“…just two per cent thought the country allowed in ‘too few’.”
Guess where the Tim’s, Burger King, McDonald’s managers, and owners polled as…
Elegant_Advice_8908 on
Put a stop for atleast 5 years , let the temporary folks go back home – then revisit the numbers.. this country is in a mess
fivefoot14inch on
The other third are the immigrants.
Sweet_Refrigerator_3 on
This number has been increasing with time and is why I would like the election to take place next year as the next government is going to have a stronger mandate to do something about immigration and housing and the economy and will be able to go far enough to do so and to get around corporate interests. The whole housing bubble and immigration mess (wage suppression and housing supply demand) is due to corruption and greed.
bigjimbay on
The other third are recent migrants
Baulderdash77 on
The current government has completely dismantled the consensus on immigration in Canada because it has thrown away all the guardrails and opened it up to abuse.
The levels are completely unsustainable and it strains all the social and economic aspects of Canada because our infrastructure to live can’t keep up with these levels. Canadians are now aware of what’s happening and it’s not surprising that a consensus is building against it.
Comprehensive_Fan140 on
The other third just got off the boat.
TessaigaVI on
A man abusing his wife in another country won’t stop once in Canada.
Single_Rain4899 on
What’s with the third that thinks we’re not letting enough in? Are they the “Death to Canada” folks? Or just rabid LPC supporters who are too deep in the cult to see the forest for the trees?
Independent-Towel-90 on
Likely higher than that….
pinky8847 on
As a poc who’s family has lived here for 30 years, I can’t help but feel a little resentment, my family fled war, they were upper middle class and my moms husband worked for the UN, it still took us 4 years of vetting to get here while nowadays your approved after a couple months.
Also these new immigrants since 2018 even the ones from my own country have the worst attitude and refuse to assimilate. I’m going to sound like such a Karen but I feel like social media and vlogging has made new immigrants/ students extremely entitled/deluded thinking Canada should bend the rules for them because we’re ‘desperate for workers’
Also the hiring biases here have become ridiculous, you’ll only see one group of ethnicity working at a chipotle in my city and none of them are citizens.
There’s no jobs for young people, how are kids supposed to find their first job when it’s all being taken by foreign students?
Housing is crowded asf
I’ve seen so many ways people have came here/brought here just for nefarious purposes and to get money in shady ways.
And the worst one? 60-70% of our ‘new immigration’ is coming from ONE COUNTRY!
Canada has become a cess pool, I don’t even recognize the city I grew up in…. It’s depressing as hell, this is 10x worse than the 2008 recession which was already terrible!
BinaryPear on
I’m genuinely shocked the percentage is not higher. Perhaps that’s the percentage of people who are unaware
No_Thing_2031 on
And it was left to drive housing prices up .
InconspicuousIntent on
And the other 3rd **just** want to bring their ailing elderly family here, no biggie right?
CGP05 on
Fundamentally, immigration is like for food Canada. We do need a continuous stream of it to keep our population and therefore our economy growing, just like how people need a certain amount of food everyday to survive. However, we cannot take in too many immigrants over a period of time (which is our current situation), just like how humans cannot handle too much food at one time or else they get sick.
emptyingthecup on
Canada needs immigration given its declining birth rate and the brain drain that occurs here. However, they need to stop being congregated into already packed cities, namely the GTA. Canada is huge, there are untapped resources everywhere outside the GTA, yet so much of the land is left uncultivated and towns left desolate and undeveloped. Immigrant populations bring in a lot of expertise, and so can be used to cultivate those areas and build up townships and cities. It’s time to expand beyond the GTA.
It’s likely that part of the reason immigration is set so high despite all of these warning signs and negative consequences is to help feed into the housing market, which is regarded by the corporate-political class as a primary business model. It’s a very corrupt dynamic where politicians, especially starting with Harper and his deregulatory actions, have sold out the country to corporations, who then are taking advantage of immigrants.
FudgyTheWhale69 on
Waahhhhhhhhhhh
ABinColby on
AND the other third were born somewhere else and moved here in the last 5 years!
TelevisionNo479 on
The other 1/3 are immigrants
Sarge1387 on
yeah but if you even remotely hint that the best course of action would be to slow immigration down…you’re a racist bigot apparently.
Despite the fact that it is, in fact, likely the best course of action.
Kinda_Constipated on
I wanna know how many foreign nationals are working in our government admin roles. As an immigrant, I feel like these jobs should only be given to citizens. Yet I suspect we have foreign nationals in the CRA and LTB.
Conspiracy time: India/China/other global powers are attempting regulatory capture of Canada’s institutions. The LTB is used to price Canadians out of homes and selectively enforce the rights of a select few, forcing many to leave to market and allowing for large corporate landlords to consolidate the market. In tendum with the CRA, we are seeing an increase in mortgage fraud and rent fraud.
tetzy on
The other third are trying to get their elderly relatives in for our socialized healthcare.
Cowbellcheer on
I wonder if their immigrant relatives thought that when they were flooding Canada 100plus years ago.
bradenalexander on
The other 3rd are new immigrants
BrendanGuer on
*In other news, nearly one-third of Canadians are now recent immigrants.*
Peace-wolf on
It’s out of control. Last generation of immigrants are losing out jobs to new immigrants cause they accept less pay.
Routine_Pass_6850 on
My mind is blown that it’s only 2 thirds, how it it not 90 percent
RyanMay999 on
That just means there’s not enough immigration!
xweedxwizardx on
Pretty good guess who the other 1/3 is
canteixo on
The NDP said that the conservatives were “anti immigration” for trying to put a cap. The NDP said we need to make sure the wealthy employers have a constant stream of cheap labour
What’s the percentage of Canadians that remember how good this country was in the 90s
Fancy-Ambassador6160 on
The other one third is new Immigrants wanting to bring their parents and grand parents over.
ImpressiveReward572 on
Because it’s unbearable and we have no space or infrastructure. I’m an immigrant from 2001
808estate on
it doesn’t matter what Canadians think: our corporate overlords need meat for the machine i.e. an endless supply of cheap labour.
vocabulazy on
The alternative to filling our empty jobs with immigrants is Canadians having babies. That will take at least 18 years. Will those who who don’t want more immigration vote for what it takes to make immigrants want to stay in their home countries, and to make more Canadians want to have more kids?
– Increased foreign aid to help countries experiencing famine, disease epidemics, etc
– Increased participation in UN missions to try to end and prevent conflict
– A bigger military & more deployments
– Tie minimum wage to inflation, at bare minimum, but better to tie it to regional cost of living, AND all wage growth must keep up with increases to minimum wage
– More robust social services for families: better parental leave, accessible and affordable childcare, universal optometrical/dental/pharmaecutical coverage for children
– A robust social housing program
– Removing single-family only zoning, so denser housing models can be built everywhere
– Decomodifying housing by making it illegal for businesses to own too many units (and deciding what too many means)
– Making it illegal for foreign citizens to purchase housing
– Rent controls so stringent that removes the incentive for people to become landlords as a profession
– More restrictions on “flipping” houses
– Restricting the prices of utilities
If we help to make the world more peaceful and safe for people to stay in their home countries, they may not be trying to escape en masse to Canada/etc. If you make life easier and more affordable for the average Canadian, we will have more kids. Neither of these can be done with less government or lower taxes.
AustralisBorealis64 on
# Nearly two-thirds of Canadians have no idea what the immigration levels are.
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“…just two per cent thought the country allowed in ‘too few’.”
Guess where the Tim’s, Burger King, McDonald’s managers, and owners polled as…
Put a stop for atleast 5 years , let the temporary folks go back home – then revisit the numbers.. this country is in a mess
The other third are the immigrants.
This number has been increasing with time and is why I would like the election to take place next year as the next government is going to have a stronger mandate to do something about immigration and housing and the economy and will be able to go far enough to do so and to get around corporate interests. The whole housing bubble and immigration mess (wage suppression and housing supply demand) is due to corruption and greed.
The other third are recent migrants
The current government has completely dismantled the consensus on immigration in Canada because it has thrown away all the guardrails and opened it up to abuse.
The levels are completely unsustainable and it strains all the social and economic aspects of Canada because our infrastructure to live can’t keep up with these levels. Canadians are now aware of what’s happening and it’s not surprising that a consensus is building against it.
The other third just got off the boat.
A man abusing his wife in another country won’t stop once in Canada.
What’s with the third that thinks we’re not letting enough in? Are they the “Death to Canada” folks? Or just rabid LPC supporters who are too deep in the cult to see the forest for the trees?
Likely higher than that….
As a poc who’s family has lived here for 30 years, I can’t help but feel a little resentment, my family fled war, they were upper middle class and my moms husband worked for the UN, it still took us 4 years of vetting to get here while nowadays your approved after a couple months.
Also these new immigrants since 2018 even the ones from my own country have the worst attitude and refuse to assimilate. I’m going to sound like such a Karen but I feel like social media and vlogging has made new immigrants/ students extremely entitled/deluded thinking Canada should bend the rules for them because we’re ‘desperate for workers’
Also the hiring biases here have become ridiculous, you’ll only see one group of ethnicity working at a chipotle in my city and none of them are citizens.
There’s no jobs for young people, how are kids supposed to find their first job when it’s all being taken by foreign students?
Housing is crowded asf
I’ve seen so many ways people have came here/brought here just for nefarious purposes and to get money in shady ways.
And the worst one? 60-70% of our ‘new immigration’ is coming from ONE COUNTRY!
Canada has become a cess pool, I don’t even recognize the city I grew up in…. It’s depressing as hell, this is 10x worse than the 2008 recession which was already terrible!
I’m genuinely shocked the percentage is not higher. Perhaps that’s the percentage of people who are unaware
And it was left to drive housing prices up .
And the other 3rd **just** want to bring their ailing elderly family here, no biggie right?
Fundamentally, immigration is like for food Canada. We do need a continuous stream of it to keep our population and therefore our economy growing, just like how people need a certain amount of food everyday to survive. However, we cannot take in too many immigrants over a period of time (which is our current situation), just like how humans cannot handle too much food at one time or else they get sick.
Canada needs immigration given its declining birth rate and the brain drain that occurs here. However, they need to stop being congregated into already packed cities, namely the GTA. Canada is huge, there are untapped resources everywhere outside the GTA, yet so much of the land is left uncultivated and towns left desolate and undeveloped. Immigrant populations bring in a lot of expertise, and so can be used to cultivate those areas and build up townships and cities. It’s time to expand beyond the GTA.
It’s likely that part of the reason immigration is set so high despite all of these warning signs and negative consequences is to help feed into the housing market, which is regarded by the corporate-political class as a primary business model. It’s a very corrupt dynamic where politicians, especially starting with Harper and his deregulatory actions, have sold out the country to corporations, who then are taking advantage of immigrants.
Waahhhhhhhhhhh
AND the other third were born somewhere else and moved here in the last 5 years!
The other 1/3 are immigrants
yeah but if you even remotely hint that the best course of action would be to slow immigration down…you’re a racist bigot apparently.
Despite the fact that it is, in fact, likely the best course of action.
I wanna know how many foreign nationals are working in our government admin roles. As an immigrant, I feel like these jobs should only be given to citizens. Yet I suspect we have foreign nationals in the CRA and LTB.
Conspiracy time: India/China/other global powers are attempting regulatory capture of Canada’s institutions. The LTB is used to price Canadians out of homes and selectively enforce the rights of a select few, forcing many to leave to market and allowing for large corporate landlords to consolidate the market. In tendum with the CRA, we are seeing an increase in mortgage fraud and rent fraud.
The other third are trying to get their elderly relatives in for our socialized healthcare.
I wonder if their immigrant relatives thought that when they were flooding Canada 100plus years ago.
The other 3rd are new immigrants
*In other news, nearly one-third of Canadians are now recent immigrants.*
It’s out of control. Last generation of immigrants are losing out jobs to new immigrants cause they accept less pay.
My mind is blown that it’s only 2 thirds, how it it not 90 percent
That just means there’s not enough immigration!
Pretty good guess who the other 1/3 is
The NDP said that the conservatives were “anti immigration” for trying to put a cap. The NDP said we need to make sure the wealthy employers have a constant stream of cheap labour
https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-critic-immigration-calls-out-conservative-leader-harmful-policies
What’s the percentage of Canadians that remember how good this country was in the 90s
The other one third is new Immigrants wanting to bring their parents and grand parents over.
Because it’s unbearable and we have no space or infrastructure. I’m an immigrant from 2001
it doesn’t matter what Canadians think: our corporate overlords need meat for the machine i.e. an endless supply of cheap labour.
The alternative to filling our empty jobs with immigrants is Canadians having babies. That will take at least 18 years. Will those who who don’t want more immigration vote for what it takes to make immigrants want to stay in their home countries, and to make more Canadians want to have more kids?
– Increased foreign aid to help countries experiencing famine, disease epidemics, etc
– Increased participation in UN missions to try to end and prevent conflict
– A bigger military & more deployments
– Tie minimum wage to inflation, at bare minimum, but better to tie it to regional cost of living, AND all wage growth must keep up with increases to minimum wage
– More robust social services for families: better parental leave, accessible and affordable childcare, universal optometrical/dental/pharmaecutical coverage for children
– A robust social housing program
– Removing single-family only zoning, so denser housing models can be built everywhere
– Decomodifying housing by making it illegal for businesses to own too many units (and deciding what too many means)
– Making it illegal for foreign citizens to purchase housing
– Rent controls so stringent that removes the incentive for people to become landlords as a profession
– More restrictions on “flipping” houses
– Restricting the prices of utilities
If we help to make the world more peaceful and safe for people to stay in their home countries, they may not be trying to escape en masse to Canada/etc. If you make life easier and more affordable for the average Canadian, we will have more kids. Neither of these can be done with less government or lower taxes.
# Nearly two-thirds of Canadians have no idea what the immigration levels are.