young people. On paper, this plugs the demographic hole. But a lack of planning on infrastructure (housing, etc.) means that prices of those assets has gone through the roof. This has created poor economic incentives to invest in labour intensive industries and housing rather than the innovative, productive part of the economy. What happens when you want to open a software company but can't find workers? Maybe you open a house painting company instead, if the money on offer is high enough.

We shouldn't blame the immigrant -- they are trying to improve their lives. But you definitely can blame poor policy.

Yes. And people buy blue sweaters and many other colours when it is clear that no dye is better. Simply put, the demand for dyed clothes should not exist.

Welcome to capitalism and the free world. Sometimes we just need to be tolerant of others and let them get on with it.

This is a wonderful summary. I know this took a lot of time and effort and the community is better for it.

We seem to live in a world where wishful thinking often overrules facts to our detriment. Yours is a good example that if we want to optimize our actions to promote environmental goals, we need to properly consider those goals and not substitute how we feel about an issue. Thanks for pushing back!