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I'm a coffee addict this does not sound good I Love coffee ☕

Good I'm glad they are going back, and do it the right way.

United States Imports from Colombia\tValue\n\t \nMineral fuels, oils, distillation products\t$7.19B\t \nPearls, precious stones, metals, coins\t$1.86B\t \nLive trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers\t$1.57B\t \nCoffee, tea, mate and spices\t$1.42B\t2023 \nCommodities not specified according to kind\t$672.77M\t \nAluminum\t$637.48M\t2023 \nEdible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons\t $422.14M\t \nElectrical, electronic equipment\t$296.99M\t \nMiscellaneous edible preparations\t$232.35M\t \nPlastics\t$219.92M\t2023 \nSugars and sugar confectionery\t$210.41M\t \nFish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates\t$161.84M\t \nVegetable, fruit, nut food preparations\t$142.83M\t \nArticles of apparel, not knit or crocheted\t$138.16M\t \nArticles of iron or steel\t$123.48M\t \nArticles of apparel, knit or crocheted\t$119.17M\t \nAnimal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products\t$113.76M\t \nGlass and glassware\t$100.87M\t2023 \nSoaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes\t$100.15M\t \nSalt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement\t$90.57M\t \nPaper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board\t$72.53M\t \nOrganic chemicals\t$71.70M\t \nFurniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings\t$70.78M\t \nMiscellaneous chemical products\t$70.75M\t \nMachinery, nuclear reactors, boilers\t$67.83M\t \nOther made textile articles, sets, worn clothing\t$63.70M\t \nCereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products\t$58.97M\t \nRubbers\t$47.42M\t \nProducts of animal origin\t$41.92M\t \nMiscellaneous manufactured articles\t$41.83M\t \nEssential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toiletries\t$36.39M\t \nWorks of art, collectors' pieces and antiques\t$34.02M\t \nCeramic products\t$31.89M \nCocoa and cocoa preparations\t$29.24M\t \nOil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits\t$25.71M\t \nEdible vegetables and certain roots and tubers\t$23.51M\t \nVehicles other than railway, tramway\t$22.54M\t \nPharmaceutical products\t$20.47M\t \nBeverages, spirits and vinegar\t$20.14M\t \nImpregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric\t$18.21M\t \nResidues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder\t$18.06M\t \nStone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials\t$17.35M\t \nPrinted books, newspapers, pictures\t$15.83M\t \nOptical, photo, technical, medical apparatus\t$15.55M\t \nIron and steel\t$15.47M\t \nMeat, fish and seafood preparations\t$14.51M \nArticles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good\t$14.36M\t \nAlbuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes\t$14.06M\t \nInorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope\t$14.05M\t \nWood and articles of wood, wood charcoal\t$12.40M\t \nToys, games, sports requisites\t$12.28M\t \nTanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments\t$12.27M\t \nFootwear, gaiters and the like,\t$10.61M\t \nMilling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten\t$10.38M\t \nTools, implements, cutlery of base metal\t$9.72M\t \nShips, boats, and other floating structures\t$8.34M \nDairy products, eggs, honey, edible products\t$7.14M \nManmade filaments\t$5.70M\t2023 \nRaw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather\t$5.14M\t \nMiscellaneous articles of base metal\t$4.79M\t \nCopper\t$4.11M\t \nFurskins and artificial fur, manufactures\t$4.10M\t \nCarpets and other textile floor coverings\t$3.60M\t \nHeadgear and\t$3.58M\t \nAircraft, spacecraft\t$1.83M\t \nWadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage\t$1.40M\t \nSpecial woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry\t$1.29M \nLive animals\t$1.17M\t \nKnitted or crocheted fabric\t$1.08M\t \nFertilizers\t$938.13K\t \nOres slag and ash\t$857.82K\t \nTobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes\t$478.77K\t \nRailway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment\t$475.06K\t \nManufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork\t$464.70K\t \nVegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products\t$451.42K\t \nArms and ammunition, parts and accessories\t$385.5K\t \nBase metals not specified elsewhere, cermets.\t$281.07K\t \nBird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair\t$190.40K\t \nLac, gums, resins\t$169.96K\t \nMusical instruments, parts and accessories\t$120.13K\t \nNickel\t$117.08K\t \nUmbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips\t$89.80K\t \nClocks and watches\t$54.95K\t \nCereals\t$46.18K\t2023 \nManmade staple fibers\t$33.78K \nCotton\t$30.58K\t2023 \nVegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric\t$10.97K \nWool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric\t$2K\t \nLead\t$529.50K\t \nPulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste\t$286.12K\t \nMeat and edible meat offal\t$29.48K\t \nTin\t$6.46K\t \nSilk\t$4.44K\t \nCork and articles of cork\t$2.85K\t \nPhotographic or cinematographic goods\t$2.39K\t \nExplosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics\t$47.00K\t \nZinc\t$5.14K

GOOD!!!! Great job President trump! I’m so glad that we have a President that’s taking action unlike our last dementia-ridden president.

I feel like I'm in a dream, a very good one

I rarely LOL but hearing about an immediate 25% tariff on goods today and 50% next week actually did it. Talk about losing popularity… wait until everyone has to pay 25-50% more for their coffee. Cocaine will be spared because I’m pretty sure cartels aren’t paying duties and tariffs on their imports.

You guys voted this clown in, I'm on vacation in Medellin right now and always go get my 1.05 Coffee in the morning you in U.S will be paying 10.00 at McDonald's soon,good luck

“Colombia isn’t working with me, so I’m punishing the American people with more expensive goods!”

Someone please makes sense of this for me. I'm placing a tariff on Columbian goods because i couldn't be bothered to pick up the phone and work with my allies? I'm raising prices by 25% on OIL, COFFEE and PETROL which will raise prices for the very voters i promised on day 1 to lower their living costs.\nSomeone please make sense of these opposing contradictions please. Does anyone actually believe he's so stupid as to still not fully grasp and comprehend that a tariff is a DOMESTIC direct consumer tax and the exporting country doesn't pay a copper penny to the US treasury? \nTrump's policies are to remove cheap labour from the country, while raising prices on every product coming into the USA . This is the moronic insanity MAGA voted for and millions of Dems stayed at home to not vote against. What a monumental mess in a week. Encore.

Good I’m so glad, go get ‘em Trump!

I'm a Finn living in Paraguay. My husband and I lived in Germany for eleven years until we moved to Paraguay two years ago. Life is good even though financially it's different than in Germany. However, we have built a house, we have some land, two dogs, a cat, and some chickens. We have a car and food. It's more than I ever dreamed of. We strongly feel that we have a future and it's lovely.\n\nOne thing one must keep in mind: part of your first home country and your past will always be in you. That creates a process of mourning you have to go through. And the longer you are away the greater becomes the difference between you and your own country because you both are changing but to the different directions. You realize that there's no going back. This is what I'm processing at the moment. I know it takes its time and one day it will be completely fine.\nI wish you all the best for your life.

don’t judge too much. I’m not saying this is good for anyone that is living in ????. we already have a very bad housing crisis etc happening . but i definitely understand why they come.i have great empathy for them .. i feel horrible for them. these people aren’t lining up for black Friday deals or Taylor Swift tickets. these human beings are living in poverty, in danger in their own home countries. They want better for their children!! i’d actually question why they didn’t try for better (not actually, i have no right to judge them ..the lack of $ and danger would make most adults question if it’s the right thing to do). \nwe really need to remember...we aren’t special as human beings. we don’t deserve to live here more then they do. Our families just happen to cross the ocean(we weren’t even from the same land, like most of them, they want to cross a boarder that WE created) in the right decade, right century!! \nwe all came here and took from others. when we bought our land, built our homes, etc if you think back really it didn’t belong to them to sell it to us. It was stollen lands from the Native Americans. And we did such horrible things to natives for centuries!! we TOOK TOOK TOOK while nothing but destruction was given to them in return They are the REAL AMERICANS!!! \nAnd we killed them, we destroyed their communities, separated families, brought and spread diseases that killed thousands, kicked them off of their lands to go to areas we knew they couldn’t thrive, then we took their rights to hold & spend their own money, then stole that money that was to help them set up communities crops food and left them for dead !! we stole their babies from their mothers and fathers and we did this as recently as 50 years ago. \nso remember the day the first white man stepped on North American land was the last day we could say this was the land of the free !! \n\nwe have taken taken and taken from the ? fkd the world over.\nRemember..Americans are the reason south America has the dangerous gangs, cartels poverty,corruption,deaths we buy 40% of all drugs made there just one country buys 40%!! but why change things...when our leaders are benefiting hugely from the chaos. who cares about Mexican, South America families Just get them off our doorsteps ..right. ?\njust don’t think we aren’t Next !! ????

Good thing I’m an adult. Mom is from Sweden and dad Mexican. Both not from here, dad moved back to Mexico. If I was 14, I wonder where I would have been deported too?

As a Brit I know many decent integrated Indians here. But none of them are recent arrivals. Older immigrants were respectful and wanted to be British and adopt British ways. But newer immigrants act as if we owe them something while acting in disrespectful dirty disgusting ways. For example in India I have to use Indian toilets as Indians do. I don’t pretend I don’t understand how to use them, I don’t need instructions on the door and I don’t break the toilet by standing on it, shytting up the walls and all over the floor and leave it there like that’s normal. I’ve worked in offices where this was routine when Indian contractors were brought in. Integrated Indian men seem to take great pride in dressing smartly and smelling good. But it’s really common for Indians to smell REALLY BAD. Poor personal hygiene plus excessive amounts of Indian food (you’re abroad ffs try some different food!) creates a truly vile odour. Some Indian men also think it acceptable to stare at and harass British girls (although to be fair they do not have as bad a reputation as their neighbours) they are also rude and racist to white people especially women. Some Indians in 2025 still seem to think they’re living under the Raj and Britain is ‘oppressing’ them. They’re not and we’re not. The empire brought benefits to India and left peacefully over 70 YEARS ago. We don’t owe you ANYTHING. This victim mentality means India will NEVER be a proper first world country. You can flood the world with sheer numbers but you will never be respected or improve the world in any way, you will only ever leech off the invention of others. I do not mean to disrespect the many decent Indian people I’m just telling the truth. As a culture your presence outside of India is negative because of the way so many Indians act, trying to create India wherever they go. And they have the cheek to say this is ok because they got colonised. WELL SO DID WE! That is the truth.

India's economy has stalled. India also has the rare distinction of being a potential economic powerhouse that won't deliver for its citizens, so its citizens want to upend their lives and move abroad . . . by any means necessary, especially visa fraud - by pretending to be students and working full-time (in violation of student visa requirements), by engaging in sham marriage for sole (and unlawful) immigration benefit, just to name a few outrageous things Indians do. I'm a foreign national of Indian origin, and I support these rejections. Every sovereign country makes it owns decisions as to who is and isn't allowed to enter their country; India is no exception, given its history of refusing visas (many a times, for political reasons). Aap karo to sahi, aap par aayi to mirchi lagi? Oh, and companies abroad get Indian IT talent not because it is good, but because it is cheap (and eventually delivers projects) - big difference. If Indian IT was so dang awesome, you'd think they'd be visionaries in the field, but nope, by and large, Indians consume; they do not invent, but rather implement existing technologies, and have little to offer to the world in terms of scientific and technological breakthroughs at present - with some exceptions.

Good day ma can I apply for work and school in Canada ma but I’m and hnd holder ma \nAnd ma are we paying for the school and work in Canada ma❤

Good. Less immigration is what all Canadians want. I’m the child of immigrants I believe immigration is a good thing. But not the way it has been completely ruined by this government. Our country is flooded with low skilled immigrants. In addition the mass immigration and rapid demographic change is not incentivizing immigrants to adapt to Canada. ( eg see any corner in any town in Ontario and see how much of the immigrants speak English). If eveything is Canadian then nothing is. I want our culture not to be dissolved into nothingness.

I’m an Indian passport holder living abroad due to personal reasons. I’m eligible for the citizenship of a country that most people would dream to get but I do not like to apply for the same because then I would have to renounce my Indian citizenship (India does not allow dual citizenship). Indians themselves are responsible for visa rejections because most of our people (not all) go under the disguise of tourists with the intention to settle in that country. What kind of treatment would you expect then? I came legally and despite never compromising with my cultural values, I have always felt welcomed in the country that I live in. It’s about how you present yourself in the country that you live in. People are good everywhere in this world.

I'm guessing your friend who gave birth for the cost of $3000 had no complications and good insurance, because from what I've read, the cost without insurance is between $30,000 and $50,000 which is insane to me. As for emerg wait times - I live in a small town in rural Alberta & have never had a problem. Recently had to go to emerg. Was triaged, saw Dr., had xrays & was given Rx. Was in and out in 30 minutes and of course I paid nothing out of pocket. I feel pretty lucky to live here.

Good ❤ I’m tired to see my tax money go to illegals while we can barely afford groceries. Illegals in California get 8 thousand dollars for breaking the law! Plus smart phones and gift cards to buy clothes meanwhile ppl that lost everything due to fires get a one time payment of 750 !! Viva Trump!! ???? no lore leeches to this nation

I'm glad that atleast some of them want to do it legally, but we can't take everyone who wants to come here, certainly not before we get our crime under control, and take care of our own homeless population the best we can or atleast put a good plan in place, and not if coming here means you get free free free everything while we pay for ours and yours.

can't give an opinion about living in USA, because I never stayed for long (only for vacations or short visits), but as a visitor, I used to go once or twice a week in the 90's (I used to live 5 minutes drive from the border), as a visitor, I was always welcomed and made friends very easily. Of course, being only a visitor, I didn't have to experience day to day life or any major problems. About police presence, I guess it depends where you go in USA, I'm from Montreal & we also have a very visible police presence (guess it's common in bigger cities). Didn't have any problems with police in USA, like everywhere, if you comply, you'll have good relationship with policemen. If you try to play or disrespect them, you're in for some trouble--no different here in Canada.

A lot of Indians treat white people really badly. Especially when there is money involved. It’s now extremely common that people here hate dealing with Indians as customers of their business and will go as far as avoid it altogether. They will often relentlessly try to negotiate services, lie and say anything to get get their way, pester businesses until they cave to their demands and even leave bad reviews which they say they will change if you give them a good deal. None of this is the way things are done in Canada and that needs to be respected. Something kind of funny, I’ve heard many people say that Indians will often say they will refer tons of friends and family to a business if you give them an unreasonable discount (which they never do once they’ve gotten what they want), but what they don’t realize is that referring a bunch more Indians to them is the last thing that business wants. And really, some of the discounts they want on things are just ridiculous. When I was selling my car a few years ago, I had it listed for $55,000 and I got bombarded by Indians offering $20,000-$25,000 and every lie under the sun of why that’s all it was worth, other people are saying yes to offers like that for the same car, dealerships are selling them for that much and so on. Like come on. And I guess while I’m at it, I hate to say but it’s a common thing here to walk into a gas station and the smell of body odour just hits you like a brick. I’ve stopped going to 3 different stations because of it. I’m sure there’s some pungent white people out there but damn. This is on a whole other level. It literally fills the entire building.

100% I'm real white Canadian,, I can't stand your people's. Unclean dirty ,, no respect ,, criminality increase, racist towards white peoples .. not trustable , lie and lie.. lazy not hard working ,, and men cry for their Maman even if they are 30 years old.. do not smell good . this is my reason why I dream to export most Indian back

It's a stupid report, obviously the visa rejection will be high if the visa applications are high from a most populated country in the world it's basic common sense , i would say India have the highest visa grant these days, I'm from India came to Australia it's not ecen harf if u have the right documents and if you're not faking anything, I'm pretty sure the rejections are mostly because of fake documents especially from Punjab and Haryana so it's good that they are not letting fake people i mean then what's the point of doing all this right way? People like me who try to come in a right way

Ma'am, when a country makes it harder for citizens of a particular country to enter their country, it is often because of the number of recorded incidents, crime from people from said country. If there is a higher rate compared to people from other countries, then it becomes harder. Let's be honest here... Indians don't have a good reputation abroad when it comes to such things... I'm half Nigerians and at least many Nigerians acknowledge why lately, it is harder for Nigerians to get a visa (Obv crime as well.) Has nothing to do with discrimination. Also, look at the state of Canada. Nigeria and India need to focus on bettering their citizens so that less people go abroad, which also reduces the chance of certain people doing crime, to avoid making it harder for honest people from the same country to get a visa. Better the countries so that more countries open up for Indians, making the ranking go up. \n\nLastly, the passport index website shows India at 65, not 85. Why lie about that to fit your narrative? The passport index website is literally the first result that shows up on Google too... Not everything is about discrimination...

I think both are great countries, the healthcare seems to be the difference. I'm Canadian, if I had a good job in America I'd love to go for a few years .

Do not worry. Trump is the best and Trump will make America Great Again, that includes Canada (cause it’s literally in America, damn! I’m so good in geography!)

Good! I’m not racist towards them but they’re coming into western countries in numbers that are way too unjustifiable compared to other groups and natives

They are violating there visa they should be kicked out it’s crazy how they all move to Brampton…. There are other places you know they are international students you are supposed to come to study then. Leave . Most people that come to study in Canada from different countries they leave after graduation. You can even check the m number of people from different countries that leave and most do only people from\nIndia so leave . Canada is not all that great it’s good most of the time high taxes . . They abused the food bank system . We need less immigration that’s what this is basically a back door into the country most of them don’t really study anything worth studying. Canada has a shortage of doctors and most don’t even study MD?‍♀️. These noun credited colleges make so much money from these students. It’s a big fat business .

I went through this twice during COVID. Two tenants stopped paying one after the other and lost over 50k. Sadly, the only option is to take her to small claims court but in order to do that you need an eviction order and sheriff documents. Even if he does get to that point, they can o lay garnish her wages and at that point, she can avoid paying and jump from place to place changing addresses info and job details. Professional renters know the system and they work it to screw the landlords. One tenant I had actually believed that if they rent the house they “own the home”. Even if you call the police they won’t do anything. If the government just allowed the police to arrest and charge these people I think it would help but they don’t. It’s horrible. I’m actually thinking of selling my home because of the financial burden it’s been post COVID. I have good tenants now but only after using most of the equity to pay off the damage and missed rent from the last 3 tenants….

Construction has slowed down here , no one can afford anything , I live in Guelph Ontario on the main floor of a house with three bedrooms , and paying $1800 , I'm one of the lucky ones because my good friend bought this house in 2012 and I moved in , I was paying $1300 up until he sold it three years ago in 2021 and the new owners jacked the price to $1600 for fair market value , we didn't think he could raise it that much but he was able to because of new ownership, as of now 2024 , almost $1800 still not bad for this area , the trick nowadays is to stay put anywhere you are

I’m not voting anyway/ Donald should keep the tariffs on Canadian goods- my taxes increase-cap gains increased- car got stolen etc

I'm just wondering which metro area this was in @ 2:40\n\nBecause the Ummah (local Muslim community) in Windsor is pretty good. They actually have a nice amount of Muslims. Toronto has a Muslim presence. Although not dominant. Vancouver? ... Hhmmm ? I'm not certain. But I think that they have Muslims too. Anywhere else is understandable for you to feel that way.

We all fucked up. The US is declining rapidly as well. The more people that come here, the worse it's going to get too. We have incompetent people ruling. We need to build good leaders to clean up or something. But everywhere is pretty fucked. I'm searching for better places myself but it's not looking good.

It’s even weirder that she thinks they’ll be allowed back in even legally… Also, please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Project 2025 LITERALLY written vaguely enough to grant police during the mass deportation to break into homes and open fire at anyone resisting?\nOkay let me explain \nFull police immunity, check\nICE needs to ‘rely on the goodness of the police’, check\nPolice in this country are ALREADY by a statistically high majority racist and violent, check\nRaids for mass deportation, check\nGiven the extremely vague writing of the document, I’m genuinely really scared for anyone caught in this crossfire, because I don’t think it will be as peaceful (and it already doesn’t sound peaceful) as it sounded before

I’m Canadian good job India ??

I’m Manitoban and do the job of my city for them at the age of 14. We also had an F5 tornado in Elie. Winnipeg also doesn’t have many good water parks. Winnipegs roads also suck

It's funny, but I moved from Russia to Germany in 2019, believing that it was a rich country with cool jobs. During a few years of living in Germany, I understood that I have less money after taxes than in poor Russia. Besides, the prices of everything are higher. 1000 Euro is enough to live in Russia as well as 3000 Euro in Germany. I'm not joking. Germany is just a good picture, but you will struggle to live there. And I can't image how I could buy an apartment there. For a flat in Berlin I need around 300k, but from my 72k income I could save only 10-12k. It could take the whole adult life to buy a flat. That's unacceptable for me

I'm doing just fine in Canada, where I've lived my whole life except for 7 years in Japan. Any difficulties people having comes down to the individual, not a systematic national problem. My rent in Vancouver is under $1000, because I haven't moved in 11 years. I have no debt, no car, no expensive lifestyle, no drug habit. I made good choices. Others have not.\n\nCanada is still a land of opportunity if you get a job, get your vaccines, live within your means and don't expect a 1950s style economy, anyone can do fine. Healthcare access needs improvement, but we had a pandemic. The whole world did. \n\nIf you feel like you can't make it in Canada, you have no one to blame but yourself. Everything is relative. And we are living in the safest, cleanest, most stable times ever. Certainly not the cheapest.\n\nCheers - an NDP/Liberal serial voter (and big believer in personal responsibility)

I came to Canada in 1989 with my twin sister. I haven't left Canada ever since I came in. My twin sister left Canada for good in 2023. I did not come to Canada because I needed more money. I came to Canada because I did not have a country. Canada became my home country but the crazy thing is I don't recognize the Canada I knew over the years. Many people came to Canada to take advantage of this wonderful nation. My beloved city of Toronto turned into a third world country. I'm now in Alberta where I work hard and pay my taxes. My Canada is a paradise on earth. My Canada deserves people who loves it. I had my hardship in my early years and that was what I had to go through. When new immigrants try to cut corners, I always remind them to earn their muthafuka turn. The liberal party screwed up Canada. Chances are one day I will end up leaving Canada for good but before that I'm keeping my Canada great.

I’m not Indian but I understand Hindi perfectly but I act like I do not . In TTC it’s Indians they talk shit a lot . Insulting everyone around . Civic values is missing . I feel so bad for good Indians . In my work place all the other ethnicities talk so bad about them. There are good Indians and very kind

As a Latino immigrant(Canadian Citizen)living in Canada for 23 years I found that many Indian business owners are very dishonest, many times paying very cheap wages and many times stealing money from their employees(stealing hours), I'm a truck driver and I've been ripped off by East Indian trucking companies that didn't pay me my money many times, they are also very unsafe, they don't fix their trucks, they break the traffic rules. Trucking used to be a highly pay job before the Indians started opening their trucking companies and lowering their prices now the whole trucking industry is garbage thanks to the Indians, the news say that there is a shortage of truck drivers ha ha ha is not true what happens is that truck drivers do not wanna work for Indians because they are very cheap and most are crooks at least in the trucking industry. Than God that I've been trucking for a long time so I know which companies are good and I work for a good Canadian company.

I’m an international student, from my perspective it seems like the government can’t keep themselves from messing with the economy, basically crippling it by regulations, making the market unable to take advantage of the increased labor supply.\n\nI have spent almost half a million in Canada, which includes tuition, living cost, and starting a business which now employs two Canadians. But because I spent one term as a part time student, I have became ineligible for PGWP, which means I have no way of staying in Canada through my own agencies.\n\nThat is a slap in the face for immigrants whove come here to settle, the fact that I have positively contributed to the Canadian economy than many Canadians ever have, while withdrawing absolutely zero from public benefits, now if I buy a house here yall will drop on me a 50%+ capital gains tax and then kick me out, why would anyone want to invest in Canada? I’m seriously considering just moving to Florida because of all these. \n\nWhat happened to the good old days when you can come here with nothing, integrate into the community, and then become Canadians? Almost none of the forefathers of Canadians had to contribute this much into the society first to become Canadians, they stayed because their peers wanted them to stay, and the market was free to adjust to the labor supply and housing demand without government interference.\n\nWhat I see is not an immigration problem, it’s a big government problem, Canadians have become addicted to the government making decisions for them. The government has its grip on every aspect of Canadian life, it has hindered the responsiveness of the economy so much, that it cant even pivot to take advantage of free capital (int’l students) and third world labor rates (temp foreign workers).

New 2025 ‘PR pathways’? Say one thing do another? Not covered by media or opp? Why not pgms incl education funding to help/incentivize Canadian citizens esp those born here to fill those jobs? Govt always talk thru both sides? No like most Cdns I’m not racist or anti immigration (good friends from other countries) we’re just saying enough.

Born and raised here and I'm planning on leaving. Reasons are the expensive living, people have become cruel, the crime rate is going up, little solidarity, just the whole shift in mentality. Not a good place anymore unfortunately.

The problem with here is also with Khalistan issue (of course not all Punjabis there want Khalistan and are absolutely chill people and people here in India, Punjabis, also don't want Khalistan, I have some close friends who are Sikh and are most Dildaar, Big-hearted, people I know). A lot of extremist groups which want, Khalistan ARE supported and protected by the Canadian government especially by Justin Trudeau and these people are committing nothing but violence and terrorism in the name of free speech. Indian government has issued many extradition requests, but the Trudeau government has done nothing about it and has protected these extremists. Over the years Indian government has warned Canadian government about this issue constantly and after years of housing these Canadian terrorists (because Canada calls them their citizens and protects them, what else can be the correct term for them and nothing like Khalistan exists) they've started to cause problems for the people already living there (like the terrorists Pakistan was housing are causing problems to them). They know they are not gonna get a Khalistan in India so where else are they gonna build it? Voila! Canada! This is the reason behind them not assimilating with the existing culture.Trudeau has even gone to lengths of calling Amit Shah (Home minister of India) and PM Modi (if you don't know what the heck are you doing here go study geopolitics a bit) unalivers of Hardeepsingh Nijjar WITHOUT any evidence (they just keep saying they have it but have shown nothing till now) and because of which Canada has worsened its relations with the Indian Government. They are even comparing India with the likes of North Korea in terms of threat. Indian Government in reply is giving Canada the same treatment it gives to Pakistan (a bit better of course, but the diplomacy has gone to sh it. And the reason why Trudeau is doing all this, yeah VOTES for sh itty domestic politics he's sacrificing long term GOOD relations with the Indian Government. Now, you may think that worsening relations with India is a good thing for Canada, yeah no, its not good because India has trade relations with Canada which may worsen due to this (yeah, great going for an economy which is already in shambles) and UK or US are not gonna do anything to India over Canada because India geopolitically has more significance than Canada (I'm not bragging, please don't misunderstand). This rant has gone to a very different tangent but yeah a lot of problems Canada is having is mainly due to their government. Any of Canadian friends (I have not reason to hate you) and Punjabi brothers/sisters (Yeah, unless you are some sh itty extremist you are a brother/sister to me) please don't take this offensively. Peace.

I'm a US citizen living in Honduras. I'm sorry, because this is unrelated, but I want to let people know..... Today I was condemned to fight cancer alone. When my cancer was discovered for the first time, it was because I had seizures. Because of this, I can't drive. Because I can't drive, I can't get a decent job in The US. For a spousal visa, you need to have a certain amount of money. I don't have it. No matter that we have it together - being the citizen, that responsibility is solely on me. A humanitarian visa is $730, and only good for one use. We can't afford that. We went for a tourist visa, with a emergency appointment. They approved the emergency appointment, then promptly denied my husband's visa, without even asking him WHY he wanted to go to The US. Fighting cancer alone is exhausting. Why is that not a good enough reason for my husband to go to The US with me? Only for my appointments. Why is that not good enough? I guess he'll meet my family at my funeral, but not before.

Good on her. And anyone else who stands up and fight back. I live here and believe that they will pay for their vote, we all will, but I’m with them. You cowards voted for him , f$#& around and find out !

Good, I'm glad.You think it's under control now?Trump can focus on deporting the ones that did sneaky snake into the country.