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Mexican : I waited hours and days to get my Green Card\nIndian: it takes me at least 15-20 years to get to that stage.

C this is what I’m talking about when I say Trump supporters are a bunch of solace puppets. How you can be OK with losing majority of your family as if getting back to this country is the easiest thing much less getting citizenship is beyond me. You still have your green card because getting citizenship in this country takes 15 to 20 years, I don’t understand what kind of flex you think you have why saying you have a green card.S

This is an everyday reality: even the comments under this video prove that racism is being normalized. Being a non white immigrant in Canada for decades - I have not seen white Canadians so openly racist. Yes they were gaslighting minorities before but only in the last couple of years I faced racism so open and brutal . Let me tell you something grandma : when you end up in residential care because your kids put you there , it’s that Philippina nurse that will take care of you, your healthcare will be supported by the paychecks of those Indian people because your generation did not produce enough people to sustain your rapidly growing aging cohort. I am sorry that towards the end of your life you hold so much hatred in your heart - it can’t be good for your health or your final judgement day. Ironic, but your grandkids could merry one of us non-white people and your great grand kids could have an accent or brown skin colour. I am saddened by all what I am witnessing. But hopeful that humanity will prevail.

The fewer the better, it takes years to build up the infrastructure for a larger population.

Take away road lanes and add a bounch of horrible drivers.\nDone by design.\nPs bike lanes were half the year under heavy snow.\nRefugees showing up to the food bank in beemers.

❌Trudeau blames Business/Corporations for taking advantage of immigrants by paying them low wages. SERIOUSLY, Canadians know better. First of all, it is because of Trudeau's open door policy that all workers are suffering from poor wages and benefits. Secondly, Trudeau has consistently undermined the COLLECTIVE BARGAINING of UNIONS‼ The middle class has been struggling for years. They are being stripped of benefits, fair wages and PENSIONS ! Pensions have become an unacceptable expectation in Canada! We as Canadians have been convinced by Government and Business that workers should take care of all that foolish Pension stuff themselves! I DON'T BUY IT ! Nobody seems to be pointing the finger at CEO's astronomical salaries, plus bonuses, fringe benefits. ie. Corporate Jets, Sunny Trips Down South. They aren't being stripped of benefits, earnings, bonuses or fringe benefits. Profits are for them, NOT to be shared with wokers. \n❌Liberal Trudeau is no different Conservative Harper, it is all about the top 10% ! It's not about you, the worker, the shrinking middle class, the poor.

Again, too little too late. The massive damage has already been done and what took trudeau less than 9 years to inflict, will take decades to turn things around. A small reduction will do nothing. We need a complete freeze, only letting in those who can directly address any skill shortcomings we might have. Family reunification needs to end as well.

NAH THH EVERY RECENT IMMIGRANT IN LAST 10 YEARS NEEDS TO GTFO. Taking all the resources from all the hardworking Canadians and rude while at it

This is disheartening... this means that my husband will never be able to live with us. My children will grow up without their father, and for some reason, Canadians are OK with Canadian children growing up in a broken home. It's going to take 35 months, for my husband to be able to immigrate to this country. That's 2 1/2 year that my kids won't have a dad, our son especially is suffering. He has a serious disease, is often hospitalized, and I'm a married woman living as a single mother. Now I'll need to rely on the government for more financial support, and my 6 year old is actually depressed because his dad is years away from being with him. I work full time, have a great home, and a side business. But now I'll need to depend on meds and disability support to take care of my child, when he has an ablebodied father that can support us, especially when our child is in one of his regular hospitalization. You all are cruel.

At least the number is dropping a bit. I'll take it as Liberal vote buying to get moderate voters. Still, the drop isn't big enough, but it'll help. I've called for the number to drop back to 250,000 and frozen for 5 years for a while now. That position hasn't changed.

Who thought electing a drama teacher to run Canada in 2015 with a majority was a good idea ???\nQualifications = Drama\n\nYou didn't answer the question Marc on how your government ##^#^# the country....?\n\n??? safer now ....\n\nNow they are bringing in gazans....\nI guess anti semitism will take a sharp drop along with terrorism ??\n\nPierre is destructive ....?????What a pile of ??????\n\n10 years of these woke ?s..with all the scandals and billions unaccounted for...iberals should be charged with treason

Too little too late. Damage is done. Will take years and years to recover if we ever will. Immigration NEEDS to be at ZERO.

We need to take care of our country. Not invite foreigners to fix it for us. Also why doesnt quebec take more immigrants we get 400,000 a year but quebec only took in 47,000 last year and ontario got close to 200,000

This arrogant fool does not even know what his role is ??. He like to act like a spoil child well he must of be one since all he does is disrespect anyone who calls out the Liberals corruption. Let me guess it's the provinces fault that we have so many immigrants that they brought to support their next election. Do the math people it takes 3 years for them to get citizenship for anyone who came to the country in 2021? And we are having an election in 2025 it's all the time they need to gain voters, why the narcissist Trudeau just showed his back benchers he doesn't care what they think cause he is hoping for those new Canadians to back him up next year.

Stood in line for days for a visa. Uhhhh well Booboo it takes years and years to get it now.

Rental price is something which will never be down once it went high. so now its late for canda may be they can stop taking tourist, student, labour for next 3/4 year will help the sotuation.

Damn I wouldn't talk to her either for the way Trump talks about Mexicans and lying the way he does and she picks him? It takes years and years to get greencards not hours and days. She is out of touch because she listens to Trump. Deport her too.

She doesn't realize she will probably be rounded up right along with her family. Also it takes years to get a green card! Not hours and days!

Her relatives won't be able to apply for a visa for 10 years. And that's just to apply. Approval can take years. At her age, odds are she'll never see them again.

She’s bullshit\nNo one stands in line for hours and days for green card.’\nThat’s false \nThat’s a lie\nThere’s a process and it takes years and years\nAnd even those who pay taxes still can’t get it \nThat’s not how it works \n\nIf she out Trump over her family, I’d be scared of her.\nGlad we aren’t related

Europeans taking over Canada and America over 100 years ago...colonising them and wiping out the entire natives are claiming themselves to be natives..Indians atleast have a valid visa and they came there coz of the govts policies so go and vent your anger on your govt

The government should have conducted thorough research before issuing invitations, ensuring that everyone can fully appreciate the beauty of Canada. In my opinion, it would be wise to take a few years for analysis and invite newcomers as needed.

Surreal this family member’s comment about her family who has been here for years without taking any time to understand the previous Republican/Democrat bipartisan policy. Just throwing her family after 20 years into total chaos.

Usa /Uk/Canada don't dare to play with the present Indian Government or the present Indian military mights...otherwise by taking bowls you will beg on the doors of other countries and become poorest nations within a few years...????

Actually she's isn't wrong if indians start taking over jobs and properties or businesses in canada where will the natives go? It's their country so they have the right to speak up if your presence or actions is hurting them atleast she didn't abuse you she was honest about the problem she and her family might be facing because of indians and indian government should bs ashamed that every year massive amounts of indians abandon their citizenship and settle in other countries spreading like a virus engulfing opportunities that the natives deserved... So if u get hate for that... You can either be shameless and bare it or have some shame and return to your country give the natives some releif.... Put yourself in their place for a second and think...even in india Mumbai used to be peacefull and clean all those beautiful beaches... As soon as people from other states were allowed to settle in Maharashtra they overpopulated the state making it very conjusted for natives....indians especially the sanatani community once they spread beyond a limit in a country they try to force their ideologies on the natives thus ruining the peacefull environment and now even the indian government seems to be involved in a murder of some sikh guy which was expected considering the hate for sikhs they spread here in india which is how they win elections...

Look op the century initiative- the Trudeau government plan is driven by a black rock based plan. 1 million people a year until 2030 is the plan.\n\nTons of cheap labour for corporations\n\nWhat happens when AI takes 80% of jobs? Self driving vehicles will take out 20% of jobs alone.

Look op the century initiative- the Trudeau government plan is driven by a black rock based plan. 1 million people a year until 2030 is the plan.\n\nTons of cheap labour for corporations\n\nWhat happens when AI takes 80% of jobs? Self driving vehicles will take out 20% of jobs alone.

if after so many years of colonization, if indians finally taking over the world, its your brain who is to be blamed. work hard people!

We are a German-American family who moved to Germany from Prague 12 years ago. When we arrived we had zero assets, now we are financially independent and secure for life. My wife is American and finds Germany far superior to the US with regards to safety (gun-control), public transport quality, health-care, paid vacations and social services. I am surprised by the comments here, as I find real estate really cheap in Germany compared to other Western countries and it's a great place to buy real estate to rent out and get the tax advantages. Sure, income tax is high in Germany, but as a family you also get a lot in return for it and there are massive benefits for disabled people and children (Kindergeld), while education is also free and health-care is universal as well. Everybody wanting to move elsewhere has to consider whereever they go they will be taking themselves - and if complaining is a passion, you will be doing that everywhere you go.

I am a Canadian Indian who came here in 1974, I was 8 years old when I came to Canada, back in my generation we respected the Canadian value system and culture and appreciation for the Country, we didn't come here with the mentality to dominate a country that accepted and open their doors to immigrants, I feel this young generations of today lack respect, manners, they have a strong sense of entitlement and a superiority complex that doesn't blend in with the Canadian culture please go back to India as it's not fair that we paid our taxes here for so many years and you come to take our jobs and dominate us and think you're so much smarter than Canadians if this is the case why are you flocking to our Country, please stay in your own Country and be better over there, this is not Indian so don't change the Canadian value system to be like India, I'm so disappointed with your unwanted behaviors and how you ruined our Country!

Within India, there is immigration from north to South. And, you don't need any passport or Visa to immigrate within the states of India. Bangalore, an important city in South India s Karnataka State is brimming with people from the North. The Kannadigas become the minority in their own state. The population of Tamils in the state of Tamilnadu is shrinking. In another 50 years north Indians will dominate South India. So, all over the world , the adverse side effects of immigration are felt. People from overpopulated regions have been migrating to less populated are for resources, from Europe to America, and now Asia to Europe and north America. There was, is, and will be murmurs, hiccups and clashes leading to violence. Animals resist their own species, crossing their borders, so are men. This is the bitter truth, take it with a pinch of salt.

In Canada, there is not enough housing and jobs are scarce, especially for anyone at the entry level or basic wage. We've been absolutely swamped. This is not the fault of the immigrants or the students, it's the fault of our extremely stupid and short sighted government. Most of those immigrants I encounter are good people, polite and considerate. But some, well I understand where the complaints about rude and inconsiderate behaviour come from, because it only takes a few bad experiences to get people angry. I've experienced it myself, but most of it (from my experience) seems to be from students who are very loud and impolite on public transit. The housing situation here is INSANE, prices are sky high and very little to choose from. A lot of seniors now can only afford to rent a room (after having worked all their lives and very little to show for it), and prices are up about 50% from only 5 years ago. The government says inflation is a fraction of what it is in real life, and living expenses have exploded. As I understand it, some people made a lot of money offering services to bring students and low wage workers in, with no consideration to the damage they were doing to all of us who were born and raised here - they wanted to make their million dollars. Another problem is that once someone arrives here, what they find is NOT what they were led to believe. What students and immigrants are told they need to live here is an absolute lie, living here in Canada has become very expensive. Many workers are severely under paid, and never even see the legal minimum wage, and the problem with that is, almost no Canadian will be hired on to those jobs - the reasons are that imported foreign workers will work below minimum wage because they are trapped here, and the Canadians already know that they will only struggle if they take jobs that pay so poorly. So yes, a lot of Canadians are VERY angry, and you really can't blame them. Once again, the Canadian government is responsible for much of this, and crooked employers who are willing to take advantage of low wage labour. It's an absolute mess.

You are witnessing the take over of Canada by a communist government. It started eight years ago and it is frightening and all of Canadians are sleeping through it.

I am so sorry, as a native Canadian, that Indians are feeling attacked. It is difficult, no matter your ethnic background, if you are not Indian to even acknowledge these issues because people are afraid of being labelled as racist so I thank you for bringing this topic up. Please understand this is the result of runaway immigrations with no real screening. The government quadrupled immigration, hundreds of percents increase in students, asylum seekers, and illegal entries, even though there was already a housing crisis, and a completely predictable doctor shortage due to aging out. Covid was just starting to get under control but many still needed treatment and BOOM, the population went from 30 million in 2014 to over 40 million in a decade, most of it in the last 3 years. We native Canadians are scratching our heads, we don't understand what the Liberals are trying to accomplish but to create suspicion and racism between groups of people -- divide and conquer? Maybe...but ultimately it is a complete lack of planning! Still 99 percent of Canadian born do not blame Iindividual ndians for this. I've lived and worked with Indians my entire life of over 60 years. There are now Indian gangs, particularly Punjabi gangs because of lack of oversight, and while they are small they are constantly committing crimes, selling drugs, shooting people all in the last few years. I hear gun shots nightly in my ethnically mixed neighbourhood, and we are all afraid to walk at night. Unfortunately the people arrested are mostly from continental India. Some have a political agenda that has to do more with India than Canada, so they recruit young Indo-Canadian children from good families and tell them they are being oppressed, and next thing these kids are acting as drug mules and enforcers, being told that they are fighting systemic racism. As for dancing and music, I love the cultural events, we are happy to see and even take part in Indian cultural events. IWhen I do hear people blaming India and Indians it breaks my heart too! Hopefully together we can fix this. Our governments are at odds, and I hate this -- they need to respectfully talk and work this out. You are good neighbours, good people, you are welcome here and have helped build Canada in so many positive ways. ?

?Why world says it started on October7? It started 75 years back. Hamaz resistance group was born in “refugee camps” just in 1988 after tolerating oppression & occupation for 48 years. Israel supported hamaz to create internal fights & suppress freedom resistance just like CIA created Taliban to fight Russia. Why Palestinians living in refugee camp in their own country long before hamas born? Why killing Palestinians & demolishing their houses in West Bank where there is no hamaz? When u treat other humans as animals for decades, one day they will revolt as animals, that’s hamas did (though I condemn any violence). \n\nAnd why is it called war not genocide? War shud be between states that have its own military, missiles, bombs. But here Palestine state’s existence itself is denied, they can’t even have airport, water & electricity facilities, their daily movement is controlled by Israel checkpoints, Zionist settlers burn olives ? & snatch homes of Palestinians daily. Isn’t it hypocritical to claim to support 2 state solution when only 1 state is recognised by supplying genocidal weapon and other is occupied?\n\nIf you love Zionists, give 1 of the state in US. You conducted holocaust & Palestinians pay the price just because they gave shelter when no other country accepted these zionists?\n\nAs per UN charter, armed resistance against occupation is legal, then isn’t Hamas resisting as per same law against illegal occupation by illegal apartheid state? If you don’t like Hamas, world shud take responsibility - end occupation, implement UN & ICJ’s judgement & arrest Netyanahu immediately. Or ICJ/UN is to serve west interest only? Occupation can’t give peace, FREE PLESTINE.

?Why world says it started on October7? It started 75 years back. Hamaz resistance group was born in “refugee camps” just in 1988 after tolerating oppression & occupation for 48 years. Israel supported hamaz to create internal fights & suppress freedom resistance just like CIA created Taliban to fight Russia. Why Palestinians living in refugee camp in their own country long before hamas born? Why killing Palestinians & demolishing their houses in West Bank where there is no hamaz? When u treat other humans as animals for decades, one day they will revolt as animals, that’s hamas did (though I condemn any violence). \n\nAnd why is it called war not genocide? War shud be between states that have its own military, missiles, bombs. But here Palestine state’s existence itself is denied, they can’t even have airport, water & electricity facilities, their daily movement is controlled by Israel checkpoints, Zionist settlers burn olives ? & snatch homes of Palestinians daily. Isn’t it hypocritical to claim to support 2 state solution when only 1 state is recognised by supplying genocidal weapon and other is occupied?\n\nIf you love Zionists, give 1 of the state in US. You conducted holocaust & Palestinians pay the price just because they gave shelter when no other country accepted these zionists?\n\nAs per UN charter, armed resistance against occupation is legal, then isn’t Hamas resisting as per same law against illegal occupation by illegal apartheid state? If you don’t like Hamas, world shud take responsibility - end occupation, implement UN & ICJ’s judgement & arrest Netyanahu immediately. Or ICJ/UN is to serve west interest only? Occupation can’t give peace, FREE PLESTINE.

Canada was taking in 300,000 new Canadians each year, year after year. And during that time new housing starts declined.\n\nIt isn't rocket surgery. Maybe we could take a breather, and build some housing. Then think about immigration.

I am a born and raised Canadian and have seen my country go downhill for at least the last couple of decades.\nHealth Care: doctors and nurses are moving Stateside in droves. No, the US doesn’t have universal health care but there are insurance plans and the care is enormously better. My girlfriend had 4th stage throat cancer. In Calgary the doctors at some point told her there was nothing more they could do for her and to get her affairs in order. Her father sent her to the Anderson Clinic in Houston - yes it was expensive but they treated her, saved her life and that was 24 years ago. \nIt’s common in our emergency rooms to wait up to 12 hours to be seen. \nOur system isn’t progressive and doctors and nurses don’t get paid near as well as in the States. That being said, I am happy that I don’t have to pay to see the doctor or have a stay in the hospital. \nCost of Living: Once upon a time it was good - housing was cheap and many companies had the full range of benefits and salaries were equal to the cost of living. Now these same companies have stripped the benefits by hiring people under contract so they don’t have to give them benefits. \nRents are through the roof and in Calgary there are no rent caps. Buying a decent house in a decent neighbourhood is impossible unless you inherit or make a six figure income. This, in no small part, has created a homelessness crisis that never had been seen in such numbers before. Crime also is getting worse by the day. Canada was once known as a safe country. This is no longer the case.\nEverything is very expensive and the tax very high. Plus, we have to suffer winter! Where I live, the joke is that we have two seasons - July and winter!\nI still like my city (not love) but I am retired and own two houses - one inherited and the other bought when it was affordable (32 years ago). Calgary would not be a place I would live if I was a newcomer. Vancouver is beautiful but you really pay for it. \nTrudeau has helped make a big mess of things with immigration and lax criminal laws. My beef is not with immigrants I must state - it is with the lack of jobs for them when they come, thereby forcing bad living conditions and an over reliance on the social systems. I add that the immigration population is much more willing to work in jobs they have to take (despite a high education) than our natural and bloated citizens.\nSo yes, Canada has increasingly gone downhill. On a positive note, hand guns at least are not legal and our country has beautiful natural land.

The government has done nothing to safe guard our nation against the Rich and the Greedy. That is why things are fucked. The food price is controled by 3 persons in the entire country. There was no social construction housing taking place for 8 years after it was consider necessary! it is difficult to find a job in our country for the native. Imagine trying to find a good job for an immigrant aside from working at WalMart.

Why there's no homeless indians? Whoever came here has made a huge investment already to even be present here. So we do whatever it takes to not end up on streets. And if situation does get bad, alot of us go back every year.\nAlso, since when was working harder a negative trait?\n\nWith white canadians, the majority of them chose this lifestyle. Maybe try getting off the fent and you won't end up homeless again.

2 years ago they said we are not taking the Palestinian people because they don't want terrorism in their country

The land is not anyone's.\nWe have Britishers for almost 200 years and Mughals for almost 400 years and there they didn't pay taxes and take so many resources from there.\nHave you seen Indians complaining about that ?

If no one wants to live here then why is this country of 35m ppl taking in a million immigrants per year!

Me at 7 years old taking a stroll at my village river ?

Trudope will let them all in, they are future liberal voters, will take years to fix Trudopes problems, remember in 2015 he said and I quote, when I am done you won't recognize Canada, well he was right it is now India 2.0

I was born here 55 years ago, I am mixed race and have been asked if I was Indian. I think that my time growing up in Canada is that Indians have had the most racism towards them. However, There are too many coming here right now. 99% of the Indians I have met with are nice and great people. With that , the shear amount of Indians that are not desirable are here. Cannot drive, rude, no understanding of customer service and take over public spaces and are litter bugs. You guys have to help transition into the western american canadian tradition. I have seen influxes of other countries come over here in my 55 years but I have never seen one group come over with these huge numbers. It is a massive displacement

Why do they get to show up and go on welfare? Nope, 20 years is what it should take to become a citizen and entitled to any type of welfare, then watch all the boat crossings dry up

Real international students brings resources to Canada. Government needs to look into students that actually come not for study but to work (making money back home). Besides, why entrepreneurs and start up programs that will benefits our society gets so hard to proceed (taking over years to complete)? Why nanny home support worker can come to Canada as permanent resident so fast and easy? The people of Canada need to be aware of these strange policies that were made. The policy makers do not use their brains measuring the actual needs of Canada. They make no efforts to look into how their policies will affect the lives of the people, the system of Canada including medical systems, our infrastructure or housing. They do not care if our society can have enough to support these low skilled workers and families, and also the new refugees and families. Can our economy support all these new families? Nowadays the economy of the world is so challenging, but would these policies makers care about this? They are not stupid then there must be some reasons behind. How can the normal citizens protect their rights? BUT wait…, all these new families are growing, these new comers will protect their rights too….

Real international student brings money and high quality people to Canada. However,there are some students coming to Canada aiming to work and to gain income back home. Why entrepreneurs and start up programs that can bring money to Canada takes years (over 3 years) to process and the number of applications is shrinking. Canada needs money to sustains the economy. Importing thousands and thousands of servants but not enough money to pay? Why don’t they look into the infrastructure and the system of the country when planning their immigration policies? The money behind these policies must be big.

Sorry but the answer is no. You are just a temporary student to study for some kind of degree or something and then take that knowledge back to your home country and apply it there.\n\nMaximum stay 4 years and go away unless you are doing doctorate then it's 7 years and go away