It's fact. I know this is a super left forum and it's taboo to criticize immigration measures in any form or shape...but you can't hide and run from it forever. The chickens come to roost at some point.
My best mate from Uni, is of Indian-British origin. He's a lawyer, and even he was telling me the other day that the immigration from India is absolutely out of control and we need mass deportations. His family lives in Brampton and he was saying how crime is increasing and his parents who've been in Canada since 1990s don't feel safe anymore.
Also, while at it, Just look at the videos of New Year's Eve in downtown Toronto and downtown Vancouver. This is the most popular places in each city in the most celebrated night of the year. I have one question:
- Where is the diversity even? Canada used to be a multicultural mosaic, I don't even see the diversity anymore. It's become a nation of parallel societies with the occasional mixing which is ripe for disaster. It's treated like a hotel rather than a country.
- Where are the women?
Canada used to be a multicultural mosaic, I don't even see the diversity anymore. It's become a nation of parallel societies with the occasional mixing which is ripe for disaster. It's treated like a hotel where everyone is free to come and go rather than a country, and society with a common set of beliefs, values, and identity that holds everything together.
The country is having an increasingly high male surplus thanks to the new immigration measures of last 5 years (just go to any networking event or bar/nightclub in major Canadian cities and it's always 70% minimum guys) ...and you add that to high unemployment and astronomical costs of living and you'll get more poverty and crime.
Maybe the boomer life experience with cottages in Muskoka is different with us normie millennials and Gen Zs in Trudeau's Canada ...but the young generation have been absolutely shafted and shat on. Forget about housing issues and the "never will be homeowners" generation, but It really wasn't pleasant to feel so unsafe walking back home late at night, get robbed, have drug addicts yell at you at every corner or harass you at coffeeshops.
I'm probably the only sole Iranian in my city in Poland now, but at least it's safe and clean and actually resembles a functioning society with a core identity and common values.
That's the thing about Canada that was taken away from us: Common identity and values that brings us and ties us all together. Something other than "We're not Americans".
Not surprising seeing the Prime Minister in Chief himself said:
"‘There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada." He said we're "the first post-national state." Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/magazine/trudeaus-canada-again.html
Canada should be such a RICH nation. It's citizens should be the richest per capita in all of G7. Yet they are somehow among the poorest now, if not the poorest. I know most Canadians here are Liberal/NDP/Green voters, but I believe deep down you know that your team absolutely messed this country up.
While at it, having been Canadian for almost 20 years...the most proudest and beautiful Canadian experience I had was exactly three years ago during the Freedom Convoy. I've never seen a true Canadian moment like this: People of all ages, and ethnicities, you name it: Anglo, French, Persians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Serbs, Carribeans, Africans, gathering together for a common cause. Dancing in parks, playing in bouncy castles (I have videos of everything) , giving and receiving souvenirs from each other, for a common belief of freedom....only to be sneered as the second coming of Third Reich by the media and Trudeau's gov't. I couldn't believe it because I saw the convoy with my own bare eyes. The news coverage was like Iran regime state TV...and that was before the freezing of bank accounts and such.
But I'm glad I had those couple of weeks and memories to last a lifetime. I recall, carrying a Canadian national flag on the streets would get the police looking at you like you're a criminal or suspect. Crazy times.
In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
