“Mass Immigration – Follow the money”

KITCHENER, Ontario — Canada’s broad support for immigration, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said is necessary to counter an aging labor force and low fertility rates, has set the country apart.

The United States’ closest neighbor is growing faster than its Group of Seven peers, as well as developing and more fertile countries such as India. In 2023, the population here grew by more than 1.2 million people, up 3.2 percent from the year before — the highest annual increase since 1957. About 98 percent came from immigration.

A special program Canada brought in last year to make it easier for tourists, business travellers and those with relatives in this country to visit has led to some unexpected consequences.

Newly obtained documents show that a striking percentage of people who took advantage of the expedited visitor visas that the program offered have now applied to stay here — as asylum seekers.

It’s a situation, some say, that reflects among other things the pent-up demand for asylum created during the pandemic, when the border was closed.

Just another loophole created by the Trudeau government to flood the country.

Asylum claims by international students have risen more than 1,500 per cent in the past five years, figures obtained by The Globe and Mail show, as experts warn that the study-permit system is being exploited as a way to enter and remain in Canada.

The sharp increase is particularly acute at colleges, where claims at some schools have climbed in excess of 4,000 per cent since 2018. Students at major universities, however, tend to lodge fewer claims than at colleges, the figures show.

It’s an abuse of Canadians by the Liberal government.

A 35% reduction in the number of permits granted to foreign students, imposition of an entry visa for Mexican travelers, questioning of the “massive” regularization of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants… Under pressure from a public increasingly wary of migratory flows, the Canadian government has, since the beginning of the year, stepped up measures designed to show that it does not intend to be “overwhelmed.” These measures are at odds with the image of a country traditionally open to immigration (mainly economic, i.e. selective) and to a welcoming policy that Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau considers necessary “to ensure the country’s long-term growth.” Some 985,000 new permanent immigrants are expected by 2025.

Sociologist and professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Christian Bergeron, works on models for integrating minorities into society and has observed changes in public opinion regarding migration. Here, he explains how the nature of the immigration debate has changed in Canada, to the point of challenging one of the country’s founding principles: multiculturalism.

The debate about Multiculturalism is over. It is settled, it sucks.

Videos of massive lineups for job fairs and open calls in the GTA are commonplace on social media.

It’s a testament to just how competitive and exhausting the job market has become in recent years.

And the pricks in Ottawa still lie about the need for mass immigration.