pipsqueak1984 to Canada@lemmy.ca • 9 months agoHalf of all Canadians say there are too many immigrants: pollnationalpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down113
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkHalf of all Canadians say there are too many immigrants: pollnationalpost.compipsqueak1984 to Canada@lemmy.ca • 9 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squarePxtllinkfedilinkEnglish38•edit-29 months agoThanks, municipalities, by trying to persevere the character of your neighbourhoods, you’ve managed to destroy the character of Canada. People are upset about immigrants because of housing. Housing is a problem because cities made it de jure illegal.
minus-squareAvid Amoebalinkfedilink19•9 months agoI think this is it. The survey points to rational thinking amongst the most severely affected, not a racist aversion.
minus-square@rab@lemmy.calinkfedilink17•9 months agoThey (upper class) want it to sound racist though. Immigration plus housing crunch is making people who own property incredibly rich
minus-squareAvid Amoebalinkfedilink5•edit-29 months agoOoooof, now that’s a spicy conjecture! I don’t think this is done consciously by most but it doesn’t change the effects. 🤭
minus-square@rab@lemmy.calinkfedilink6•9 months agoI think it’s definitely done consciously by politicians though, as the majority of MPs are landlords
Thanks, municipalities, by trying to persevere the character of your neighbourhoods, you’ve managed to destroy the character of Canada.
People are upset about immigrants because of housing. Housing is a problem because cities made it de jure illegal.
I think this is it. The survey points to rational thinking amongst the most severely affected, not a racist aversion.
They (upper class) want it to sound racist though. Immigration plus housing crunch is making people who own property incredibly rich
Ooooof, now that’s a spicy conjecture! I don’t think this is done consciously by most but it doesn’t change the effects. 🤭
I think it’s definitely done consciously by politicians though, as the majority of MPs are landlords
But immigrants make a good scapegoat.