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More BS from a supposedly neutral balanced media outlet. At least when the CBC have a panel they have one from each party. Here are the facts. The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab is the current Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. She was appointed to the role in May 2025 by Prime Minister Mark Carney following the April 2025 federal election. Her current activity is defined by a shift toward more restrictive and "talent-focused" policies. Here is the technical breakdown of her recent initiatives: 1. 2026 Express Entry Overhaul On February 18, 2026, Diab announced significant adjustments to the Express Entry system. The primary objective is to transition from broad intake to "sustainable levels" while addressing specific labor gaps. * New Categories: Streams were added for researchers, senior managers, transport occupations (pilots/mechanics), and foreign military personnel recruited by the Canadian Armed Forces. * Medical Priority: A specific category was introduced for foreign medical doctors already possessing Canadian work experience. * Tightened Requirements: She doubled the category-specific work experience requirement from 6 months to 12 months. This move is designed to narrow the candidate pool and prioritize those with deeper integration into the Canadian labor market. 2. Legislative Reform (Bill C-12) Diab is currently championing a major immigration and border security bill (C-12), which is moving through its third reading in the Senate as of February 26, 2026. * Executive Power: The bill grants the Governor in Council (acting on cabinet advice) broad authority to vary, cancel, or suspend immigration documents and applications in the "public interest." * Asylum Restrictions: Diab has been vocal about curbing what she terms "fraudulent" claims. The legislation proposes making anyone who has been in Canada for over a year ineligible to claim asylum, and it restricts claims from those entering via land borders outside official ports of entry. 3. Shift in Strategy The Minister’s rhetoric marks a pivot from previous Liberal administrations. Her current messaging focuses on "taking back control" of immigration levels. While she continues to promote the recruitment of "the best and brightest," she has explicitly stated the government's goal is to reduce the total annual number of both permanent and temporary residents. Summary Table | Focus Area | Recent Action | |---|---| | Express Entry | Increased experience threshold to 12 months; added military/researcher streams. | | Asylum Policy | Supporting Bill C-12 to restrict claims made after 1 year of residency. | | Staffing | Recently appointed Isaac MacDonald (former P.E.I. Liberal executive) as Director of Parliamentary Affairs.

Let's cut the BS and say what's really happening. A massive amount of scammers from India were making bogus refugee claims, and they're getting rejected. Mark Carney should be sending a massive bill to the Indian government for being forced to deal with all these fraudulent claims.

Tipical lib bs. Refugees need to stop Illegal need to stop They are letting to many in on taxpayers dime. Making more money than seniors an the disabled. Canadians And no secu check because your short staff. Ffs. This is why Canada is becoming a shit hole. You don’t let the fox in hen house then ask questions. Stupid libs.

How about ban all immigrant protesting??? What bs. They collect refugee money to fund themselves... wtf is this Canada??

These individuals (refugees, etc.) are receiving government funding of $ 10,000 a month. They boast on TikTic that if you come to Canada as a refugee, the government gives you free housing and $85K a year. You do not have to work, As soon as they arrive in Canada, they are driving expensive cars, getting free food from Costco, getting credit cards from the bank and purchasing houses. They drive Teslas, BMWs, and the most expensive cars that they could have never ever owned in their country. The healthly men do not work and live a luxurious life all at the expense of we the tax payers. Meanwhile, hard-working, tax-paying Canadians are living paycheck to paycheck. We Canadians are sick and tired of this BS

You can cut the BS. This is largely a right wing propaganda. All the money and other things immigrants or refugees receive. I want to see a government issued monthly statement, not propaganda from the far right. The same is playing out in other countries. That is the plan to gain power. Even getting people of the same ethnicity to give legimacy. Like giving testemonials to sell some crap on tv.😂 I am not surprised if people are angry, but they should get the facts, before they do something based on lies.

What a BS question. When coubtries take i refugees it is NOT because they like the process of creating them in the first place! Israel is asking 'why dont you let us create refugees so you can take them in'? How abput not making refugees in the first place?

Immigration MAY play a role in rising prices... In fact, it's negligible. Private Equity and Corps are using the excuse of 'immigration' to intentionally drive up prices. Why have prices increased generally. The Gov't printed too much money to keep the Corps/Bay St Happy and share prices up. They should have just rode it out like the rest of the World (aside from Western Countries, You see the exact same thing happening... Rising costs, mass immigration, etc. coincidence? ?) . So in fact, it's not that things got more expensive... our currency deflated. Aside from US and EU at least... majority of our immigrants aren't illegals, refugees, people seeking asylum, etc. They actually can bring value to the economy (some would disagree... ?, besides that). As long as the Gov't ends the TFW BS... we'll be fine. Maybe... Doesn't help when Can Officials are sharing the bed with Sikh business Tycoons... Jagmeet, Danielle, etc. That's a story for another time.

1 - That was bad journalism to not ask Miller about his failed Palestinian refugee program, but was probably on purpose.\n2 - Your claim of people entering Canada to attack the Jewish community sounds like hot garbage BS, and gives off Islamophobic dogwhistle vibes, trying to falsely paint the anti-Isræl and anti-gncide movement as antisemitic.

Wrong.\n There are over 18 Million refugees in Turkey.\nNot 3 \nThat is Bs

Too close to homeless people get lice and scabies. Nothing new happening everywhere. Immigration is a scam so only way around it refugee or visa student. Bunch of bs.

The Palestinians seem to be the only Arab people who rather stay in a war zone than flee to a safer place, like a neighboring country or even Europe. All the Syrians in Turkey or the EU are obviously just cowards OR he is talking complete BS, and every human being wants to flee a war and bring himself and his loved ones to a safe place. That the gates of rafah remain shut for refugees is a crime on its own.

He is really saying we want to maximize misery and death of civilians, by not taking refugees to help promote the united Palestinian War against Israel. Imagine if Poland and all neighboring countries to Ukraine told them they wouldn't take a single refugee from the War caused by Russia. Same thing. Gaza attacked Israel. It's unbelievable that massive countries surrounding puny Gaza don't offer any refuge from the War started by the leadership in Gaza. Ask yourself why and its not the BS he says.

He says the Palesitians don't want to leave their land so they won't bother trying to take them in. This is BS. If Arab countries offered to take in residents of Gaza (not Palestine - actually no such place as Palestine), the Palestinians would pour into their country. However, no Arab countries offer to help them or take them in as refugees.

Well when you have unfettered immigration and refugees flooding in, you get all kinds of BS with that. These people dont see Canada as a home, just as a paycheque or some sort of vacation. They take no pride and give nothing back.

There are plenty of Palestinian refugees in Europe. So this is nothing but BS

What refugee give them their own country back or at least their own part without involvement of israel. They are import europeans. I suport judaism but never zionism and the israeli goverment and most people are zionist . Do your research on this before you start talking bs

Absolute bs that’s like saying the solution to Ukrainian refugees is to stop Russia

Well said Sir, good reply to a loaded question ... Israelis were the refugees 100 years ago, now it's the Palestinians .. explain that BS

That is BS! The western world take in refugees from war torn countries continuously. When so many are being killed why not take them in and give them safe haven until they can return. Self serving agenda.

Born in South Vietnam and raised in Toronto for almost 44 years now I'm still here and Toronto sucks!!! It has become a ghetto! City Toronto leftists' politicians have made it into a shithole! Bike lanes are everywhere and there are not much bikers during the Winter months (something like 8 to 9 months) and summer months I saw few here and there. Rents are totally beyond many peoples affordability. Foods prices are freaking crazy. Reason why this is happening? You have to thank the current idiotic-leftard government under Trutard leadership in Canada. This is thanks to his carbon taxes BS initiative causing high cost in fuel and resulting in major inflations in high food prices, rentals, etc. How can you help refugees and immigrants while Canadians can't even afford to live in Toronto, etc. You need to take care of Canadian first and foremost. Taking in 500 thousands new immigrants and refugees each year isn't going to be help Canada to get this mess we are in. Lower number like 150-200 thousands of new immigrants | refugees is feasible but NOT 500 thousands new immigrants and refugees.

Consequences of filing the country with immigrants, refugees, students left, right and center thereby destroying the ecosystem!.. Not sure why Canada wants to import record number of immigrants when they were doing just fine before ? And even if we buy the BS logic that Canadian population was declining etc.. keep the numbers manageable

Why have so many canadians become stabbers? What you are describing about Toronto is meanwhile all over Germany going on too... The mainstream media in cooperation with most politicians is seriously telling us, that germans have become more violent and foreigners committing crimes are often tourists too, which of course is absolute BS. But, we never had so many stabbing, gang rapings with 8 or more men raping underage girls and other woman, abuse of KO-Drops young man attacking police and ambulances, drugdealers near schools etc. before 2015... That canadians that are so happy abt refugees can maybe come to Europe and take some more to Canada. In the last 3 days 10.000 young african men arrived in Italy by boat, and non of the people here wants them really plus hundred thousands of arabs and afghans and millions from the ukraine. It is normal that the whole system will implode soon like the Titan... Best wishes from the Bananarepublik of Germoney!

Nope go back and come in to the country the right way it’s PURE BS!!!!!my mom was a refugee and she did the right way she had 3 jobs became a citizen before she got 3 jobs!!!!!!?

are we supposed to feel sorry for economic migrants gaming the system, looking-for the best deal”I think I will have a better quality if life in Canada”; TRUE REFUGEES FROM WAR, PERSECUTION:yes, every person who wants a better deal—sorry get in line and apply for visas. STOP THE INSANITY AT BOTH-BORDERS . I am a life long dem and sick of this BS.

Canada is run by a weakling who is incapable of taking hard decisions. While homeless Canadians are freezing outside, seniors are struggling because of this rampant inflation but these economic refugees are placed in hotels and motels along with monthly allowance. I always voted for Liberals but this time it's not going to happen. Sick and tired of this BS.

LOL at the BS sob stories of oppression and strife in their homeland all carefully rehearsed. The truth is they are economic migrants that are jumping the queue in front of other more deserving immigrants and refugees that are following proper channels. Their first act as a new Canadian is to break the law and get arrested - nice...now that's the kind of citizen we can build a country on.

Why should we welcome them open arms? , they arent refugees they are abandoning their own countries because of problems they caused or refuse to solve themselves and bring that BS here. People who think this is OK are insane, if I showed up in any other country they would tell me to get lost.

I think if you were a doctor or a nurse in your old country and you immigrate to Canada you should be able to continue on in your medical field here in Canada without going through all the BS of exams. This is why we have a shortness of doctor's and nurses here in Canada because the frigging Government won't do anything about it. Except bring more and more refugees in to Canada and illegal migrants using up Canada's healthcare system that the Canadian taxpayers in Canada are force to pay for even though they have family members who are in dire need of medical attention, but the line up and wait time to see a specialist takes a lot of time. If a immigrant is coming to Canada and he or she is a doctor or a nurse and English is not their first language, well then put that immigrant person in an ESL class to learn English or a French learning class if that person is moving to Montreal or anywhere else in Quebec.

I am going to sum it up for everyone - people leave Canada because of all the Liberal BS which resulted in High Taxes, unscrupulous immigration, prioritizing refugee rights and making a fool out of tax payers.

To be quite honest most uses of “refugee status” are total bs. He and his family were not being hunted down. They could have simply moved to a different region of the country rather than heading straight to Canada.

this is BS  refugees and immigrants get treated better

They should be talked to like this these people are trying to take over this country they don’t want to live in peace here because there all bringing there third world bs they are not trying to become Canadian at all they want Canada to become what they left there countries to begin with so how are they refugees an need help then if they want Canada to be the same as the war torn countries they come from

Still more money then wht Canadians on ODSP : $ 2200 As for refugees give back more in the end, I call BS on that!!

People who believe his BS should open ur door and invite the refugees to live at ur house and use ur money! \nAll the tax we pay benefits the people who don’t pay themselves. Goes to people do nothing, all they will be doing is sitting their fat ass in hotel paid by us! Room service included! People who support Trudeau will make Canada go broke! Keep it up! Support him! U will start to need pay ur own medical bills and school. Because all the “free” Benefits will go to refugees! Good thing they keep coming to spend our tax dollars or we might actually see something improve for Canadians.

As a Canadian I detest seeing my hard earned tax dollars going to this BS. If it were up to me I would have this traitorous pig hung like the sack of crap he is. He brought a bunch of Syrian Refugees to the my home Province (a.k.a State) of New Brunswick which is the most economically depressed area of Canada and the most taxed. Most of the people here struggle to find work. These so called refugees are being treated better with handouts than our own populace who needs this money and paid into it all their lives.\nCalling for a rebellion!

Total BS! $50,000 is not even average yearly earnings of Canadians. And how long are the refugees staying in Canada?