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Too many immigrants, too fast! Minorities have a better chance at getting jobs than majority now. W T H?
Too many immigrants, too fast! Minorities have a better chance at getting jobs than majority now. W T H?
Expresses concern about job competition and employment discrimination based on immigration pace and minority hiring.
hdhdeted Aug 26, 2025
8:26 🙄we cant afford babies if we are forced to pay for their brady bunch THATS OUR MONEY THATS OUR TAXES PAYING INVADERS TO GER PREGNANT FOR A LIVING 🤔 WE PAID FOR RGEM TO …
8:26 🙄we cant afford babies if we are forced to pay for their brady bunch THATS OUR MONEY THATS OUR TAXES PAYING INVADERS TO GER PREGNANT FOR A LIVING 🤔 WE PAID FOR RGEM TO BACKSTAB US 🧐 ASIAN 10:33 ONLY PAY ASIANS TO PUSH US OUT OF MY HOOD AND NY COUNTRY😢😢😢
Focuses on tax burden and welfare costs for immigrants, framed as economic exploitation and demographic replacement threat.
MemeYouyou-dz4yk Aug 27, 2025
And let me give you just an instance a Chevrolet Tahoe in the states is under 60 grand in Canada and looking at 80 grand 100 grand give or take
And let me give you just an instance a Chevrolet Tahoe in the states is under 60 grand in Canada and looking at 80 grand 100 grand give or take
Provides specific price comparison example (vehicle costs) between Canada and US to illustrate economic disparity argument.
Lakeboii70 Aug 26, 2025
Canadian businesses wanting cheap subsidized foreign labour caused all of this
Canadian businesses wanting cheap subsidized foreign labour caused all of this
Attributes immigration policy to business interests seeking cheap labor, framing it as an economic driver rather than humanitarian or political choice.
videomofo Aug 10, 2025
The population going down INCREASES wages Its why you all have higher wages despite being the same gdp as Mexico
The population going down INCREASES wages Its why you all have higher wages despite being the same gdp as Mexico
Argues that lower population growth increases wages and explains Canada's wage advantage over Mexico through labor supply economics.
HackersSun Aug 25, 2025
People don't have kids because they can't afford it. Make life affordable and Canadians will have more kids. That's the best solution.
People don't have kids because they can't afford it. Make life affordable and Canadians will have more kids. That's the best solution.
Argues that affordability is the root cause of low birth rates and proposes economic solutions as policy remedy.
savitaabdale8532 Aug 25, 2025
Get used to it Carney and Trudeau's plans are going as planned. The government knows they have more to benefit by overwhelming us with immigrants it also helps drive down wages.
Get used to it Carney and Trudeau's plans are going as planned. The government knows they have more to benefit by overwhelming us with immigrants it also helps drive down wages.
Argues government deliberately uses immigration to suppress wages and overwhelm citizens, combining economic and policy critique.
IsabelleKislig Aug 25, 2025
Send all the immigrants home, our teens in Canada can’t get jobs like @ a Tim Hortons, Wendy’s because the immigrants all have the jobs, time to go home
Send all the immigrants home, our teens in Canada can’t get jobs like @ a Tim Hortons, Wendy’s because the immigrants all have the jobs, time to go home
Claims immigrants are taking jobs from Canadian teens, framing immigration as an economic threat without evidence.
kenrourke7430 Aug 25, 2025
Kids are losing their job opportunities due to the government subsidized programs that businesses benefit from to save money. Remove those programs, then your children will get job application replies
Kids are losing their job opportunities due to the government subsidized programs that businesses benefit from to save money. Remove those programs, then your children will get job application replies
Argues that government subsidies for immigrant labor programs harm Canadian youth employment opportunities.
Musician_Robert Aug 25, 2025
1:47 There's no employment for people in Canada or coming to Canada. Everything seams to be shutting down. The dollar exchange value make's it more expensive for items to buy.
1:47 There's no employment for people in Canada or coming to Canada. Everything seams to be shutting down. The dollar exchange value make's it more expensive for items to buy.
Focuses on employment scarcity, economic shutdowns, and currency/purchasing power issues as reasons against immigration.
NormanBjornson Apr 15, 2025
Organized corporate plan to bring in cheap exploitable, unskilled, labour under the label "student", get them to full time work, who pay for the placement in exchange for documents, in addition to gov subsidies to …
Organized corporate plan to bring in cheap exploitable, unskilled, labour under the label "student", get them to full time work, who pay for the placement in exchange for documents, in addition to gov subsidies to corps. No housing, no infrastructure, no accountability, tanked wages. Extra comma$ in CEO bank accounts, modern day slavery.
Focuses on economic exploitation, wage suppression, corporate profit, and labor market impacts of immigration policy.
Kuniokub Jun 23, 2025
I agree with this policy because I know of people sponsor oring for their family and when some of them get here the put tax payers to pay the bill for medical and also when …
I agree with this policy because I know of people sponsor oring for their family and when some of them get here the put tax payers to pay the bill for medical and also when the family get here they stop supporting them and the Canadians has to maintain them. It also become a burden on
Commenter references personal knowledge of sponsorship cases and argues that family immigration creates economic burden on taxpayers through healthcare and social support costs.
nas8040 Apr 14, 2025
Canada has to stop funding all programs to foreign countries....we need to fund our country first...we are not bad unconcerned citizens...we just don't want to be taken advantage of....we are broke!
Canada has to stop funding all programs to foreign countries....we need to fund our country first...we are not bad unconcerned citizens...we just don't want to be taken advantage of....we are broke!
Argues that Canada's financial resources should prioritize domestic citizens over foreign aid and immigration, framing it as an economic sustainability issue.
IvanCelleri-k7s Apr 16, 2025
blame our corporate overlords for being cheap.
blame our corporate overlords for being cheap.
Attributes immigration issues to corporate cost-cutting and labor exploitation rather than immigration policy itself.
gurvirsingh8118 Jun 20, 2025
High immigration. High housing costs. High food prices. Thank a Liberal voter.
High immigration. High housing costs. High food prices. Thank a Liberal voter.
Links immigration to housing and food costs while blaming a political group, combining economic grievance with partisan identity framing.
Redneckboy991 Jun 20, 2025
Canada needs immigrants s the population is not producing enough. The Immagration rules must be changed to encourage those that can make real contributions to the economy. 👌🇨🇦
Canada needs immigrants s the population is not producing enough. The Immagration rules must be changed to encourage those that can make real contributions to the economy. 👌🇨🇦
Argues Canada needs immigrants for population/economic reasons but calls for stricter selection criteria based on economic contribution.
dannybuoy138 Apr 15, 2025
I have nothing again immigrants but a lot that comes in Canada to gain money but send most of the money to their family in there country so it's not benefits to Canada or don't …
I have nothing again immigrants but a lot that comes in Canada to gain money but send most of the money to their family in there country so it's not benefits to Canada or don't work and profit from the money give from government about time Canada put is pants
Argues that immigrants remit money abroad and exploit government benefits rather than contributing economically to Canada.
dedem366 Apr 19, 2025
🎉Absolutely only citizens living and working here should be entitled to this privilege of buying property or renting here. This will definitely easy the housing crisis.
🎉Absolutely only citizens living and working here should be entitled to this privilege of buying property or renting here. This will definitely easy the housing crisis.
Argues that restricting property/rental access to citizens would address the housing crisis, framing immigration as an economic problem.
mightypaws2645 Apr 18, 2025
Canadian are going through same as American people hegfund buy up all home apartments, they control prices. 17:19
Canadian are going through same as American people hegfund buy up all home apartments, they control prices. 17:19
Discusses housing market control and price manipulation as an economic issue affecting both Canada and America.
WillieSims-d7s Apr 17, 2025
To purchase a trailer in alberta canada it costs 157,000 to purchase. 960.00/month.
To purchase a trailer in alberta canada it costs 157,000 to purchase. 960.00/month.
Provides specific cost information about purchasing a trailer in Alberta, relevant to economic considerations of living in Canada.
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