I never understood where the "canadians are so nice" came from. Like sure, there are nice people here, but not more than anywhere else. If anything I find that places like Vancouver and Toronto are full of some of the most mean spirited and toxic people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting.
Its a mutation of being more 'british', and then later on being more socially minded/conscious. I find that people underestimate the smugness, however- and thats what has dominated the Canadian persona. I find most southerners to be kinder or more tolerant now, and even in placed like New York, etc- these people are down to earth. They're certainly not as smug as Canadians
Unemployment is dreadful in Ontario. It's hard to believe things have gotten so much worse compared to a decade ago when things were already terrible.
In 2015 we were already dealing with excessive immigration and stagnant wages. Unemployment was definitely not low. LMIA had been around for seven years but wasn't as prevalent as it is today but it was already causing problems. Youth unemployment was very bad in 2015 as well (15-24).
I'm honestly shocked how it could get so much fucking worse when it was already bleak before. Harper was no friend to the working class, he created the TFW program, kept immigration high (by 2015 standards). But he couldn't do a fraction the damage the liberals did. The liberals absolutely destroyed this country.
One thing people need to mention as well with unemployment in 2015 is that
underemployment is and was the big unreported killer. Imagine getting out of college or university in 2015, and then not being able to find any sort of job except bagging groceries at Loblaws, which you could do at 16.
Oh wait, thats pretty much the vast majority of my friends. So while 'unemployment stats' are low, underemployment has been the biggest pox over the past decade and a half since the recession, unironically.
And that time ain't coming back
Forget fast-food, farms are the way to go at this point for entry / intermediate level work, Jeets tremble at the thought of having to do any actual manual labour in the summer heat.
The problem is, these aren't permanent and people used to want
more. Its the entire point of getting into post-secondary education.
Why I say farm work isn't permanent is that for commercial farming, like construction, roofing, etc- you will completely destroy your back and knees by the time youre nearing your 50s even when you're very much in shape, so you'd better figure out a way to save money, optimize your income, or for post-construction. I can remember my neighbor and his friends talking about this a decade ago, and them looking for ways to transition into handyman work, beautification, something less intense afterwards, etc.
This I would call unskilled labour though, and it use to be that people aspired to higher/more. We no longer really do, and its honestly sad. Yeah, forget fast food- but like, if all you have in Onterrible is working on a farm in the heat all day and paying taxes for rent you can't really afford, its not a future either
