Anthony Furey: The Growing Trend of People Abandoning Canada

Published on January 9, 2024

Commentary As a mortgage broker, Ron Butler speaks to a lot of Canadians who are in transition periods in their life. He recently took to social media to share a concerning new trend, though: Canadians, particularly young people, abandoning the country. It used to be that the transitions people made were moving homes or changing jobs. Now they’re moving countries. “I spoke to a young woman in her 20s this week and it was kinda heartbreaking,” Butler recently posted. “She’s well-educated, has a good job she is striving to get better at and believes she has no economic prospects.”...