Thread by @yacineMTB on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "while america's h1b cap by country hurts a lot of people, it's necessary to preserve the american culture. I wish canada had the same. I have nothing against Indians but their culture is strong and suboptimal in many ways. When you have Trudeaus illiberal policies adding a tenth of the population, Canada has gotten destroyed. We need to be able to assimilate people. This would have been the case for any assymetry in numbers, it just happens to be Indians. Honestly, this unmitigated importation is not only destroying Canada, but destroying the reputations of the high skill Indian Canadians who helped build this country. If you ask the Indian Canadians what they think, they also hate it. In fact they are the ones who get hurt the most. They went from being a model minority to 3 rungs down the class. It's sad to see their reputation get destroyed for no reason, watch hatred brew for no reason
None of this
Literally none of this
Needed to happen
It just happened because of a wounded narcissist at the helm
Who has been parasitized by the religion of suicidal western empathy
I do not
Recognize my country"
Immigration Minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ to come to Canada as concerns grow about U.S. deportation plans - The Globe and Mail (2024) - "several immigration lawyers urged Ottawa to change a policy that allows migrants fleeing from the U.S. to claim asylum here if they cross the border illegally and evade the authorities for two weeks... A new poll suggests most people think Canada should let fewer refugees stay, with only 10 per cent of Canadians believing the country should accept more, according to a Nanos poll conducted for The Globe and Mail. The poll showed 56 per cent of respondents think Canada should accept fewer refugees and protected persons as permanent residents than Ottawa plans next year."
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau says Canada welcomes refugees (2017)
'It feels very bad': Brampton reels after two nights of tense protest outside temple - "Monday night saw hundreds of demonstrators gather outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, Ont., where police allege people in the crowd were carrying weapons and objects were being thrown... Groups that backed Monday's demonstration suggested it came in response to the Sunday protest, which was initiated by Sikh separatists who seek an independent nation called Khalistan."
Peel public order unit deployed amid Hindu rally in Brampton - "While earlier in the day they suspended one of their own officers, Peel Regional Police on Monday night were bringing in extra firepower to shut down a heated protest that allegedly included some armed individuals. Saying they spotted “weapons” in the crowd, Peel police deployed their public order unit and asked residents to stay out of The Gore Rd.-Tyler Ave. area just before 10 p.m... all off-duty public order officers with Toronto Police were also being sent to Brampton immediately. In response to a violent incident involving Sikh protesters at their temple on Sunday, hundreds of Hindu Canadians took to the streets of Brampton, but were headed off from marching to a Sikh place of worship by Peel police."
Protest breaks out at Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. : r/canada - "Canada has successfully imported racial tensions from India!!! Congratulations"
"In the last decade, we've literally become the definition of; "Making someone else's problem your own"."
Protest breaks out at Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. : r/canada - "Assaulting anyone with a flag pole or any other object is a criminal offense and needs to see charges laid. Likewise for interfering with a place of worship. That is not a protest. The HCF claiming there's government sympathizers supporting this is not the type of tribal sensationalism whipping up that our society needs to see."
Protest breaks out at Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. : r/canada - "A lot of the media like to skirt around using the "K" word, and instead use "Sikh activists". As these events become more and more frequent and prominent in the media, it's going to be hard avoiding the "Khalistan Problem" growing in Canada. And once people start connecting the movement with the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing..."
"I'm seeing cars here in Nova Scotia with the AK47 decals, and the face of the Air India bomber regularly. Its not talked about as much as it should be. This is a designated terrorist organization and people are openly supporting it."
Indian-origin man living in Canada calls on Indian Army to invade the country - "A video has gone viral on social media in which an Indian-origin man is seen calling upon the Indian Army to storm Sikh temples in Canada. In the video, the man, who was part of the Hindu demonstrators protesting the Khalistani violence at the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton, is also heard making offensive comments against Canadian Sikhs. “… Indian Army to come here to Canada and storm this f***g Sikh temple. They have no right to have those kinds of temples,” the man is heard saying through a megaphone, while the crowd cheers for him. While the identity of the man who made the provocative chants was not immediately clear, according to some claims on social media, he is Ron Banerjee, the Executive Director of the Hindu Conference of Canada. This is not the first time Banerjee, who was born in France to Indian parents, has come under scrutiny for his comments. In a 2022 interview with a YouTube channel, Banerjee, who described himself as a Hindu nationalist, had claimed that he wanted Modi to rule Canada and that he “supports the killing of Muslims and Sikhs in India because they deserve to die.” “Hinduism is the way, I am a hardcore Hindu nationalist. I would have Modi ruling India as well as this country (Canada). He kills Muslim terrorists and Sikh terrorists. It is awesome what Modi is doing. Muslims need to understand that if they’re gonna need to live in our country, they got to follow our rules and if they don’t, they will get it. They will get it,” he had said."
‘Go Back To England, Europe’: Khalistanis Ask Canadians To Leave Canada | Watch - "In a brazen act of entitlement, the Khalistan sympathisers termed Canadians “invaders" and asked them to “go back to England and Europe", a viral two-minute video of a ‘Nagar Kirtan’ in the country showed. “This is Canada, our own country. You [Canadians] go back," the procession can be heard saying."
Left wing logic - this can't be trusted because it's an isolated incident and publicised by a propaganda outlet. But if one swastika is seen associated with a cause/person the left disapproves of...
All the times Trudeau slammed others for questioning high immigration - "The reaction of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to the immigration cut was a social media post reading “the great irony of Trudeau’s video attacking his own immigration policies is that if anyone else had said the same thing 2 years ago, he would have called them racist. And Poilievre has a point. Below is a cursory list of times that Trudeau – and members of his cabinet – have slammed people as xenophobes for questioning immigration policy. In 2018, Canada was just at the beginning of an unprecedented influx of illegal border crossers that hasn’t really subsided. In 2018 alone, 20,598 would illegally cross the border in order to claim asylum – most of the crossings happening at a ditch on the Quebec/New York border known as Roxham Road. It’s why, in March 2018, the Quebec government officially asked the Trudeau government for $146 million to cover the cost of all the arrivals. While Trudeau was speaking at a Quebec rally in August 2018, a heckler cited the number, telling him in French, “I want to know when you’re going to give us $146 million for your illegal immigrants. It’s we who have paid for them.” In response, Trudeau said “this intolerance towards immigrants has no place in Canada.” And when referencing the exchange at a later event, Trudeau said, “I will not flinch from highlighting when the politics of division, of fear, of spreading misinformation is actually harming the fabric of this country.”... MacLeod also said that all the illegal crossings constituted “queue jumping” around Canada’s legal immigration system. At a press conference following the meeting, Hussen said there was “no such thing” as queue jumping, and that claiming otherwise was “divisive,” “fearmongering,” “not Canadian” and “very dangerous.” In Trudeau’s video announcing cuts to immigration, he says he should have done it sooner. “As a federal team, we could have acted quicker, and turned off the taps faster,” he said. This contrasts sharply with a House of Commons statement from last November. At the time, many of the most conspicuous consequences of the immigration surge were already obvious, particularly in the realm of rent and housing prices. “Immigration is excessive full stop,” was the view of one Scotiabank economist at the time. And yet, it only took a question about rising rents from Poilievre for Trudeau to imply that the Conservative leader was anti-immigrant. “I am certain the leader of the opposition was not about to suggest he was anti-immigration, because we all know immigration creates jobs and prosperity, and that is what we are all for,” he said. Trudeau would have a similar response in January when Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet asked why immigration rates were rising without provincial consultation. “Immigration is essential for Quebec and for Canada … our immigration levels are based on our capacity to welcome and integrate newcomers,” replied Trudeau. In June, Quebec Premier François Legault said “100 per cent of the housing problem” was due to unsustainably high immigration. When asked about the comments outside a cabinet meeting, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he was “quite tired of the fact that people are always blaming immigrants for absolutely everything.” He added, “the increase in mortgages, in mortgage prices, has nothing to do with immigrants.” Miller’s view would be slightly different in a similarly off-the-cuff comment from last month, in which he seemed to say that people could blame immigrants for some things. “It is easy to blame immigrants for everything. It’s also undeniable that the volume of migration has contributed to affordability (issues),” he said... In the House of Commons, Poilievre noted that homebuilding was down 19 per cent before asking “where are we going to put everyone?” Then immigration minister Sean Fraser (who was shortly to be appointed housing minister), replied “I think it is very important that we do not start to believe that the solution to our housing challenges is to close the door to more newcomers.” “I think that all members of the House, hopefully, support continuing to integrate newcomers into our society,” he added.”
Lianne Rood on X - "In an answer to a question I posed to the government, we learned that the NDP-Liberal government is giving TEN TIMES the benefits to illegal border jumpers than it is giving to help Canadian seniors! DISGRACEFUL! #TrudeauBrokeCanada #seniors #Immigration"
Amy Hamm: The West ignored the threat of radical Islam — now Jews are paying the price - "Like Germany, Canada has adopted a policy of unfettered and incautious immigration, and with it have come some immigrants who are antagonistic toward western values. We stopped caring if our immigrants wanted to blend into our society — rather than upend its virtues entirely. It must also be noted that swathes of our own political left, and others born in Canada, hold a similar disdain for western values. We have been so open and welcoming that we’ve changed the very nature of our society. We’ve changed on a molecular level. We are unrecognizable. That which makes the West an enticing place to live — our openness, tolerance and freedoms — has the power to destroy us, if left unchecked or undervalued. Our national goodwill must not include a tolerance of intolerance. Among the victims of Canada’s failed immigration policy are those who came to Canada seeking an open, pluralistic society in which their families could thrive and integrate. These immigrants unfairly bear the brunt of a changing national sentiment that can include disdain or open hostility towards any and all “foreigners.” We are a country of immigrants–that, in and of itself, is not the issue. For years, writers like Douglas Murray , the late Christopher Hitchens and Ayaan Hirsi Ali have argued that radical Islam poses a threat to the West: to our culture and values — and our physical safety. “You don’t have to be paranoid, racist or a bigot to take alarm,” Hitchens once said of radical Islam. Canadian scholars, meanwhile, have largely mocked this idea, predictably insisting that it is born of nothing more than “Islamophobia” — that nebulous euphemism for what they really wish to say, which is “racism.” For decades, Canadian elites dismissed the threat of Islamic terrorism and portrayed immigration as our saving grace. Take, for instance, the Canada research chair in global politics and international law, Michael Byers, who in 2007 wrote that America’s response to 9/11 was “excessive” (which is true in certain regards) and that, “Like all previous waves of terrorism, the current wave of Islamic terrorism will gradually fade away.” The Arab immigrants living in Montreal, he said, “cringe every time a bomb explodes in the Middle East.” And Canada, Byers argued, “thanks to one of the highest rates of immigration in the world … has acquired a built-in sense of perspective and resilience concerning terrorism.” In other words: The more immigration from countries afflicted by radical Islam, the less radical Islam we will see in Canada. Nonsense. Byers’ attitude of overconfident complacency has suffused our government (until Trudeau’s very recent about-face on immigration, at least), along with our media and ivory towers for decades. They could not have read the situation more wrong. They have been smug with their luxury belief that immigration can only be a net positive. The first two lines of Douglas Murray’s 2017 book “The Strange Death of Europe” reads: “Europe is committing suicide. Or at least its leaders have decided to commit suicide.” Why? Because of mass immigration and an abandonment of western culture and traditions. Canada suffers from the same type of leadership — the same intellectualized nonchalance regarding the survival of western civilization. Post-war efforts to eradicate antisemitism are not just failing — they have failed. What nonconformist thinkers, like Murray and Ali, warned of has now come to pass. It remains to be seen if Canada can escape the clutches of this death spiral. Slowik’s warning for Berlin — hide yourselves, gays and Jews! — sounds so absurd as to be a thinly veiled political statement, a passive-aggressive expression of what our deluded and elitist immigration-pushers insist is nothing more than the nationalistic bigotry of the “far right.”"
Time to blame white people for Jews and gays being unsafe
New survey finds Canadians are feeling anxious about immigration - "Canadians are feeling increasingly uneasy about immigration and its role in generating "economic strain," according to a new survey conducted by the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. Among other things, the survey found that many Canadians believe too much attention is being focused on newcomers and refugees, and that asylum seekers receive too many benefits... the Migrant Rights Network blasted the prime minister. "His statements, which frame migrants as disposable and blame them for systemic crises, perpetuate harmful myths and deflect from policy failures," says a statement from the group's spokesperson Syed Hussan. "The Migrant Rights Network strongly condemns this rhetoric, which obscures the vital role migrants play in building Canada's economy and communities, and calls for permanent residency status for all migrants to protect their rights." The network said Trudeau's video and his government's past statements on immigration distract from the true causes of the housing crisis — corporate landlords and provincial governments that eliminate rent control and don't invest in public housing."
Anything other than open borders is bigotry, and landlords who refuse to lose money by not raising the rent are greedy
Feds want $411 million to cover refugee health care as the number of new arrivals soars - "The IFHP's cost has soared from roughly $60 million in 2016 to a projected $411.2 million this year, easily outpacing inflation. The number of asylum claims around the world is growing, but an increasing share of them are now being made in Canada. Andrew Chang explains how Canada became the fifth-largest recipient of asylum seekers, and the public policy decisions that analysts say have contributed. Former prime minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government curtailed the IFHP and eliminated coverage entirely (new window) for some refugees and asylum seekers as part of a push to reduce spending and balance the budget. The Harper government also said it was unfair for taxpayers to be paying for a program that was, in some instances, much more generous (new window) than what's available to some Canadian citizens and permanent residents through public health care. The decision to cut the program prompted a wave of criticism (new window) and was ultimately deemed unconstitutional (new window) by a Federal Court judge... When the Liberals announced the program's restoration, the then-immigration minister said the program would cost roughly $60 million a year (new window). The cost quickly doubled to $125.1 million a year (new window) in 2019-20 and then more than doubled again to $327.7 million in 2021-22 (new window), according to government data. In the government's supplementary estimates tabled this week — part of the legislative process for asking Parliament for more money to cover initiatives that haven't already been funded — Ottawa is now asking for $411.2 million a year for IFHP... When the health program was fully restored in 2016, there were about 130,340 refugees and asylum seekers eligible for coverage, according to government statistics. (new window) That figure doubled (new window) to 280,322 in 2019-20 as the federal government accepted many more new arrivals — many of them from sites like Quebec's Roxham Road, where thousands of people have crossed into Canada irregularly. As then-president Donald Trump clamped down on immigration and stepped up deportations, many more people decided to head north to avoid Trump's dragnet. Canada also eased visitor visa requirements (new window), which led to more asylum claims at airports. While Canada and the U.S. have since moved to close Roxham Road and do away with irregular crossings, and as Ottawa again tightened visa restrictions, the flow of people claiming asylum and refuge in this country has not abated. In the first nine months of 2024 alone, 132,525 people have claimed asylum (new window) — nearly as many as in all of 2023, which was already a record-seeking year. About 53,000 refugee claims have also been filed (new window) as of September 2024 — a figure that's higher than all of the claims filed last year... An asylum seeker — also called an asylum claimant or refugee claimant — comes to Canada seeking refuge and asks the government to consider them a refugee. These claimants typically spend months or years on the IFHP as they wait for Ottawa to review their files. Resettled refugees, however, are in a different category, as they are referred to Canada by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another designated referral organization or a private sponsorship group. They are screened abroad before being issued a visa to come to Canada. These refugees usually transition relatively quickly to provincial health-care plans because they are considered permanent residents on arrival — but they do maintain some supplementary benefits like pharmacare for longer than other immigrants."
LILLEY: Trudeau's reckless refugee policy bankrupting Canada - "The explosion in refugee claims in Canada over the past few years is costing Canadian taxpayers billions in mostly unseen costs. On Friday, CBC broke the news of the federal health program for refugees now costing $411 million per year, but that is just the tip of the iceberg shocking as it is. The Interim Federal Health Program, meant to provide basic coverage to refugee claimants while their cases are being heard, cost just $60 million in 2016. With the number of people making refugee claims spiking from roughly 11,000 in 2016 to a total that is expected reach nearly 180,000 this year , costs for the health program have grown. So too have costs for provincial governments and municipalities, all because the Trudeau government has let refugee claims get out of control. Federal officials now process more refugee claims in a month than they used to in an entire year. Let’s be honest, many of the claims are not coming from people who are fleeing war or persecution, they are coming from people who are seeking a better life. They should be trying to come to Canada through the regular immigration system but instead are trying to jump the queue. Right now, Toronto’s emergency shelter system is bursting with more than half of the beds being taken up by refugee claimants. That comes at an incredible cost to the city and municipal taxpayers. In Ottawa, the city is in the middle of putting up what are called sprung structures , essentially giant tents, to try and house all the refugee claimants they are getting. In the nation’s capital, 60% of shelter beds are taken up by refugee claimants. The Ontario government is spending more than $1 billion per year out of the provincial budget for asylum seekers. One out of every four people on Ontario Works, the name for the welfare program, is a refugee claimant. Who can blame people from poorer countries for using whatever means they can find to come here; we give them a better life automatically. In addition to the free health care, documents released by the federal government show taxpayers foot the bill for an average of $140 a day for a hotel room and $84 a day for food for people who cross the border illegally... We also have the problem of thousands of people who have come to Canada on student visas making refugee claims once they arrive in this country. So far this year, nearly 14,000 people who arrived on a student visa have made this claim. They should be immediately kicked out for coming on false pretenses. Instead, they enter into a system that will take years to hear their case and render a decision. Which leads to all those mounting costs on taxpayers."
If you are not for welcoming as many refugees as possible, this is hate and xenophobia
Weird. Left wingers keep claiming that since refugees don't get free money (which is categorically false, see also), refugees don't cost the country anything
Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration in recent years, Carney says - "Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb, said former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney... "we're letting down the people that we let in, quite frankly.""
CIBC CEO says immigrants are the 'lifeblood' of Canada as overall mood on newcomers darkens - "A clear majority of Canadians feel that there’s too much immigration for the first time in 25 years, according to a national survey published in October by research group Environics Institute and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Diversity Institute."
Frustrated with the Recent Immigration Protests : r/canadaexpressentry - "I’m in the Express Entry pool with a PGWP after four years of school and 3yrs work experience, and I still can’t crack 510 points. I get how frustrating this process is—it’s tough and feels unfair at times. But seeing Indian students protesting on national news, demanding changes to immigration laws to suit themselves, really rubs me the wrong way. Immigration is a privilege, not a right, and standing in front of Canadians, acting entitled, isn’t helping anyone. In fact, it’s probably hurting their own reputation and making things harder for other immigrants too. I’m not Indian, but whoever told them protesting and calling out Marc Miller was a good idea needs to think twice. It just feels counterproductive and honestly makes us all look bad. Am I the only one who feels this way?"
"It’s not just you. I deeply despise these low life scum scammers who ruined everything for skilled Indians who did everything by the book. They ruined our reputation as a community, our prospects of immigration, and the beautiful country of Canada."
"I promise you, there are many Canadians who would welcome immigrant protests against mass immigration. We can't do it ourselves without being called racist."
"They'd be unironically called "racist" by about 30% of the Canadian population."
Damn migrants pulling up the ladder behind them!
Bruce McGonigal on X - "🌍🛬🇨🇦Video : Migrant activist Karen Cocq says it’s racist to want cuts to the Canadian immigration system. Is deporting 2 million people racist?"
If you don't believe in open borders, you're racist
Why 1.2M temporary residents may not leave Canada as planned - "“To expect the majority of them to leave wilfully is not feasible,” said Mississauga immigration consultant Kanwar Sierah. “That level of a mass exodus has never happened.”"
Nearly 13K international students applied for asylum this year, data shows - "Immigration Minister Marc Miller said in an interview with Global News that a “growing number” of international students are claiming asylum in order to stay in Canada after being allowed in on student visas, calling it an “alarming trend.”... “We see that it happens often within the first year of the time they’re here … often for less valid reasons than others, notably to drop the tuition fee down to Canadian rates. There’s some opportunism that’s being used and exploited there.”"
Over a quarter of students seeking asylum in Canada from India and Nigeria - "Students from India and Nigeria, who contribute over 27% of all asylum applications, have seen an almost 50% drop in study permits issued in Q3 2024 compared to Q3 2023. However, both countries remain among Canada’s biggest source nations for international students... five students from the US submitted applications this year."
'Immigration consequences' unlikely for man tied to 401 crash - "Like an indulgent parent, an Oshawa judge warned Manpreet Gill that he could face “immigration consequences.”... Gill, 38, pleaded guilty last month in an Oshawa court to three counts, including the lesser charge of theft under $5,000. Gill initially faced 13 charges. His status in this country is murky and he was on probation when the incident occurred, the second time in the past two years he breached. Blame opioid addiction, he told the court in Punjabi. Of course, one may wonder why the CBSA wasn’t waiting outside the courthouse to escort Mr. Gill to an awaiting plane and whisk him back to India. Last week, my Toronto Sun colleague Bryan Passifiume reported that almost 30,000 people ordered for deportation are in the wind. CBSA has simply lost track of them, so there’s that. But let’s rewind. Gill was acting as a lookout during an LCBO heist in Clarington on April 29 that led to the wrong-way death crash on Hwy. 401 that claimed the lives of four people, including a baby. Cops say his buddy Gagandeep Singh, 21, pulled a knife on an off-duty cop during the robbery that saw the master criminals flee with $1,602.80 in booze. The duo then split in a U-Haul van. A dramatic high-speed chase saw Singh — who was driving — eventually drive the wrong way down the nation’s busiest highway. It culminated in a multi-vehicle crash that killed three-month-old Aditya Vivaan and two of his grandparents visiting from India. The baby’s parents were also injured. Singh also died in the crash. Gill had nothing to do with the road tragedy, court heard. He too was an illegal immigrant but as the now-sainted former finance minister Chrystia Freeland scolded reporters, bringing up that pertinent fact was, in fact, “not very Canadian.”"