e-4956（公民和移民）
Petition to the House of Commons
向下议院请愿
Whereas: 然而：
- Per StatCan, in 2023, Canada had a record 1.2 million newcomers, while only started constructing 240k units. Rent reached a record high, affordability a record low;
根据 StatCan 的数据，2023 年，加拿大新增人口达到创纪录的 120 万，但仅开始建造 24 万套公寓。租金创历史新高，负担能力创历史新低；
- IRCC warned, "In Canada, population growth has exceeded the growth in available housing" and “rapid increases put pressure on health care and affordable housing”;
IRCC 警告称，“在加拿大，人口增长超过了可用住房的增长”，“快速增长给医疗保健和经济适用房带来了压力”；
- Immigrants are not a homogeneous group. High-skilled immigrants contribute massively, we need them! Low-skilled immigrants compete for entry-level jobs with youths and seniors, limiting their employment;
移民不是一个同质群体。高技能移民贡献巨大，我们需要他们！低技能移民与年轻人和老年人争夺入门级工作，限制了他们的就业；
- In 2014, then MP Trudeau criticized the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, “It is bad for our economy in that it depresses wages for all Canadians”. Today, under PM Trudeau, TFWs doubled, the international student program became another source of cheap labour, while wages stagnated and real GDP-per-capita is back to 2011;
2014年，时任议员特鲁多批评临时外籍工人（TFW）计划，“这对我们的经济不利，因为它压低了所有加拿大人的工资”。如今，在特鲁多总理的领导下，临时工数量翻了一番，国际学生计划成为廉价劳动力的另一个来源，而工资却停滞不前，实际人均GDP回到了2011年；
- In March, Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.1%. According to National Bank, “It is impossible for the labour market to absorb such a large number of newcomers”;
3月份，加拿大失业率跃升至6.1%。国家银行表示，“劳动力市场不可能吸收如此大量的新移民”；
- The Liberal government’s “housing accelerator” hopes to complete 750,000 homes in 10-years. Yet, if their immigration policy keeps pace, Canada will add 12 million newcomers in that period. RCMP reports, “Many Canadians under 35 are unlikely ever to be able to buy a place to live”; and
自由党政府的“住房加速器”希望在10年内建成75万套住房。然而，如果移民政策跟上步伐，加拿大在此期间将增加 1200 万新移民。皇家骑警报告称，“许多 35 岁以下的加拿大人不太可能买得起住的地方”；和
- The biggest housing price increases in the G7 and depressed wages have created a crisis in Canada where the quality-of-life has declined year-after-year.
七国集团中房价涨幅最大的国家和工资低迷导致加拿大陷入危机，生活质量逐年下降。
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to temporarily limit immigration to 200,000/year to allow housing and job infrastructure to catch up. Keep such measures until housing in the 10 biggest municipalities is affordable.
我们，以下签字人，加拿大公民和居民，呼吁下议院暂时将移民限制在每年 20 万，以便住房和就业基础设施能够跟上。继续采取此类措施，直到十大城市的住房负担得起。
