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.

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[–] 7 points 1 day ago* (7 children)

It's never simple and straightforward. People have a mix of 1, 2 and 3 in varying amounts. Those who are mostly 1 didn't change over time. This poling doesn't distinguish them from the other groups who do. It is the 2 and 3 that account for the changes.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    The problem is that until very recently, if you questioned Canada's immigration policy you were called racist. You don't hear as much of that now because the people who used to call those people racist agree.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    But a LOT of it is racism. It's how and why someone questions immigration policy that gets called out.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Racism is a factor but conversations on this topic used to be immediately shut down as racism by default all the time. Not the case as often now.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I'm kinda new here so I can't comment on thread locks and overzealous modding. But legitimate arguments should be discussed. Its the bad faith actors, and conservative and Russian trolls who latch on to any real argument to shoehorn in their hate and disinformation. Look at how well it worked in Brexit.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago

    Precisely.

    Person: "We should slow down our immigration rate."

    Someone else: "Don't be racist."

    That's the conversation, more or less, for most of Trudeau's time in office. Now that Carney's starting to do that, it's not.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Canada used to have an excellent immigration program, it was envied by other countries. It was fair, and made sure Canada got decent qualified candidates and at a rate that Canada could easily absorb.

    Justin and the Liberals decided to throw it out and open the flood gates, and mostly from only one particular country. To make matters worse, we also have / had the scam foreign schooling going on here as well as the TFW debacle, and it was / is a recipe for disaster.

    You can’t have that many people from only one country, in the numbers that were done, without uproar. It’s not racism, it’s just common sense.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    You didn't amswer my question. You said "people like me". What did I say that triggered you to lash out at me?

    Also, now I'm starting to see the point. You actually are framing the discussion in a probably racist way. <-feel free to be triggered now. It might not be intentional, I have no idea. But just fyi if you want to know why people say that to you -

    If the immigration system was built on rules and selection criteria, why does it matter where they come from? Qualified is qualified. That you choose to single out Indians is why you are getting called out. It's not common sense at all. It's racist. You aren't pointing that the rules are bent for India, which would be a legitimate complaint. You just say too many of those people.

    It is not odd that India represents by far the single largest immigrant source. Being not only one of the most populous countries, but a commonwealth country with a very high rate of english as a second language and as a developing country with heavy poverty, inequality has a lot who want to leave.

    You can make an argument about the total numbers of people we can absorb. Like my point about a country in a housing crisis not tying immigration numbers to housing completions only adds to the crisis.

    The proverbial floodgates were opened because of our demographic crisis - an aging population won't have enough young workers to support pensions a d healthcare let alone a changing economy. In trying to solve one crisis (demographic), they exacerbated two more (housing) and affordability (labour wage suppression.)

    The abuse of the student loophole with sham "colleges" is a legit complaint. These are people who don't qualify as permanent residents going to false front schools just to live here and work full time at the jobs qualified Canadian youth can't get.

    The abuses of the TFW porgram, where people can't get interviews or jobs while businesses are filing obviously bogus TFW applications claiming that they can't find anyone skilled for high paying jobs is also legit criticism. Nothing racist about that. Brutally bad policy where Trudeau was asleep at the wheel and Carney hasn't yet and likely won't fix.

    The student loopholes are mostly closed and only the TFW abuses and the housing crisis remain.

    Notice how I didn't need to single out any particular group? That's not racist. Picking on Indian immigrants because they're too many from one country? That is indeed clearly racist, even if unintentional.

    Edits for clarity and spelling.

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