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A growing majority of Canadians reject the idea that their country is accepting too many immigrants. This view is due in part because eight in ten believe that immigration is helping Canada’s economy. According to a recent survey by Environics Institute, done in October 2019 on Canadians' attitude towards immigration, there are some interesting findings, which I thought was important to post considering that it contradicts some of the participants on this forum. Here are some of the findings: --- Most important issues facing Canada today Environment: 24 Economy: 22 Healthcare: 9 Poor Government/Leadership: 8 Unemployment: 4 Taxes: 4 Crime/law and order: 2 Immigration/Refugees: 2 --- Agree-Disagree: “Overall, there is too much immigration in Canada.” Agree: 34% Disagree: 63% A positive view of current immigration levels is most widely expressed by Liberal Party (74%) and NDP (79%) supporters, followed by those who say they will vote for the Green Party (69%) or Bloc Quebecois (64%). Conservative Party supporters are more divided, with 51 percent agreeing that immigration levels are too high, compared with 45 percent who disagree. --- Agree-Disagree: “Overall, immigration has a positive impact on the economy of Canada.” Agree: 80% Disagree: 16% As on past surveys, attitudes about immigration and refugees differ across the population. Positive sentiments are most prevalent among younger Canadians and those with a university education. Negative views are most evident in Alberta, among Canadians ages 60 and older, and those without a high school diploma. In Quebec, despite the recent controversy over its new legislation banning religious dress, public opinion about immigrants is as positive if not more so than in other parts of the country. --- Agree-Disagree: “There are too many immigrants coming into this country who are not adopting Canadian values.” Agree: 50% Disagree: 43% --- Agree-Disagree: “Canada accepts too many immigrants from racial minority groups.” Agree: 29% Disagree: 64% Some portion of public resistance to immigration stems from negative attitudes towards newcomers with specific racial and ethnic backgrounds (predominantly non-white or racialized). This continues to be evident in current public sentiment, but much less so than in previous generations. Agreement with the statement is the minority view across the country, but most notably among Canadians 18 to 29 (21%), those with a university degree (19%) and supporters of the Federal NDP (13%). The view that Canada accepts too many immigrants from racial minorities is most evident among Canadians without a high school diploma (42%) and household incomes of less than $30,000 (40%).

Thanks to Justin Trudeau, and his shallow, self-serving environmental bullshit. It wasn't the first, and it sure won't be the last. And the problem is most of his votes come from big urban areas where people haven't got a clue where the tax dollars that feed their troughs come from. All they know is they want more and more free stuff. Oh yes, and they hate oil - even though they use it every day. So the govenrment makes political points by making it harder and harder for resource companies to operate in Canada. Hey, it doesn't hurt Toronto or Vancouver or Montreal! So why not? It's not like anywhere else counts! And we'll just borrow more and more money to feed the troughs. Disappointed as I am by this turn of events, I cannot blame Suttles. He and his board have a responsibility to invest shareholder capital where production can be delivered and sold at international prices. The day of the Newfield announcement, Canadian oil was selling at US$19.10 a barrel, while prices were US$63.10 in Texas. Canada’s captive-market discount gives away $200 million a day as a gift to American buyers. The past few years have been a nightmare for the Canadian industry, where every light at the end of the tunnel has turned out to be train driven by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau barrelling at us from the opposite direction. His oil tanker ban in northern B.C. and his refusal to allow a pipeline in the Great Bear Rainforest killed Northern Gateway. And his introduction of a post-regulatory hearing requirement to consider “upstream emissions” forced TransCanada to abandon its nation-building Energy East Pipeline that would have replaced foreign oil. Meanwhile, hundreds of tankers carrying oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries make their way up the St. Lawrence without any such emissions reviews. https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/gwyn-morgan-a-great-national-energy-champion-is-leaving-canada-thanks-to-trudeau

Biden is sane. That's enough for me.

The Americans will take their oil, and they won't have to forward billions to Quebec in transfer payments, which will make life much better in Alberta.

i see what you guys are saying... its like when people get upset about crooked cops. how should we expect all cops not to be crooked?! no need to complain or demand that cop be fired! we can't afford to keep looking for honest cops! same with those damn fireman, judges etc etc.. whats a little corruption! whats a little killing foreign children! get over it! that's the job!

Look...just follow forum rules (no personal attacks) and we will get along just fine. I was focusing lasers over 40 years ago.

Any party leader who loses an election should face such questions. The CBC is certainly not making up the fact that Scheer lost.

You don't have to see it....just ignore American politics and media. Ignore this too:

Some people will believe anything they read on the Internet (e.g. rainbow poppy story). They will never learn and are cartoonish in their simplistic gullibility. Hilarious.

Yes

I say yes. His words and behaviour do not offend me. From my position it seems like the USA is doing alright. No bad things have happened. Even more remarkably, a few good things. So what the heck more do you pretty boys want?

Murphy is not partnering with the "far right" that's your misinformed opinion only, neither is it hate to speak out in favour of women who are gradually losing their safe spaces and societal rights, not to mention losing their places in sports. Obviously anyone disagreeing with you will be given a demeaning label. actually your speech pretty much can be defined as hate.

Trudeau has publicly stated that the Oil Sands will be phased out. $135 Billion in investments pulled out of Alberta in the first year of Trudeau's first term. He literally doesn't care at all about Alberta jobs, he wouldn't give Alberta the steam off of his crap. Remember that when Alberta needed money, after giving $13 Billion into confederation this year, Trudeau gave them a loan lol. That's like if your parents give you their house and then you let them rent a room in the basement and make them do all the chores when they experience hard times. I literally hate every single person who voted for Trudeau.

Currently, nearly all the oil produced in Western Canada goes to one market, the United States Midwest. However, there’s a limit to how much oil this market needs. For much of the last decade, Canada has been selling into the United States at a discount to the world price for similar oil products. The simple truth is that Canada’s oil will fetch a better price if we give ourselves the option of shipping more of it via Trans Mountain’s Pacific tidewater terminal in Burrard Inlet. Canada will earn more on every barrel of oil that’s piped west compared to those sold to our existing customers in the United States Midwest market, a differential that exists regardless of the price of oil. The Project will allow Canadian oil to be delivered to international markets and, as a result, Canada will earn approximately $3.7 billion more per year. Independent estimates conclude oil producer revenues will increase by $73.5 billion over 20 years of operations and Canada will earn $46.7 billion in additional taxes and royalties to federal and provincial governments. Sad indeed. Shakespeare level of tragedy.

It's utterly amazing how a half-wit drama teacher can disembowel a country in three years. Equally amazing is that the brain-dead electorate likes it . . . . This says more about the electorate than it says about the fucktard in Ottawa. We're stupid, we deserve the half-wit fucktard. Very sad . . .

Joe Biden, at the moment. I can't think of any others that aren't batshit crazy. Mind you, there are some polling so low I've not even heard their names spoken. Be even better if Mike Bloomberg ran and won.