U.S. Vice President JD Vance says the stagnation of living standards in Canada is due to a rapid rise in immigration rather than to tariffs imposed by the United States.
Vance made the comments while reacing to a post on X indicating that Canada’s per-capita GDP has remained stagnant since 2018. He said the reasons for this trend were “complicated,” but noted that Canada had brought in a large number of immigrants in recent years. He also noted Canada has the highest foreign-born share of the population among G7 countries, which was confirmed by Statistics Canada’s 2021 census.
