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wonder if they brought their scammer skills with them that scam where the uber driver lady was shot by an 81 year old guy was being scammed by an indian on a canadian burner phone. they love scamming americans best

The delivery guy should have called 911 right away for this bully. Instead of arguing for so long. \nMany uber drivers food delivery drivers face this problem. However 911 is fast to respond.

We need less Skip delivery and Uber drivers.

We are importing slave labour for our protected oligopolies, to depress wages especially at the low end. Come on! How many Uber drivers and fast food workers chasing useless fake diplomas does Canada really need? Factor in the disproportionate increased government spending and you can quickly see how we went from having among the richest middle class in the world only ten years ago to... today.

After spending 20-30 lakhs, they go abroad to work as a pizza delivery or Uber driver. Until this mentality of Indians change, people will f with you. Work in your own country. Work in Pizza Hut or Domino's here. Drive Uber or Rapido.

Look I have NOTHING against Immigrants. But housing has been long ignored by all parties and now we can't even support our own population let alone new immigrants with somewhere to live. It's INSANE. Housing prices are absurd. We are doing immigrants wrong by telling them this is a great place to live. That's just false advertising. My city is super multicultural and I love that about it, but more and more I meet uber drivers that used to be professionals in their country. They're struggling here and it hurts to see that. They deserve better. We ALL deserve better. Something needs to change, and considering how much Galen Weston makes and the fact that the rich keep getting richer, I think we have the means to solve this problem. The CRA has done next to nothing to close tax loopholes. It's gross.

In calgary there is more Uber drivers then cars ? all Punjabi

whatever you are saying that is correct but it is only one side bro, go and just ask international students what they have been promised here in Canada and how they are living here. Even most of the engineers, doctors and other professionals with foreign experience ended up doing general labor or uber driver jobs and even on the basis of their education and work experience they got permanent residency. No one likes to work on these hard jobs but they don't have any other option as most of skilled worker jobs either need their respective field license or Canadian experience. how much fees international student paying, what kind of job they are doing here, living far from family, managing studies and job, how much debt they took to study here and much more sacrifices doing here. Do not say then why came here because applied through legal process and full filled all the necessary criteria. Was it our fault that we dreamed about study and work here in Canada?. I know it is hard for you and your families that they are not getting jobs but don't hate international students. you can only understand anyone if you put yourself in their shoes.

We don't need more Uber, Skip or cab drivers or pretengineers with Master's degrees from U of Deli or some other unknown school who don't know s**t. Presently we have an unending supply of cheap labor entering the country under the falsehood of 'student' meanwhile wages remain stagnant and the lifestyle quality has dropped. Pay workers higher wages and you will get them. McD's is a sh*t job so it's for school kids to get a taste of where you don't want to be in 10 years. Stop your BS that the cost of McF-u meals will go up. Corporations have no interest other than to shareholders because they are legally obligated to have their interests in mind and will just pass the costs on. Rents increased for a number of reasons (idiots willing to overpay for something and then pass that on) and one being the market will bear it especially when you have an audience willing to split rent 25 ways. Most real Canadians cannot fathom the idea of 24 roommates...in other parts of the world, this is luxury living, running hot water, foodbanks...you can still afford the tweaked Honda ala stovepipe muffler, tinted windows that make it harder to see people on the inside...yeah safe idea fellas. Then there are the sword fights in Brampton? What f*** ing country is this??

Government changed many rules, it is very hard to get a job for newcomers nowadays specially in winter and bcz of full time job permission to international students , not only that to do uber and lyft you need a G license or class 3 or 4 license and a good car, skip the dishes , door dash and other food delivery apps are now not accepting new drivers and food delivery riders\n\nI hope after April things will get better \n\nStay positive guys

We need more Uber and Skip drivers, problem is they only know how to drive carts.

1 million immigrants and 99999 are Un skilled uber drivers Labourers from india and china ?? how they’ll worked in medical industry wtf?

We dont need 750,000 Uber drivers.

English speaking obsessed country with Canadian experience ( truck driver,Uber driver, packaging, restaurant) a must for success....??\n\nThat's why many people who come to Canada leave Canada. No one wants hypocrisy and look down upon ...

English speaking obsessed country with Canadian experience ( truck driver,Uber driver, packaging, restaurant) a must for success....??\n\nThat's why many people who come to Canada leave Canada. No one wants hypocrisy and look down upon ...

English speaking obsessed country with Canadian experience ( truck driver,Uber driver, packaging, restaurant) a must for success....??\n\nThat's why many people who come to Canada leave Canada. No one wants hypocrisy and look down upon ...

English speaking obsessed country with Canadian experience ( truck driver,Uber driver, packaging, restaurant) a must for success....??\n\nThat's why many people who come to Canada leave Canada. No one wants hypocrisy and look down upon ...

We don’t need PhD or high quality people , in Canada we need Uber drivers and Amazon workers to help our cheap labour !

Solution=close borders for atleast 5 years. Maybe let in Doctors only who will become doctors in Canada too not security guards or Uber drivers.

Please DONT come to NZ. We got heaps of Uber drivers here\nThank you very much.

I know people spent all their savings and they don't have any money left to pay for the citzinship application fees !\nDoctors and engineers work as uber drivers cos all the jobs need candian experience!

Its no different to education agents and Australia imo, probably worse here - the number of Indians I see in Sydney with advanced degrees doing menial jobs like uber driver, cleaning or in supermarkets is STAGGERING, i always wonder who lied to them to come to Australia?

We have enough Uber and Skip The Dishes drivers, time to seal it up.\nWe need to get Canada back.

how many more Uber drivers do we need?

Bro, my uber driver said he was an immigrant from 8 years ago, and he was complaining of the immigration ?

heath care is horriable. there are to many people and the healtcare cant take care of so many people thats also a problem if you want to bring people in also make sure your healthcare is in order the hole country is going the wrong driction usa is lot better more pay, lower taxes, more carrer opptunites affordable houseing.. Trudeu is brining people in like crazy. if you live in canada you pay for more for eveything comapred to how much americans pay there arent enough jobs for educated workers so people looking for a job become uber drivers. there is lots of money laundering down in canada through real estae lots of people that cant buy homes back home they buy a house in canada. and everything becomes crazy exspensive. during the pandemic canada just went down hill.

Never ever can immigrant come here and get a corporate or government or a proper job! First, you have to study, then expand your network, then know people to refer you and then finally you can find a proper job! No wonder all the new immigrants are Uber drivers or food deliverers !

Immigration in Canada has changed drastically over the decades. Up to around 50 yrs ago, Canada was affordable and there were plenty of opportunities for poorer immigrants to exploit and create a better life for themselves. They became farmers or small business owners, and therefore had a real stake in Canada. Today those same opportunities are long gone. Canada's new immigrants are more likely to work in the service industry, as Walmart Greeters or Uber drivers. Immigration now is exploitive as immigrants have no choice but to work for the substandard wages Canadian corporations offer. Immigration policy is driven by the business lobby which creates an open labour pool and perpetual surplus of workers which employers can now exploit. In the end, this harms ALL Canadian's and the real reason your children will not be able to afford a home as easily as your grandparents could, and took for granted.

Canada let in 430,635 people in July and sep population went up 1.1 percent sense 1957 were hey let in 198,000 people Canada keeps letting so many people in and yet can’t fix the housing shortage. Stop letting so many people in government just wants to tax people to death welcome to Canada were homes are overpriced and y are taxed heavily. Cost of everything is skyrocketing. People do come into Canada but u also have to count how many people are also leaving . After living here for a 1-2 people leave . Houses are overpriced most of the time it’s cold. I suggest come here if you can find a good high paying job . Rents also crazy high . New comers leave after they can’t afford to buy a house . When they say there are plenty of jobs they mean like Uber driver or labour jobs. Know Trudeau even said we let in to ma y people the system can’t take it anymore .. heck even I could have told u that ????

Tnks for this \nPls how about Uber work can u pls give a content on how to be an Uber driver pls

from janitors to security guards to Uber eats drivers. It seems everyone is making 250k+ as they are all buying $1.2m houses like candies. Toronto is a city of super rich ?

I had a conversation with my Uber driver last week, he was a immigrant from the middle east himself, we were both upset about people coming over here and not integrating into Canadian culture and society. He said he came here so his children could grow up in peace and prosperity, but every day he sees people trying to make Canada more like the place he left.? Even new Canadians from those parts of the world are saying we need to slow down, take in less people, and only allow those who want to live in peace and give their children the opportunity of freedom in Canada while keeping out those who refuse to integrate and even worse are actively trying to destroy Canadian culture (Ex no more Halloween or Christmas in schools)

pretty sure that was my uber driver

I love this video... please have a friend who wanna be a student in canada and still work as a taxi or Uber driver...19y old..he already has a driver license here in Nigeria... please is it possible?

We don’t need anymore Uber drivers.

My Indian Uber driver said he felt liked he got tricked into coming to Canada. He came as a student, couldn’t find an affordable place to rent. \n\nHe said how is Canada and universities still bringing in more people, we can’t find work and are fighting for the same apartments.

My guess is that the quality immigrants with skills and options leave and the Uber drivers stay.

Great! They’ve used Canada as a stepping stone and guess where they’re headed? Please repatriate them, don’t let them cross the border! Asians won’t work in the construction industry! Are you blind? They all want to be Uber drivers and Quickie Mart clerks. They’re not from “work cultures.”

You can only bring in so many uber drivers

We don’t need all these extra Tim\nHortons workers. We need health care professionals and construction workers.\nNo extra IT workers, Uber drivers etc.

between this year and last I spent about 2 weeks in the US with it being NYC and Houston can say the nicest people are uber drivers. ya health care is always on the mind when visiting US since we hear how much things are. Brooklyn really is sirens 24/7. Houston flash floods in Toronto that is not a thing

The truth is, it's too expensive to do business in Canada and we're not making use of the incredible talent we have here (largely due to the government). As mentioned in the video, we need high capital investments to get businesses up and running. We have so many investment firms like Canada Pension Plan, Ontario Teacher's Pension that have billions but they're choosing to invest in businesses abroad because government regulations are not supportive - that's why so many move to the states. Don't get me started on the waste of talent - we take in so many talented immigrants, but instead of giving them support and help them get connected with well paying jobs that match their expertise, we're saying: hey start as an uber driver for 5 years and then well see...

The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were very different. We had a very young population and had room to grow. It is still a great country but I agree. If you are not born here and are established where you are, please don't come. We have enough Uber drivers and fast food workers For the rest of us, who are born here and are gainfully employed, it's awesome.

US immigration system is broken but it's still the best in western world if you are in engineering, mathematics and tech. I studied and worked in US, moved to India for personal reasons. I realized its difficult to adjust back in India, and US will never let me naturalize, so I moved to Canada. But Canada has hardly any jobs of its own, most of people in tech here work for American companies. In US, even an aerospace, biomedical, virology or genetic engineering person can find job in his/her field despite being on job visa, but in Canada its very tough. \nFew weeks back, I met an Uber driver who came to Canada 4+ years back, mechanical/automative engineer and was not able to find a job in his field despite no need for license with advance education and many years of relevant experience. He became Canadian citizen few weeks back, and guess what, he received 2 job offers in US and was moving to US on TN visa. \nI am myself working on something in Canada that is not my specialization. In US, I can get multiple messages from top government contractors for scientist/researcher positions, but I could not work for them as I don't have citizenship. In canada, despite being a PR, I know many experienced people who are forced to drive uber or do survival jobs.

Fuck I remember speaking with H1 passengers, (as an Uber driver) and hearing the process to citizenship is 10-15 years

Canadian here. I will just say, after our pop increased by 1mil last year due to immigration (including foreign students that still drive up housing as they need to be housed), I can tell that the approval of our current immigration rates are a bit too generous. Maybe the survey was taken only in downtown areas of Toronto or Vancouver, so its really only asking other immigrants if immigration is chill, but that isnt the consensus of the nation. We dont make more than Americans, but we are taxed more (aka why we want more immigrants to get more tax $), and everything costs more here: from housing to food to energy. Its driven up by the current unsustainable immigration quotas. I myself an am immigrant, but when my family and I immigrated 23 years ago, we only took in 20 000 people a year. I wouldnt have an issue on this at all if we were building enough. Enough housing and transit for everyone. enough good paying jobs for all these newcomers. But these people (with excellent degrees) are lied to at the border with a false promise of prosperity, and just end up being uber drivers to make ends meet. Its a truly broken system. If you arent making 150k/year, you are very much considered lower--middle class.

I'm American. The half a point for sleeping with shoes on I don't think is accurate. The only exception to that I can think of is if someone passed out drunk. I did agree with some of their points especially around education. Having a lawyer being an Uber driver should be looked at as a problem though unless it's purely their choice. I work about 70 to 80 hours a week and took three days vacation last year which is no life at all. Not feeling like I can afford to educate myself here gives no end in sight and if i save a dollar today it's worth 50 cents in ten years so retirement is also very hard here in the states.

Immigrating to Canada as a doctor to be an Uber driver? No thanks

Not to mention that most Uber drivers are either immigrant doctors, engineers or lawyers because they can’t get a job with their degrees ? sad but true ??

LET THEM IN. We need mechanics, Uber drivers, construction workers, bodymen, etc.