A majority of Canadians want the country to accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents next year, according to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News, as the country continues to grapple with immigration levels and their impact on housing, services and the economy.
The survey found that 52.3 per cent of respondents believe Canada should accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents in 2027, compared with 33.5 per cent who want the numbers to remain about the same.
You know where else I heard this complaint?
Reddit.
You know who else Conservatives say is a left-leaning platform?
Reddit.
I think it’s conservatism.
Also, just for the record, it is possible to discuss immigration and not be racist. You should try doing that.
The problem is that it seems too many people see “immigrant” in a line of text and translate it to “people of colour” and therefore translate it to “racism”.
Xenophobia and Racism differ, but not in any vital sense. It is still racist bigotry in the end.
Well, when folks blame immigrants for taking the jobs the youth should be doing, they’re not talking about the ones from Europe.
Plenty of people are also against immigration that aren’t the ones complaining about them taking jobs.
And those are probably not the ones being accused of being racist by reasonable people.
I still see it, even if it’s not about jobs.
I said reasonable people. If your comment is discussing immigration policy and can be read as discussing immigration policy, then it’s not racist. I haven’t read any of your comments that may have set someone off, so that’s all I’ve got.
Are you implying I’m being racist already, by saying I should try discussing it without being racist? Was my previous post, highlighting how dissenting comments towards immigration policies gets typecast as racist… somehow racist? Dafuq?
Lemmy brands any conservative-sounding comment as racist on the subject. You can see that sort of trend even in this thread, where there are some people saying ‘conservatives are racist’ as a preface to trying to say they agree with lowered immigration levels. It’s like they need to pre-emptively defend their opinions against being called a racist, just to discuss the non-lemmy default position, which is absolutely batshit insane, considering that the study your post linked to shows that it’s the most common / average opinion amongst Canadians.
No, because you haven’t been banned for being racist - at least on this account. If you have an alt you were banned for racism on, however, then yes.