The quote says that “according to insider sources” the Trudeau government is “reportedly discussing” such measures. Maybe they just made this up. But how can you know that? Couldn’t there be actual insider sources truthfully reporting the existence of such discussions? A denial from the government does not carry much weight in such matters.
There can simultaneously be an crisis of immigration of poor people and a crisis of emigration of rich people.
But how can you know that? Couldn’t there be actual insider sources truthfully reporting the existence of such discussions?
Yes, I perhaps should have said “I think there is a 99% chance this is made up”. As a general rule, I think any politically charged story based on “anonymous insider sources” should be considered very low credibility, and if there is no other support, then a 90+ chance of being made up is about right. More credibility points lost in this case for the only source being a tweet from a guy who seems to be advertising some kind of passport acquisition service.
There can simultaneously be an crisis of immigration of poor people and a crisis of emigration of rich people.
The tweet’s screenshot doesn’t seem to be talking about rich people in particular being the ones leaving (which I think is usually termed “capital flight”; that is, the money leaving is more important than the people).
The quote says that “according to insider sources” the Trudeau government is “reportedly discussing” such measures. Maybe they just made this up. But how can you know that? Couldn’t there be actual insider sources truthfully reporting the existence of such discussions? A denial from the government does not carry much weight in such matters.
There can simultaneously be an crisis of immigration of poor people and a crisis of emigration of rich people.
Yes, I perhaps should have said “I think there is a 99% chance this is made up”. As a general rule, I think any politically charged story based on “anonymous insider sources” should be considered very low credibility, and if there is no other support, then a 90+ chance of being made up is about right. More credibility points lost in this case for the only source being a tweet from a guy who seems to be advertising some kind of passport acquisition service.
The tweet’s screenshot doesn’t seem to be talking about rich people in particular being the ones leaving (which I think is usually termed “capital flight”; that is, the money leaving is more important than the people).