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When we came 28 years ago 1st time in Montreal there was very limited south Asian immigrants. Health care was top of the world..living standard was best with less expensive housing & other costs.. Now we live in Toronto & after 28 years its a totally different country. Health care is verge of collapse. 6 to 7 hours waiting in Hospital, 3 hours waiting to see a family doctor. No housing for new people. Car theft is high in the world. Lots of drugs in young people. No job for immigrants while local born young people struggling to find jobs. Only highy educated from local universities people gets job. Food cost higher than US, Europe. Large country but 80% people lives close to US borders. Northern part of Canada is empty. Racism getting higher & higher.. All these problems started after Trudeau came in power. During Harper time Canada was top of the world. Trudeau adoped reckless immigration policy. He brought people here without developing infrastructure like new hospitals, schools, housing etc.. Now most of students are living in stress here. 4/5 people living in one room. No job.. Education tuition fees are very high.. Therefore, new people coming to Canada must do their own research before come here. 99% political asylum cases are getting rejected & facing deportation. Students will not get work permit until they finish their course & get a job from employer.. Trudeau time is over. Conservative party will come to power next year & they will make immigration tougher.

This made me wish I voted for Stephen Harper back then

Funny how those who voted with there feelings for Trudeau instead of there wallets are now complaining. Imagine if Stephen Harper was still PM right now? We wouldn’t be in this mess.

Unfortunately the deterioration that happened to Canada in the last 9 years and is still happening at a lightning speed is self inflected. Canadians had two election to get rid of Justin Trudeau, the Liberal, Jagmeet Singh and the NDPs who proved time after time they're unqualified, out of touch, self serving politicians.. We had an amazing country before 2015 federal election when Stephen Harper who studied economics and had a Masters degree was leading the country. Unfortunately in 2015 Canadians chose a Prime Minister because of his last name and his cute hair cut. Voting is a right and a responsibility that must be taken seriously, please examine candidates achievements before electing anyone. Canada is a great example of what happens to a country when you elect the wrong Prime Minister and the wrong government in three federal elections. RIP Canada

Harper broke the housing market when he adjusted the immigration rules in 2012.\nFrom 2012 onward the 50/50 split of economic/non economic migrants was over. From then onward, it would be 70% economic migrants. So already a direct contravention of equality unless disadvantaged(section 15 of the Charter).\n40% are thinking about moving due to high housing cost, well, when 20% more of them are now in the top 10% of monetary society... It follows that 40% would get priced out.\nI do not excuse the Liberals, they knew Harper said that those new 20% also had to have a 15-17 year old kid from 2012 to 2017, and they did nothing about the missing homes they'd continue needing.\nNo, Harper also did nothing about the new homes they'd need, he instead offered tax rebates for green energy retrofits, even further proving that Conservatives care only about those who already have money.

And it wasnt like this during the Harper years ! This has all happened since JT and the Liberals took power !

Globalists and Uniparty members Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau turned this country into a yard sale for the wealthy class.\nA slave market for the rest!

Gaining PR seemed more difficult over 10 years ago, when Harper was PM. I brought and sponsored my now wife from Hong Kong. Being formerly under British rule, we thought the process from landed to permanent was more streamlined. It was anything but, nor was it cheap. We had to hire an immigration lawyer to navigate the process and to help obtain government documents we didn't know were needed. I had to earn a minimum of $45k annually and provide a place of residence where she'd have to live in for at least 3 years.\n\nThis doesn't seem to be the requirement anymore. And I know for my grandparents back in the 50s-60s, it was just as difficult if not more so then. We need to reintroduce this measure.

Trudeau wants to allow 1million south east Immigrants per year for the next 10 years! Harper had the wisdom to close off immigration. For this reason I'm voting AGAINST Trudeau!

I came from France back in 2015 whith my familly when Harper was still prime minister at the time , really I'd say things have been really great , my family and I have worked hard to get to where we are today and have always wanted to give back to our community here but I am disgusted to see in 2024 what Trudeau has done to the country and to see that immigration is no longer as prestigious as it used to be. Unlike some people we have today, I had to wait 3 years with my family before receiving approval to move to Canada (after so many exams, appointments and waiting times). I did my middle school here until college and I'm currently still looking for work in correctional and when I see that people arrive here afterwards without being permanent residents, who are literally flooding spots at colleges/university and also jobs that are normally open for young canadians in their 15-16 (When I was in high school, my first job was at a McDonald's, and without exception, everyone there was Canadian. Today, when I go back to the same McDonald's for a cheeseburger every now and then, the entire staff is nothing but Indians) .As a person with an immigrant background, I'm the first one to say that there's a very big problem in Canada, and that current immigration, mainly from India, is no longer for economic reasons but to reunite families.(They do not, and will never, assimilate into Canadian culture.)Now that I've grown up in Canada for almost half my life, I'm already thinking about either returning to France or start over somewhere else if nothing changes.\n\nThe Trudeau government, uncontrolled immigration, dangerous idelogies from extreme far left idea, rising unemployment, and economic misery getting worse every day , gradually pushes me away from the country I love, Oh Canada.

Feels like the end for both Harper and Trudeau was WARS NOBODY WANTS

Poilievre = WEF. No different than Andrew Sheer, Stephen Harper before him. We have an appearance of democracy in Canada but not really.

Where is Trudeau on the 1st nations file ? Why no squealing from any of the groups that had been blocking rail, pipelines, highways, doing protests on parliament hill during the Harper years ?

don't they check this before they come. really are we lying that much that we are giving the impression prices are as they were when Harper was Prime Minister.

Who gives a sweet f**k what right wing commentators have to say? Canada is the best country in the world, period. We are wealthy, have amazing land mass, a high standard of living, with many many many races and ethnicities.... I just love this place. Sure, governments are often lazy and stupid. Hate JT if that gets you off, I don't care. (And if you do hate JT, be sure to remember what that slime Harper did to undermine Canadian democracy, in the way Trump attempts to, only Harper was more subtle.) I'll never leave Canada because I'm proud of it, imperfections and all. Go live in the dumpster fire that is the US; don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

Three dolts for Prime Ministers Chretien , Harper and Trudeau .

Trudeau is the reason why no one wants to come to Canada and others want to leave. I’ve never voted liberal and Trudeau is the reason why I never will. I’m waiting on the rest of Canada to wake up and realize the damage Trudeau has done to our country and stop voting on someone based on looks. Trudeau is the worst PM I’ve ever seen and our former PM Stephen Harper warned Canadians about Trudeau and obviously nobody listened.

You can't blame Trudeau. This all started under Harper. Most of the south Asian people that came in are from letting them in because they have wealth and could start a business or have a business.

There are too many, but it is the government’s fault. In the last couple of years Canada accepted 500k student immigrants, about 250k were from India. The other 250k were from different countries. The Canadian government has made no effort to assimilate them, so they act as if they are India, which stokes resentment from locals. In addition, they practice discriminatory hiring practices – hiring only Indians, when you confront them about it, they say you’re being racist but when in fact they are the ones being racist by hiring only Indians. Stoking more resentment. A lot of their student visas are set to expire, but the Canadian has given them an extension which in turn will give them more points to get their PR cards. Prolonging the current housing shortage. I believe everyone deserves a fair opportunity, but the Canadian government has given preference to a country that is clearly undermining it to a point where they are carrying out assassinations on Canadian soil. The assassins came here on student visas. The current Canadian government is ruining the cultural fabric of this country. Stephen Harper was a great prime minister after all.

There are too many, but it is the government’s fault. In the last couple of years Canada accepted 500k student immigrants, about 250k were from India. The other 250k were from different countries. The Canadian government has made no effort to assimilate them, so they act as if they are India, which stokes resentment from locals. In addition, they practice discriminatory hiring practices – hiring only Indians, when you confront them about it, they say you’re being racist but when in fact they are the ones being racist by hiring only Indians. Stoking more resentment. A lot of their student visas are set to expire, but the Canadian has given them an extension which in turn will give them more points to get their PR cards. Prolonging the current housing shortage. I believe everyone deserves a fair opportunity, but the Canadian government has given preference to a country that is clearly undermining it to a point where they are carrying out assassinations on Canadian soil. The assassins came here on student visas. The current Canadian government is ruining the cultural fabric of this country. Stephen Harper was a great prime minister after all.

No. And you can thank Truedeau's policies for the mess. It was fine as long as Harper, the Conservative PM was in charge. \nThen Justinder went full-monty Woke Liberal on every thing left.\nYou got what you voted for. I am not sure that you can oust the Liberal-NDP Government. \nFor that, the Conservatives have to poll 45% in a 3-way race. That's not easy.

Literally in the graph you showed immigration was relatively the same under Trudeau and Harper until post-COVID\n\nThe immigration was a necessary measure taken to sustain Canada's GDP. This is why you don't see Pierre Poilievre claim that he will limit immigration because it was critical to do so for the economy\n\nWhether it was Trudeau, Harper or Poilievre as Prime Minister in the last 3 years, the government would have taken the same stance on increasing immigration. Stop blaming Trudeau for your lack of understanding regarding macroeconomics

Regarding Khalistan nationalists, Harrison failed to mention that Maxime Bernier, the People’s Party of Canada leader is the only party leader not to pander to Sikh nationalists. Maxime said: “I am certainly concerned that relations between India and Canada are in danger of deteriorating because of Canada's official indifference towards the actions and rhetoric of Sikh radical militants in my country,” He also said: “I believe Canada should not get involved in internal conflicts in India, and our government and political leaders should stop pandering to extremists in order to get votes.” He is the only one of our party leaders who ever served as Canada’s top diplomat; he was Foreign Affairs Minister under PM Harper.

The Liberals have encouraged these unskilled immigrants to come to Canada. Now see what happens when Harper's controlled skilled workers policies were disgarded.

I miss Stephen Harper ?

Do you all miss the Canada when it's Harper government? I surely do!

A country that decides Justin Truedeu is a better option than the great Stephen Harper deserves everything they get.

I miss harper

Can’t believe Canadians fell for the liberal government after Harper. He was Canadas only hope. I hope things can get better.

Betcha wish Harper was still here....EH?

The worst pm in our history successively destroyed the economy and immigration system. I remember many of my idiot friends in Montreal told me that Harper was a nightmare for Canada, and thay was so happy when Justine Tr was elected, Nowadays they are not so happy anymore when doesn't have enough cheese to pay rent and MTL became a NYC of 1980s.

Can’t believe I say this, I miss Harper so bad

As much as I don’t like the guy, it’s misguided saying it’s only Trudeau. Is he the solution? Not likely, but it’s a start. The issue is accountability from the provincial governments who have low voter turnout, and are allergic to investing in diversified transportation or fixing housing, or immigration laws, and taxing rich people more and god forbid they update their labour and health system. So much of these issues were present for years before he was elected, because the country just voted to get out of the recession and cut a ridiculous amount of funding. The Harper years were terrible, people forget that. He wanted to ban abortions. That’s the future his party wants. I think they need a coalition government, badly and to turn it on the provinces to come up with plans before asking for money.

Jeep Wranglers, Dodge Challengers, and car thefts, that’s what comes to my mind when I think about Brampton. Canada is dead, blame Trudeau and Steven Harper.

They’ll vote him again guaranteed. Even in Alberta they complained about Harper and things had never been better

All the moaning Trudeau haters seem to forget the 10 years of dead-eyed Harper and 9 of crooked Mulroney who both screwed Canada far more than any Liberal ever could ?

Facsist bull sh!t. Fascism has come to Canada. Brampton has always had majority Southeas Asian descent even during Stephen Harper. I know because I lived there. It has NOTHING to do with Trudeau.

What province is this guy from? People in Vancouver and BC definitely don't feel this way for the most part. After Harper gutted the fisheries and basically everything, it's been nice that JT got us back to normal. Also, he legalized weed, which has much far reaching net positives than all the young haters would prefer. Moreover, the other parties have shit leadership so nobody, especially the wealthy, will vote for anyone but JT.

Truthfully, if all started when Harper was pm. Gaslighting only Trudeau is not professional and provides no solutions.

Last few decades..... so Harper right?\nPlease stop simping for the conservatives... Like he could actually bring any kind of real solution that does not relly on plain xenophobia or reactionary thinking.

Would you expect a better result if Harper won in 2015? Who you expect could do your life better?

I'm sorry but there was nothing wrong with the way Harper was running the country. Majority of Canadian's just voted for this fool because of his last name. ?

Many people might ask how the Liberal government issued so many study and work visas to young Indians, who don't have any particularly outstanding qualifications. It is because they allowed colleges to accept students and some of these colleges were created for the sole purpose of collecting high tuition fees, which wealthy Indians gladly paid for as it gave them a chance to live in Canada and apply for permanent residency. Trudeau (like Harper, incidentally) wanted to win Brampton and the surrounding areas so as to be able to form a government. These ridings could easily flip to Conservative, unlike others in Quebec or BC. Voters in these battleground areas were believed to be willing to vote Liberal, if they could have some representation in Ottawa, especially in cabinet. Even as a member of this diaspora, I think courting this population like this was a huge mistake. \n\nIn the post-war II period, the immigrants that came from Canada, were highly qualified, scientists, engineers, architects -- you name it, that had jobs waiting for them at universities and tech firms. If they were students, they came into Ph.D. programs fully supported with stipends. This generation helped Canada tremendously and made Canada a leader in crop science and microbiology research, just to name an example. Today, many here on student visas are working at Tim's or delivering Amazon packages, or even driving trucks without proper training.

Harper warned us about him and now this is what we get to live with. Hope you’re all enjoying the free shat he promised!

Absurd. Stop immigration. Vote f Trudeau out and bring Harper government back .

There are homeless Indians as well. Not as many though as they tend to live together. 3 families will live in a townhouse. 10 men will live in a small apartment. Stephen Harper warned us about everything Trudeau would do if he gained power

Immigration is out of control. This is the WEF plan. They want Canada Destroyed. Immigration must go back to the way Harper did it. Also, the WEF is making things so bad here in Canada, that young people can’t afford children. Our birthrate is dropping more each year.

Blame Justin trudeau, he made it so that the student visas could be abused. back in the good old days of Harper. YOU HAD TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO PROVE YOU WERE A DAMN GOOD IMMIGRANT. guess what that requires knowledge and intelligence so that one can adapt and learn a new culture. Or learn a new way of lie.

Stephen Harper warned Canadians about Trudeau in 2015.\nWestern Canada had him figured out. But Eastern Canada liked his hairdo and thought he had a nice last name.

J.T. is the most unqualified and incomplete, and simply put, the most inept PM Canada has had in the last 60 yrs. And to think that Canadians voted out Stephen Harper for this clown just goes to show you how stupid and misguided half the population really is.