00:01:48.720We need to have at least replacement level, or our country's going to suffer.
00:01:52.620And what do you think needs to be done in order to motivate Canadians to have more children and to start having more families?
00:01:59.420Supporting the nuclear family. Maybe a little bit more insight into what happens when countries don't support their, you know, at least have replacement level birth rates.
00:02:13.460And do you think that it's a problem for the country to rely on immigration to solve your population problems,
00:02:19.160rather than what we're doing now, which is relying on immigration?
00:02:22.000We're not having enough children naturally. So do you think that's an issue?
00:02:25.320I think it complicates national identity and a bit of assimilation into culture.
00:02:34.980You know, if you have immigrants coming in, it's been kind of the idea that you want to assimilate to culture to still maintain the Canadian identity.
00:02:43.580If people are born in other places, they may not want to assimilate or identify themselves as, you know, people from Canada.
00:02:51.160A simple example that I've heard of and people have talked about is, for example, if something happens in terms of war,
00:03:02.900we find ourselves in very unstable times, who would choose to fight for Canada if they're not, if they don't identify themselves as Canadian?
00:04:12.760People don't have as much support, I don't think.
00:04:15.100Daycare, education, it's all pretty stressful.
00:04:18.920I think it's because mainly the political, like, it's very unstable, the political arena.
00:04:26.260Nobody has, like, really any confidence in, like, political officials, and we're having a lot of radical ideology being legislated and putting into effect.
00:04:38.040Like, I was, like, going on my Instagram the other day, and I couldn't read a post because the new legislation.
00:04:43.900And it wasn't anything, it was just a story about a Mexican, Mexico, something about Mexico.
00:04:49.760So it wasn't anything so far left, so far right.
00:04:53.060It was just, I don't really know why I didn't, wasn't able to read it.
00:04:56.560But those type of nuances, I think, affect people's mindset about bringing people into the world, bringing new people in the world, having to deal with those things.
00:05:04.300And it's really unstable right now in Canada.
00:05:06.960We have, like, high inflation, and they said it's coming down.
00:05:10.840Nobody really knows if that's happening.
00:05:14.420So I think that's basically, like, the foundation of why I think people might not want to have families and might not want to bring new people into the world.
00:05:22.300Because there's a lot of uncertainties and things going on that we don't know when it's going to be fixed.
00:05:27.220Why do you think it is that young Canadians just aren't having children anymore at the same rate they used to?
00:05:33.940But I think in terms of sustaining an economy or the way it's designed right now, it's important to maintain kind of that median.
00:05:41.120Yeah, I mean, it should be concerning because just in terms of maintaining the structure of the economy, well, you need a certain amount of population for the amount of same in for out.
00:06:02.880And why do you think it is that Canadians are not having as many children as they were in the past?
00:06:07.880Part of it is financial because they can't even afford a home now.
00:06:11.780And so then they delay having their children.
00:06:14.340So do you think that there needs to be some solutions put in place that are designed to increase or to motivate young Canadians to have larger families?
00:06:23.660Do you think that it should be a political issue?
00:06:26.060Well, I think it rests actually with the poverty rates and dealing with poverty in Canada will be a first step.
00:06:33.080I just came in January, so I don't have any...