Are there “third rail” issues in Canadian politics?

Interesting oversight in not including immigration as a “third rail.” Personally, don’t believe it is as long as discussion focuses on the impact of current levels on housing, healthcare and infrastructure, all issues that face immigrants and non-immigrants alike. Perhaps the lack of its inclusion is in itself a good sign:

In Canadian politics, certain policy issues act as “third rails”—topics so charged that even touching them can have severe political consequences. To better understand these dynamics, we recently conducted a national survey asking Canadians how a range of policy ideas would influence their voting decisions. The goal was to identify which policies are likely to attract or repel voters, regardless of their stance on other issues.

We tested a wide array of ideas, including raising taxes on the richest 1% of Canadians, making public transit free in every city, offering free university and college education, eliminating the federal carbon tax, forcing religious organizations to pay taxes, and abolishing the monarchy to establish a republic. 

Other tested ideas included eliminating all government funding to the CBC, expanding the use of nuclear energy, bringing back the death penalty, allowing people to pay for most healthcare procedures, adding new taxes on sugary beverages, abolishing official bilingualism, taxing profits from the sale of primary residences, criminalizing abortion, introducing mandatory military service for those aged 18 to 20, raising the eligibility age for retirement benefits like CPP and OAS, and legalizing all drugs, including hard drugs like heroin and cocaine.

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