r/canadian • u/Purple_Writing_8432 • 8h ago
Federal poll finds nearly half of Canadians think country takes 'too many immigrants'
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/01/government-poll-finds-nearly-half-of-canadians-think-too-many-immigrants-are-coming/30
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u/ImGudLuhv 7h ago
At the bare fukn minimum can they not be all from the same shit hole country?
ABC voters would rather become India than have a conservative government it’s insane
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u/buddyguy_204 6h ago
The reason for the ABC voters wasn't about bringing in a bunch of immigrants.... It's because of the shit cons
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u/ImABadSpellerOkay 7h ago
The other half are immigrants themselves.
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u/SirBobPeel 6h ago
There was a poll on this a few years back that asked people who responded if they were Canadian-born or immigrants. The immigrants were slightly MORE likely to think there were too many immigrants coming in.
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u/North-Purple-373 7h ago
Came here to say this - thought the real figure is only 1/4 of Canadians are immigrants 😂
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u/Decent_Assistant1804 4h ago
Well, I would kind of suck to escape a country full of bad vibes just to have all those bad vibe people turned up and start the same shitty cycle all over again.
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u/SirBobPeel 6h ago
And I bet many of those who didn't say that were under the impression immigration had been severely cut back. Because that was how it was reported in the mainstream media. But increasing immigration by 90% then cutting back by 20% of that, does not constitute a real effort to cut down on the heavy stream of those coming in. Nor, despite what the media has suggested, have they toughened the requirements to ensure only really skilled people who can make decent money are coming in.
In fact, due to their obsession with using immigration to get votes, the Liberals have turned up the juice on recruiting - as in actually looking for - French-speaking immigrants who will settle outside of Quebec in small francophone-heavy regions of other provinces like Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba. Where are they coming from? France? Nope. Cameroon, Algeria, Lebanon etc. Since they don't have family, the government is bringing them in under the economic class, you know, the one that is supposed to have high-skilled people only? But these people don't have high skills. In fact, the government had to lower the minimum points needed to get in by over 100 so enough would qualify. They will make up 42% of the 'economic' category this year.
But speaking French isn't good enough outside Quebec. You won't get a job in Ontario without speaking English too. So these will be more DoorDash drivers, more people who will drift onto welfare, more people dependent on the shrinking number of taxpayers to support them.
Why? Because they're Muslims, who mostly vote Liberal, and Francophones, who mostly vote Liberal. That's all that matters to the Liberals.
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u/Safe-Lie955 5h ago
Exactly right I waiting to see the highly skilled people other than the criminals we imported.serving fast food is not skilled labour.as a country we also need to have stricter rules for the ones here to achieve citizenship.deport every criminal immediately!!!!
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u/Olderpostie 2h ago
When times are tough, people don't want more outsiders at the table. This was notable during the Great Depression. Ukrainians and Italians took a lot of heat then.
For many years, because of Canada's celebrated points based immigration system, Canadians felt assured that immigrants were bringing necessary skills which would help boost the economy and also provide better service in public service areas, such as medicine, which were in short supply. But, since the pandemic, it seems so many immigrants are brought in as temporary foreign workers, taking jobs existing residents could fill.
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u/IntrepidRobot 3h ago
The nearly half is what gets me. Why can't people understand they can still be 'good people' AND work through an easily identifiable problem of constraints?
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u/Tired8281 2h ago
idk. I've been spending some time with some recent immigrants, and they are straight up awesome people, and I am delighted they're here.
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u/Crazy_Maintenance211 4h ago
Not the first time, there have been different groups over the years, the Pakistani’s in the 70s, the Vietnamese in the 70s and 80s and it continues. It’s really funny that it didn’t happen with the Ukrainians, and I mean, funny ironic, not funny, comical. We all know why.
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u/Decent_Assistant1804 4h ago
Why because the Ukraines choose to fit into Canada? Instead of throwing garbage everywhere and bringing old country gripes with them.
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u/GoodResident2000 Alberta 7h ago
Too many , from one country specifically
Canadians didn’t have much issue with immigration when it was balanced and not visibly lopsided
It’s never been opposition to colour or creed, but culture . It’s obvious not all cultures mix with Canadian culture, and not many of the new people very interested in assimilating into Canadian culture .