65 per cent of Canadians say Canada is accepting too many legal immigrants. That figure, less than a year ago in February, was just 50 per cent. In March 2019, only 35 per cent of Canadians held that view.

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Based on this poll https://acs-metropolis.ca/studies/negative-sentiment-towards-immigrants-in-canada-is-on-the-rise/

Has an n of 1612. 50% admit not having a good understanding of immigration policy.

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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026a-eng.htm

??? 23% of all Canadians are first-generation immigrants. Permanent Residents are legal immigrants. 48% probably includes some of these immigrants that want to deport themselves. What are y’all smoking?

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I’m not for mass deportation, but if you’re an immigrant yourself and you’re calling for this I think you should set a good example and take off.

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I’m guessing it’s almost entirely within the 70% that “just” have immigrant grandparents.

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And most Canadians are descended from immigrants who arrived in the past century.

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Like 98% if you extend that to two centuries.

We’re an immigrant nation, which is arguably how we’ve kept a lid on xenophobia until now. (And still are, probably; they chose the most doomer stats for the headline)

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It’s due to the housing crisis. If we had the infrastructure to support the influx of immigrants, Canadians wouldn’t be so opposed to them.

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Now’s that’s the title of a study I want to read:

What are y’all smoking?

Abstract: Akrasia + Social Media = WTF

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