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Is it extremist to be pro immigration? Or are they extremely pro immigration?

• asdf6969 3y ago
  They are so pro immigration that they are extremists. The American equivalent would be your population growing by 14 million in the last year. Would you support this? Our unemployment rate is rising and we have a severe housing crisis but they will not reduce the rate.
  • fouc 3y ago
    US gets approximately 0.5% to 0.7% population growth from immigrants, Canada is gets around 1% to 1.2%. But US gets 2+ million illegal immigrants annually, which adds another 0.6%. So US and Canada both have very similar immigration rates after all.
• ape4 3y ago
  There are some very vocal anti-immigration people in Canada - like the grandparent post.
  • asdf6969 3y ago
    It is not anti-immigration to not want to be the fastest growing country in the world.
    • toomuchtodo 3y ago
      Indeed. If you can’t protect yourself from your government’s efforts to keep wages suppressed through importing labor while also ignoring the housing crisis, it is logical to be anti immigration. That’s not racist or xenophobic, that’s economic self preservation.
  • Solvitieg 3y ago
    C'mon, no. In Canada it's openly discussed that recent immigration policy could be excessive. It's not a fringe anti-immigrant viewpoint, it's discussed in the media and at the dinner table. Canada is a very pro-immigrant country, but there is nuance in the discussion https://abacusdata.ca/unmasking-public-unease-with-canadas-immigration-goals/ https://abacusdata.ca/unmasking-public-unease-with-canadas-i...