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I remember once I was doing some work at a Tim Hortons on Vancouver Island, where the staff was almost, if not entirely, Filipino. What made it interesting is that while I was there someone from area or district management came in with 6 more Filipinos and was talking to the manager saying that she just brought her more employees, just just picked them up from the airport and was taking them to their provided accommodations at the University. So Tim Hortons has long been a pipeline for immigration. \n\nJust further highlights the point of larger businesses importing people to subsidize their labor costs. Same thing with BMO.

I was really lucky to visit Toronto in 2000-2002 and practice some Portuguese and Italian. The first time, I came by train from Chicago and arrived at 1 AM. I was scared as I waited for the trolley on Dundas St. But to my surprise there was a young lady enjoying the late night and she even talked to me (something that wouldn't happen in Southern CA). I discovered that if was safe to walk until 2 AM in Toronto. It was really pleasant to explore Little Portugal, Chinatown and other neighborhoods. I remember that it hit the 30s with some humidity, but the reward was taking a bus to Niagara Falls at 50% off for being a student. However, I was sad to discover that the old transportation is gone, and prices have skyrocketed (food and hotels). It's not just Covid-19, but the corruption of thousands of politicians in NorthAmerica that have started wars and the flow of drugs and people. I would never think that Canada could change so drastically. But I still think that Toronto could be enjoyable ( what I really didn't like was the subway, since the stations are far away from important sites as opposed to Montréal that is so convenient). I still remember how Pearson airport was enjoyable to walk. But to see encampments like LA, SD or SF in Toronto is really sad. Hopefully, in the near future it gets cleaned up. You can't destroy what took decades to build and admire in a few years. Safety is always a concern in 2024, but Toronto is much better than CA.

I say send the immigrants home. Get rid of trudeau, axe the carbon tax, get pierre in. Disban the liberals and the ndp permanently and send all those workers back to a fast food style job their political services are no longer required nor wanted by over 95% of the canadian population. Remember to vote ndp is to vote liberal.

the media is propaganda remember

He still remembers the last time Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait took in Palestinians and the destruction that followed.

As a white Canadian who loves living in Canada because of how MY friends respect and invite all people of all colours in our lives - it breaks my heart to hear this.\nHER WARNING IS NO SURPRISE... I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO TO EDMONTON OR CALGARY (ALBERTA)... I consider it the Texas of Canada / very conservative in nature... like American Republicans. IF you want to live anywhere in Canada - be sure to land in provinces that are either Liberal and/or NDP in political attitude.\nI feel so bad for her and others - I hate this crap... and it has escalated since the Trump took the Presidency in 2016. \nAlberta is very much the closest thing to a American state that I hate to admit.\nPLEASE REMEMBER: there are sooo many of us that welcome you - Canada is full of every ethnicity and religion... but Edmonton, man - pick Ontario or Quebec. COSMOPOLITAN AND PROGRESSIVE.\nI would never want to live alongside Albertan Cowboys (sorry, Alberta - but relatively speaking...you must admit this is the case more-so than anywhere else in the TRUE NORTH)

I’m in Ontario and it is awesome here! The maple syrup is awesome and it is +30 here right now, although it can get to -40 and I remember it got down to something like -50 last winter

So what? They are there now! If I remember history right, the Jews hated being displaced by the Germans. Did you forget what happened to your people? How could you wish that on others? It's boorish! We are in the 21st century. Not the 14th century! Wake up! This piece of land is only profiting two side of this war and its not the Jews or the Palestinians! Wake up both sides!

Assalamu alieh kum. Why Arab's king & other honourable kind people were not supporting or not stopping genocide war. Palestineian calling for forcease fire no Arab is in the support for palestine what will the Arab will answer if ALLAH SWT asks about the genocide to arab at that time embarrasment & low shoulder with no answer inhuman insane arab open your'e eyes ALLAH has given all wealth to arab & you guys wasting wealth to building monuments & buildings the temples where there is ALLAH'S HOME each & every muslim coming for hajj piligrimage with so much of happiness & wishes prayers fullfilment of life & they are hajis feel as a complete muslim. Arab has to set an example for all this. In my childhood my mom used to say good about arab & the government rules. Now everything has changed king faisal khan was a real muslim man of his word. Others are just dont know what to say. Remember QIYAMAT AKIHRA JHANNAM KUFR YOU ARAB BETTER KNOWS QURAN THEN US ALLAH SAYS TO SUPPORT HELP the humanity & don't destroy or murder here from years GENOCIDE OH MY ALLAH YOU HAVE TO SAVE EVERY HUMAN MUSLIM MOMIN YOURE THE GREATEST RAHMAN RAHIM GHAFOOR RAHIM KAREEM ARAB are not even acting as human they became blind deaf or dead. NO ONE IS GOING TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD PERMANENTLY THIS WORLD IS TEMPORARY DO GOOD BE GOOD BE HONEST LOYAL TO OURSELFS WHY GENOCIDE NOT CAESE FIRE WHY ARAB KING IS NOT COMMUNTICATING ISREAL NETANYU TO STOP GENOCIDE I HAVE ONE DOUBT WHO IS THAT PRESIDENT OR WHOEVER THAT PERSON TO SAID ISREAL NETANYU TO ARRANGE OR GAVE PERMISSION FOR GENOCIDE WILL BE ENETERING TO HELL IE JHANNAM IN HELL FIRE. \n HASBUNALLAHI WANIYAMAL WAKIL ALLAH IS SUFFICIENT ALHAMDULLIAH

A shame, remember back in the late 60's you would buy a house and within ten years it would be país off, now you are Lucky if you pay it off. 16% actually own the home the rest are slaves of the banks and landlords.

Remember a time will come when these rubbish european will come in india for earning money .And time has started by company entering in india and after sometime that rubbish foreigners come to live for work .Then our time come ??

I'm 30 years old and I can't remember a time in my life where missiles weren't being launched from Gaza into Israel. . . I'm sure not all Palestinians support that but the fact remains that the people of Gaza were aware and made no effort to curb the terrorists among them. Even going so far as to shelter and supply those who were involved in the October 7th invasion. Little pity is reserved for hypocrites.

My grandfather was freedom fighter, he lived in Chittagong (now in Bengladesh) .. he was deeply connected with his land.. he always mourns about the partition... He vividly remembered how in one night his muslim neighbours threaded him to leave... He was noble person...

Remember the saudis were involved in 9/11. Anything they say is to be ignored.

How much humanitarian aid is given to the Gaza people??\n\nWhat is the amount?\n\n\nTo be honest, how can a small Israel be such a heavy weight as compared to if and when all the ARAB world unite and share that burden?\n\nHmm...if you remember the 6 day war...you guys united but I remember the unity did not equals a successful war. Not only did Israel win the war, they also win the lands

No one wants militants Palestinian insurgents -Jordan remembers Black September. Egyptian soldiers built a wall in Gaza bigger than Trump's to keep soldiers from dying.

There really is too much Indians it’s ridiculous. They are taking up spaces that should be going to Canadians. I remember like 2-3 years ago you were able to find a job so quickly not anymore smhh I hate how we have to adapt to them and make them comfortable but they refuse to adapt to Canada

Hearing lots of Canadian accents all over New England now,both English and Quebecois.But will they remember what they did back there that made them flee to live here?

My grandfather and his brother and sisters also remember the partition they tell us the story of partition and how they escaped from pakistan and settled here in delhi they were from guzrewala town in pakistan.

Remember when migrants move into your neighborhood and you voted Labour. Don't blame the government.

Respect for labor is a key metric of a person. Be it cleaners at home or your car mechanic. \nIf the abuser was on the street, the delivery guy would have taken care of him the right way. A way that he will remember.

Remember there is no upper limit to diversity...

Anyone remember the ottoman empire ? Dont be fooled by elequent talks , they must never rise again

This is what every normal person in the west things we are tired from those Palestine we remember how they was celebrating on September 11 get out ?? and don’t protest over here in America not even in UK⚔️

I remember when companies were desperate to find workers. Now these Indians took over the companies and hiring all their own people acting like now they own Canada ….. buddy u looted the bank all ur shit is owned by interest money not by hard working like the rest of us

Remember WE put these people in power. We need to learn how to vote. The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. M Thatcher.

Brampton has been like that for more than 20 years. I remember visiting family there when I was less than 10. I am in my 40s. All the sudden, after my early 20's, the town went Indian really fast. ?

I remember a rally in Vancouver, to decrease immigration levels… It was overwhelmed by it, tenfold, bigger protest against them holding signs equating those who are against immigration as equivalent to Nazi genocidal maniacs… As long as the left has so much power in Canada to call all opposition far right extremist equivalent to neo-Nazis there’s no possibility of countering the flow, the flood.

[This is the problem with canada, most people will lave instead of fighting fot our country. We have immigrants destroying pur culture and bringing in fent. Just remember china went to war with the west durng the opium wars!!!

Canada is not the same country I remember. It's sad I have to leave after 24 years ,but I am tired of being minority . My neighbors are mostly east Indian now. No matter where I move to its the same . Thank you Trudeau

I think i saw that mustache before but i don't remember where ?

So let’s look at the hypocrisy. There is over 30 Islamic states one Jewish state yet when a Jew needs a home Israel takes them in despite their financial back ground yet the so called religion of peace refuses to take the so called Palestinians. There is only two reasons why one the Muslim world is using them as political pawns and most moderate Muslim nations remember what Chaos the Palestinians brought to Jordan when they attempted to help Arafat!

It's a myth that Canada needs massive immigration, especially when Canada doesn't have enough affordable housing for everyone. The average Canadians aren't benefiting from immigration, only the corporations, fake colleges and immigration consultants are. It's disgusting the politicians are using desperate immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers for votes.\nThe future are robots and AI for most labour and manufacturing jobs. For example: Even the trucking industry will become self driving.\nIf the federal government stop taxing Canadians too death, and married couples will more children. Old stock Canadians really need to get back to raising children that value traditional families and not chase after careers and money. Put Canadian families first. For those who still think Canada is a huge country and we need massive immigration to keep the economy going. Go ahead lobby the federal government to bring in 10 million migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan and put 2 million foreigners in each of the 10 provinces, right now. Then don't be shocked when civil war happens. Enough is enough. Canadians need to be like Denmark and Netherlands, who are saying no to massive immigration! Remember refugees and asylum seekers aren't supposed to work until their claims are approved. How many businesses are paying the migrants in cash? It's one thing if the immigration process was well organized and all the immigrates were working and paying taxes. But now the provinces are begging for funding to deal with all the new comers and only Quebec is getting support from the federal government. Most mirgants just come here to try to have a better life but in reality the politicians don't care if they end up on welfare. It's super sad Canadians are dying of drug addictions on the streets and the federal government is still insisting massive immigration is going to keep them in power or solve Canada's failing economy or prop up Canada's pension plan.

Let's remember who is at the helm driving us over a cliff.\nTrudeau obviously only cares about winning elections and not about Canadians.

I went to high school in Brampton in the early 80's and there were no people from India anywhere... it was very much a white anglo town, and then I moved to Montreal for 25 years to work as a fashion designer. (I remember the shock of flying into Toronto on business and walking outside to get a taxi... there was an endless line of Indian guys wearing Turbans, waiting by their taxis. It was a very strange feeling, as I was not sure if I was in Canada or India.) About 10 years ago, I moved back to Ontario to live in Guelph and had heard the joke about Brampton becoming 'Bramladesh' by people at the dog park, and in the past 5 years, (since they built the massive temple in Guelph) the place has turned into a mini India, as EVERY house put up for sale, is bought by a family from India, with 4 or 5 cars in a 2 car driveway, (strangely, as soon as they move into the house, they all rip out the asphalt driveway and replace it with white concrete??) they seem to be a tribal people and every house is filled to capacity, as the husband and wife are with their kids, the brother and his wife and their parents, all living together. (They are friendly people and they don't cause any trouble... my only issue is the intense stench of spices from their house that fill the air 24/7 to the point that you cannot sit in the back yard or open a window, without being punched in the face from the powerful odour of spices!)

Dear Indians, next time you tell a tourist their food is free, no need to pay, on us and all... remember, they view us as third class citizens!\n\nOn the flipside, the abuser's difficulty to speak makes that Indian's stereotypical Indian accent that much more powerful! Said abuser should attend speech therapy class because he needs them...loads! From what i can hear, abuser is n...right...blackie and you don't ever expect any civilised behaviour from them. As a matter of fact, stay clear of them.

Does anyone remember the first time Jr. went over to India, and he was dancing like a fool in that attire? Yeah, that should have been our first clue as to his intentions for our nation.

13:14 It may be how it is now, because of Immigration over the years. But I am old enough and young enough to say that Canada did in fact have a culture of its own. YES. Immigration has changed the culture of Canada. 100%. Its slipping away to the point that the younger generations don't even notice because they weren't here to have seen it decades ago. Canada will be an entirely different country than I remember, or my parents remember or my grandparents remember. Politicians have sold us down the road, while enriching their own families.

The real problem is that Indians don't assimilate very well. In Fiji Indians were first brought in 1879. After more than a century they finally took over the government. This has led to 4 coup de tat. I personally wonder if Pierre Trudeau implemented a plan of social engineering in order to destabilize English speaking Canada. A very real problem is legislation that has favoured minority groups. The 1984 Multiculturalism Act has stifled debate on the subject and the Employment Equities Act of 1986 has allowed minority hiring quotas to discriminate against the majority. Just remember that it was Canadians that voted for this.

in all honesty, who cares if Indians move in and create an enclave? white Canadians don't have to go there if they don't like it. We don't get pissed that Mennonites have cultural enclaves, because we don't interact. It's also important to remember that we were once the fuckers that moved into someone else's land. And we did a lot worse to the inhabitants than Indians are doing to us. Indians are actually helping the economy massively. Come on now.

You guys nailed it.....This is not the Canada I remember.

It isnt mini India, its mini Punjab and mostly Sikhs. Remember that always

I’m surprised Canada has turned into this mess I remember Canada before COVID was one of the dream destinations but now it has turned into another Mumbai

It's not migration, what theyre doing is colonization.\n\nThese newcomers refuse to assimilate and adopt the culture of Canada. They insist on continuing with their old ways, even fighting Canadian laws. I remember a family who ended the life of their own daughter because they believed their culture and belief allowed it over the laws of Canada.\n\nEnough is enough.

Canadians of European descent need to remember that they are immigrants too

remember no face no case lol

And remember they come from a country with the highest amount or scam call centers they are not victims.

I remember the uk before they came ,it was worse !

mainly, north indians are messy and insensitive to their hosts, just like western people in asia (but clean and neat though). sure, i can feel for those local canadians, it's their land and culture, they need to protect it. same thing happened to sub-continent, remember colonisation by west! and then not many indians liked it either! there is no moral justification from indians occupying their cities and saying, it's fault of canadian leaders.

I have been to Israel and have seen the inside of bomb shelters. Remember Lebanon? No? Look it up.