I'm actually Chinese-Canadian, and according to my parents who have worked here the last decade, Canada is a lot worse than it was even before COVID. According to what they've heard from co-workers with experience working outside Canada, even other western countries known for having a bad economy, like Germany or UK are not only better, but a lot better than Canada at the very least for earning money...that should speak for itself.
Basically, imagine if the UK was *just* London, and nothing else. Thats how I'd explain Canada, though also add on that Canada also has the massive self-inflicted trade war with the US, and is far more liberal than London.
Canada is basically three cities, with Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary (not including Quebec in here). Every other city and all towns feed into these major cities like spiderwebs draining into some larger tarantula's lair- now filled to the brim with Indians, third worldists, etc.
You could pick other cities like Winnipeg to show replication of this phenomena at a smaller scale, but thats basically how Canada operates-
which is where we get to the problem with Canada-
everything is too centralized because the country was literally built with resource extraction in mind, and when the center rots- theres nowhere to escape to.
The Yookay, for all intents and purposes- is
not just London. Towns may be dying, but the country itself does have places you can chill, try to start a life, other cultural hubs, etc. You can leave the big city to have a quiet life elsewhere (arguably). You really can't within Canada, because everything is within 100km of these big hubs and basically is oriented around servicing them. The Yookay does have a lot of major problems, but at least there are other cities and cultural hubs across the landscape. Sure, places like Manchester are hollowed out, Wales can be hollowed out, Scotland can be sparse, Northern Ireland may have its own issues, etc-
but the country is actually, well- a country. Even the small towns have their own local cultures and are arguably more independent from London.
Better country? The US. You're tired of Commiefornia? You can start a life in Denver, in Wyoming, in Florida, New Orleans, Texas, Burlington NH- wherever you want. Too many Indians in New York? Who cares. Too many Indians in Toronto? Literally everyone in Ontario's problem now because all cities service Toronto in the province.
If we get to Australia, it has similar issues to Canada- but at least its warmer and moving to the outback is a tolerable enough option. In Canada, its notoriously difficult to move further and further north, sans resources. Not a good country to be a bogan or a hobo in when you're finally exiled from Sydney, if your nuts are freezing off.