What a mystery this is
When it comes to immigration, Canada absolutely has to mention, all kinds of immigration benefits are overwhelming, this week alone, the government announced various new immigration measures, but this time it actually wants to amnesty illegal immigrants?! This directly detonated the anger of Canadians, and there was a lot of swear words on the Internet!
On Tuesday, Canada's Housing Minister announced the resumption of World War II-era housing plans to accelerate the pace of housing construction. The reason is simple, Canada is now in a "housing crisis" and there are not enough houses to live in.
Housing, the economy and immigration have always been closely linked, and just a day after the announcement of this policy, the minister spoke again, saying that it was because of the number of immigrants, so he hinted that the government was considering adjusting the immigration policy.
At this point, everyone can still understand that Canada has increased its efforts to absorb immigrants in recent years, and more and more people have poured in, and housing and medical resources are insufficient.
But today, the Minister of Immigration announced another "explosive measure" – to "open pathways" for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to obtain status, and to develop a "broad and comprehensive plan"!
This wave of operations directly made Canadians look stupid: saying that there are too many people to build houses + tighten immigration policies, and then turn around to accept illegal immigrants?
But it is clear that the Minister of Human Immigration has a plan: "We will give priority to construction workers, so that illegal immigrants in the construction industry can apply for permanent residence first and then naturalize." ”
To put it bluntly, this wartime housing program was restarted, but now there are not enough people, even if it is illegal immigrants, Canada wants to make money, come in and build us houses!
It is true that there are not enough people in the Canadian construction industry, but I have thought about it thousands of times, and I did not expect that the solution that the government racked its brains to come up with was to let illegal immigrants and even refugees in...
Immigration Secretary Mark Miller said, "Starting in the spring of 2024, we will present to the Cabinet a proposal to regulate the status of illegal immigrants. Although the proposal may face a lot of opposition, I think that as a nation of immigrants, this is what we should believe. ”
According to him, there are currently 300,000-600,000 "illegal residents" in Canada, including illegal immigrants and those who are still staying in China after their visas expire.
These people have lived illegally in Canada for decades, and all of them have families that have fallen roots. As long as they "abide by the law" and do not leave the country on their own initiative, they can continue to stay here.
As soon as the news came out, the Canadians in the local forum blew up -
"This policy is like the government giving a big middle finger to those who have worked hard to spend money to go through the due process application, so why bother? Apply for a travel visa, buy a plane ticket, and Trudeau will give you the identity in the end anyway. ”
"They say that these temporary visa holders and international students will also be accommodated, and in my opinion, if you can stay illegally with an expired visa, it already means that you are not willing to live in this country legally and abide by our laws. ”
"The first thing these people do on Canadian soil is to break the law, and then the government rolls them out on the red carpet, WFT!
"The garbage government, drive all these people out, and then accept the immigrants reasonably!"
"I'm really ready to pay no taxes or obey the law, what's the point of all this?!"
"To what point can Trudeau be considered treason?"
"Is it a big joke that the Liberals are so desperate that they just accept new immigrants to support them because their policies are not welcomed at all? ”
More people are directly scolding the street, the dirty words are repeated, and the monstrous anger is about to overflow the screen...
In fact, even if the Canadian government does not announce an amnesty for illegal immigrants today, Trudeau's immigration policy in recent years is enough to be criticized, and many people now think that the number of immigrants is too large and has done more harm than good.
Speaking of employment, there are many empty jobs now, but there are also many people looking for jobs, and they can't find them, and the people who really put them in are either looking for them in industries that are already relatively saturated, or their overseas academic qualifications are not recognized, and they are struggling to earn the lowest hourly wage.
Speaking of housing, with the current population, the houses are not enough to live in, let alone buying a house, it is difficult to rent a house, the government itself admits that there is a housing crisis, and then accepts refugees, they build houses and sleep on the street?
Speaking of medical care, there will be more medical care after the epidemic, and there will be a shortage of people in hospitals, so they can not wait for people with overseas qualifications to take up their posts, and a new wave of immigrants and refugees will come in, what will happen to those who are waiting to seek medical treatment for surgery?
Many people complained: Canada because of the lack of labor, the lack of people to build a house to collect immigrants, and as a result, because of the immigration problems, what is the problem, the government does not reflect and reflect, is to run headlong into the wall of immigration and do not look back, who will pay in the end?
What has angered many people is the government's inconsistent approach. Two days ago, the threshold for international students was raised, the number of international students was reduced, and the status of illegal immigrants was given today.
In the face of this monstrous anger, the minister was also self-aware, saying that "there will definitely be a heated discussion in the cabinet", and also tried to put out the fire: "We are not saying that these 600,000 people can get PR cards and naturalization, we still need to review them." ”
I just don't know if such a frivolous defense can suppress the anger of the Canadians who are about to go berserk...