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.
The framing of these kinds of questions is questionable. Ask people if they would want more doctors, nurses, teachers, trades people, scientists, etc and see what you get. The word “immigrant” is opaque and evocative of the shameful Temporary Foreign Worker program.
Canada will always need immigrants and we should maintain our openness to immigration and multicultural culture as a central national identity markers that distinguish us from the US.
What we need is to reform our immigration system and abolish the TFW program. This along with a Green New Deal to expand public housing, walkable cities, and get folks working in the care sector. The problem for the citizens of Mouseland has never been foreign mice. It’s always been domestic cats.
That is more of a US thing. We’re just a bunch of British and French people sitting on someone else’s land.
The Americans go crazy about bringing in immigrants for the American dream and take pride in being a melting pot.
I agree with the rest but immigration won’t distinguish us from the yanks.
Multiculturalism (a mosaic, as opposed to the melting pot) is literally in the Charter.
How does that dispute anything I said?
You responded to a phrase I wrote about multiculturalism by saying that’s more of a US thing. I pointed out to you that multiculturalism is our own thing, and it’s defined differently from the US.
Without immigration, we yanks will leave you in the dust. You need immigrants to build the future, they are a necessary part of vibrant cultures and economies.
Considering Ontario in particular has been underfunding the training of new medical professionals, I’d advocate for that over bringing in a doctor from a country who’s education standards don’t align. We don’t need more Uber drivers.
That’s not a real dilemma. Both increased funding and faster recognition of credentials. And I’m not talking about doctors only. And there is no reason to believe our doctors are “better”.
Ah, but that’s where you’re incorrect. If it’s still culturally appropriate to fat shame someone for a legitimate medical issue, then doctors who do that are de facto not better than the doctors we have here. And I’ve had to report a doctor from Iraq on someone else’s behalf who’s been practicing here since 2024 for exactly that reason.
Are we talking politics or personal anecdotes?
We’re talking immigration.
At the level of policymaking of at the level of venting about personal anecdotes?
At the level of having a conversation. Would you like to contribute to that conversation?
By not answering their direct question about the framing and scope of the conversation, it’s you that’s avoiding a conversation.
I already did. But you brushed aside almost everything of what I wrote, and picked only one thing, foreign doctors to write about two instances where a foreign doctor in Canada (i.e. someone who already has gone through our long ass accreditation! so basically you’re off topic at this point) didn’t treat people right.
Not sure what conversation you want to have at this point.Was it acceptable that those doctors fat shamed? No. Is there a causal link between their behaviour and being Iraqi? You got to actually show that, iraqiness is not a proxy for Shitty Person. Plus, like i said, these were already practicing in Canada, so any issues should be taken up with the accreditation process and the accountability processes of the doctors associations. I really fail to see the connection with immigration policy.
What does a shitty person have to do with credentials though? Seems like a racial generalization of “culture” hidden behind dog whistles rather than credentials. No?
Perhaps that’s not being a shitty person where she comes from. I don’t know. I don’t live there.