Why is anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Canada?

It is not protests against immigration itself. It is protets against dumb immigration. I am an immigrant myself, living in Canada for 13 years. The way immigration is being implemented here, now a days, is outrageous for Canadians born Canadians, and for us, Canadians by choice. This is not the country I came for anymore, and this is not the country we want to build. This government needs to go, and immigration needs to be rethinking, preferably by a government that really cares about people.

Its not racist to want your fellow citizens to be able to survive.

This is not 'anti-immigration', this is 'anti-corrupt government' bringing in too many people (no matter their race, religion etc) that our current infrastructure CAN NOT support.

An immigrant student told me she was lured by the ads in India to move to Canada, they promised housing, and a job. When she got to Canada she had to room with 4 people in a 1 bedroom apt, worked the graveyard shift at Tims and couldnt get in to the classes she needed at school, she returned to India bc she said her quality of life was actually better there. Why would Canada bring immigrants to the country with lies like this?

"We don't need a million more Uber drivers. We don't need a million more Tim Hortons workers."

Canada has been destroyed with reckless immigration policies. I as an immigrant regret my decision to move here decades ago. I am looking forward to leaving this country as soon as I retire.

We need to do immigration *responsibly*. The mass of international student visas combined with lack of regulation of colleges and universities regarding their housing, courses, and admissions is one place to start changing.

As immigrants, even we want immigration to be slowed down, give some time for social services and housig to catch up.

Take a look around. Any person with intelligence can see why there is rising anti immigration. Period. Government mismanagement. Period

With skyrocketing housing costs, nobody wants immigrants coming in and raising the already exponential costs.

Our system is overloaded - transportation, municipal, social systems, health systems, and education systems!!! Foodbanks and shelters are full; and we're failing actual Canadians. Lastly, crime - violent crime has increased. Look at Brampton and tell me, with a straight face, that isnt the case.

Lack of planning on government's part...federal, provincial and municipal is the reason we are in this predicament.

Why? Because immigration is unchecked and unbalanced. If you want a prosperous multicultural society everyone has to be on board with that and it has to be fair for everyone. In the West that balance is not there. If you think for one moment you could go to an Asian or Arabic country and have a 'Canada Town' or a 'Little Britain' you are delusional. Years ago, my father who was an army officer went to Oman to help train their soldiers. On arrival he was given a list 5 A4 pages long of things he COULD NOT DO in that country. He didn't complain and abided by that. One Westerner broke one of the rules accidentally and literally had to leave the country taking nothing with him. Why is ok to enforce culture one way, but not the other? That's your problem. There's an agenda here.

The issue in Canada is not about a well-planned and diverse immigration policy, but rather a significant influx of people from just a few countries, which some perceive as a cultural shift. The long-term impact of this trend on society remains to be seen.

Canada needs to pump the breaks before we end up like England

What is happening in Europe will come here No thankyou

But why is there such a glaring obviousness that majority of the immigrants being let into Canada are from India?? If we’re going to talk about diversity how about we stop favouring one specific nation? I find it really unsettling to see one foreign nation dominate our population.

Banks benefit by having more deposits from newcomers. Corporations benefit cause people from over seas will Work for less. Government benefits cause every newcomer needs to pay 1000s of dollars for different fees like drivers licence and health cards you name it. Schools benefit by the fact they can take an entire Indian families life savings in a single tuition payment. to claim that this insane immigration we have here is to the benefit of the average Canadian is psychotic and cynical.

'Because I think people are going to come anyways?' Is that admitting they have no control over their borders??

We brought in immigrants because we needed skilled labour. The immigrants came and worked at Fast Food establishments instead. Canada didn't address the skilled labour shortage how they should have, INVEST IN CANADIANS. Education is far too expensive for the essential trades and sectors and health care especially is no longer desirable because they're treated poorly and overworked. They should have fixed the issue at its core. Instead they brought in people they didn't properly vet. We also didn't have the resources to bring in so many people (housing, jobs, healthcare, education) so some (especially in BC/ ON) have turned to crime and gangs.