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Walmart and Tim Hortons..who's serving ...can't speak English..you call Bell you get India..

Even tho most Canadians in the earlier years were mostly white, it was multicultural because they all came from many other countries and cultures. They still held on to their traditions but yet also formed a Canadian culture.\nTheir was a huge population of Chinese people too. They stuck together in large areas, many didn't speak english. Similar to Quebec maybe. They mostly spoke french and I remember a time when they didn't really like english speaking whites around. Seems like the premier would like it to stay that way. Protecting the culture. \nIn the 80's on the west coast I watched thousands of Sikh's and Punjabi's and similar move into large areas and take over many jobs in large companies. Lumber mills, rail yards, papermills and so on. I went to one job interview and outside the office window was a whole shift of people wearing turbans. Must have been 50 to a 100 of them. 3 years earlier when I toured that place in grade 12, it was all white people. What happened? That was around the time of the recession and jobs were getting scarce. The only people in line for job interviews were white people and the interviewers would not accept anyone without grade 12 and previous experience. Here is what I overheard as people were getting interviewed, Experience? No. NEXT. Experience? Yes. Graduate? No. NEXT!\nAfter 6 months of this I moved to oil country Alberta and Had 6 job call backs in the first day. At 2 to 3 times the pay I would have had in BC. Never looked back. But now that the industry has been attacked and the immigration has skyrocketed, Alberta is in decline.\nJust my 2 cents worth, and the people I mentioned back then, I have nothing against. I knew many and they were good people. \nBut the immigrants of today I feel to many are of another breed and not the same as before them.

the amount of immigrants that have moved into my Small town Amherst NS has well surpassed us AmherstStonians that have lived here ! im a 37 year old white female born and raised Canadian that speaks English and everywhere i go there is a employee that doesnt understand what im saying, everywhere i look there is a place posted for rent thats overpriced & a business being sold to the wealthy , where the take the small town feel and what do these newcomers bring ?? nothing !!? they take from Canada & i wish they would go back to where they come from ! your not Canadian and u know it \nbut they prob don't understand my english right

I’m done being kind to my Timmy’s cashier, \nI will make her/him repeat what they say, what they ask, I will make them wait for my COMPLETE ORDER!!! \nIf you WONT speak basic English, you don’t belong in a Timmy’s window, \nSo frustrating!!! \nSame with PSW’s… or should I say Wanna-be! \nInternational students/ business owners are taking over in facilities \nLittle respect for our elderly, speaking in their own language in front of clients, phones out talking with family, \nIt’s embarrassing \nLack of basic skills is putting our elderly at risk, \nWhen I have to stop the basics of where to place straps for a sling lift because he/she has them wrong/ twisted, and the response? It’s okay’ \nNo!!! It’s not!!! \nI’m glad I’m at the end of my career, \nI’ll do my own MAID just to ensure I don’t end up in their care ?\nLazy, \nDumb\nDisappearing on shift to avoid work, \nI’m done!!! ?

Got the same going on further north of GTA east Indians starting spread up hear barrie and further. They have the same attitude ? its frustrating they can barely speak English and they have an attitude if we can't understand what there saying..they don't seem to have any interest in fitting into Canadian culture. And want to bring there way of living here .

I visited the lower mainland last year. I thought I had been Shanghaied. Few English speaking citizens, fewer Caucasians. Time to say adios.

The thing about this which pisses me off the most, is trying to find a rental accommodation and looking through thousands of apartment add's and only finding Chinese and Indian landlords, who don't even speak English and completely discriminate against Canadians, won't rent white people apartments etc... \n\nWe are absolutely invaded, and Canadians are being replaced..\n\nCanadians, how do you feel about this?????

Immigration is good when done correctly but with the majority of people who come here they do not want to be Canadian. They don't want to live with us. So many never talk English and they want to live with their people, they own way and pretend we don't exist and are living in their country in ours. It sucks working with people who can speak english but 95% of the time they only talk in their language. Then they mention your name as they arent speaking english. It\\'s a shitty feeling and a lot of them don't care.

I also can’t speak to anyone in customer service anymore anywhere and understand a thing they’re saying.\nCan you hire at least some people who speak proper English?

I wonder how much money Trudeau received from India to specifically have a vast majority of people from India move to Canada.Where are the Greeks the Italians the Irish the English why mainly many from the East.First we had the Chinese years ago now so many from India.Everywhere you go its people from India.They are buying up everything doubling the cost and is this the reason why Canada is too expensive to live.Many Canadians have rules for living in apartments.I seen 10 living in a two bedroom apartment.Many speak their language.

Also the pandering to the stupid french. Also express talent visa open permit asking Native speakers of English to do English test's is insulting when they are already graduate's. It's like asking Quebec people of they can speak french show me a test.

Move to another country, do your best to speak English in public. Its respective, just try.

Retired,living in small town southern Ontario,pretty much same here.Banks,restaurants, EVERYWHERE,can hardly understand them,they hardly speak English,and get mad at a Canadian senior citizen when YOU can't understand them.

The guy speaks fine English and seems adequately qualified. He can get a decent job in Bangalore, hydrabad or gurgaon. The salary will be less but the purchasing power will be more. Why do people like migrate to Canada, I never get it.

This is a clear case of communication problem happens here. Most of the Chinese people don't know how to speak English properly.

Remember the last elections he allowed non-Canadians to vote as long as they were for Liberals. Those were all Chinese temporary workers and students. Imagine that he leaves that for all the immigrant status people as well. The ones not speaking any english but being told who to vote for.

All the illegals from the usa are flooding in ....right across the country all the shelters are over capacity, with undocumented people , and our locals cant get the help they need cause the government rather waste our money on immigrants who have no skill or speak English ...

These immigrants who move here , end up taking up all the jobs and only hiring their own kind ....if you speak perfect english and a born Canadian , you will not get hired ...

Majority of people who own property in Canada can barely speak english...its really insane.

Some people think they are superior because they can speak English. LANGUAGE does not show your smartness .These people damage others for life and nothing gets done.

1:25 the thing with that is EVERYONE is coming to Toronto because Vancouver's too expensive and Montreal is French which isn't as useful a language as English (unless you speak French then you'll probably go to Montreal)\n\nNormally this wouldn't be an issue but since the housing laws are so bad we cant get as many apartments as we need for these immigrants making housing prices skyrocket

Great morning to you\n What is the first step towards moving to Canada from the US. Also which state is best for aspiring chefs who don't speak English

Speak english all the peoples are grear clean and funny.

Qubec is shutting rhe doir ro all English speaking doctors, only few doctors in the world speak Ftench and if at all they xome to Canada

English version will help non hindi speaking people

As a Canadian living in Quebec, know that the first rule to properly integrating is learning to speak french...we actually pay immigrants to learn the language, not interested in the language? Go west, east, or south and speak english

Not only are they entering illegally, many that are in the U.S. illegally or legal are just looking at there phones and not even attempting to assimilate and learn English. I have noticed that almost every foreign speaking person is just looking at their phones and listening to media in their own language. If I was seeing some watching English media or at least trying to learn the language it would at least be a step in the right direction, but they ignore everything in English! Social media has a stranglehold on American culture!! There are several Spanish speaking groups being brought in to work in retail and grocery stores and it's just the same thing, they don't know hardly a word of English. If they come here even legally, they should be learning English, we shouldn't have to learn Spanish in our own country or whatever language they are speaking!!!!!Speak English or go back to your own countries, your culture is not our culture! Learn our laws, our history and our ways or stay out of our country!!!

New comeoners? It's no wonder they're leaving. Professionals can't even speak decent English...

And our FM cant speak fluent English let alone making a good point.. if you know you know

This is an example of Literate not educated. Speaking English while translation is typical देहाती neighbourhood fight type. ????

We need to drop immigrants and work on our own people. Hell there are still Reserves that don't even have clean water and there's zero reason from that... But yes immigration is 100% to blame close our borders for ten years or so for a bit ffs.\n\nEDIT: Those security people obviously haven't read the charter where filming in public is legal and fine in Canada. They both speak bad english like fuck off learn it before moving here. This video pissed me off as a veteran this this is what I served for? Fuck Canada.

There is no career progress and it is so expensive for everyone, they want you to work low level jobs, because a weird rite of passage like if speaking English was unique to Canada or the world is not trading with each other for the last 20 to 30 years . Complete stagnation in terms of economy, inflated house prices compared to similar markets like Texas, the country has been so reliant on natural resources that the job market is not competitive and an island. If you want to do trades go ahead if you want to work in finance, tech or anything white collar do not go to Canada. If hard working Canadians don't have money to afford groceries and are using their credit card for everything believe me as an immigrant you'll have less than that you'll be an economic slave.

Some guy who can barely speak English telling him he can’t record in public lmfao

I think Living in Afghanistan and Syria are 15 Times Better than Canada and All English Speaking Countries..! \nLow Wages and Sky High Prices, Crime , and Rip - Off Services are all common in Canada and other English Speaking Countries..!

I see more immigrants and people who barely speak any English than people who are were actually born here Toronto is getting so bad I’ve been on the ttc sandwiched between two dudes doing crack and they were losing there shit

Love how some bum that hardly speaks english tries telling buddy what he can or can't do. nice

I feel the same all the immigrants get everything and canadian born citizen has to struggle to get by. While ppl that cannot speak english are rich

Worst part is these guys are all educated individuals who could have decent futures if they were just helped. I'd much rather deal with these guys at Tim Hortons than the worker who can't speak English messing up my order every time.

When flight tickets is so cheap that all the 3rd class english speaking people can afford to fly ????

We had chinese students at my french speaking university in qc that couldnt speak french and barely understood english..they were watching their phone all day. Such a waste of time and ressource

omg east india security, we need security from them robbing everyone, we need stop letting them into the country, its over flooding with east indians, its not fair... they dont even speak english most the time.. i watch alot scammer payback, hate seeing them rule toronto. they are security, the police, they are the government soon...

STORES HAVE IMMIGRANTS DOING SECURITY THAT BARLEY SPEAK ENGLISH . These IMMIGRANTS come to Canada and think they own or control it

That paki security guard he was talking to is probably fresh 2 months into Canada. Probably doesn’t even know the currency and can barley speak understandable English. Yet probably lives ina nice house with a nice car and decent job while Candian citizens born here suffer

Can’t even speak English good

Even the scam security are 'new arrivals' that can barely speak English

They are all punjabis and find fraudulent ways and come to Canada…. Please launch proper investigation and give chance to people who really deserve…. These Punjabis don’t even speak English…. How come they get celpip and ielts clb 10 and 8? Someone contacted my fb and offered to leak the celpip question paper that was a Punjabi lady… look how fraudulent these people r….. ?

Labour shortage??? More like a shortage of employers willing to hire english speaking Canadians and pay them a living wage.

there not skilled people they have no ed and can't speak english.

Woke votes and wage stagnation. Companies continue to get away with paying less and less wages to people who are not qualified, refuse to get qualified, can't speak English and will work for peanuts. Harper started the TFW program to help his corporate buddies. Canada needs to look after it's own. These newcomers are also being shovelled a lie.

This was so obvious. My straight, white, English speaking, daughter was turned down at several jobs for while she's in school. The ppl hired??? International students and members of the LGBTQ community. It's disgusting. Canada is gone ....