theZoomer: Is Canada’s Immigration System Failing?

Libby Znaimer and theZoomer panel explore whether Canada's immigration policy is failing as public support drops despite a rise in immigrant numbers.
Chapters:
00:00 - Assignment
01:42 - Who is Canada letting into the country to become citizens?
13:27 - Canadians of Convenience
21:00 - Should Canada open its doors every time there is a world conflict?
28:57- Issues with Canada’s family reunification program
35:01 - Your Questions Answered
40:09 - Final Thoughts
Panel of Experts:
Guidy Mamann | Immigration Lawyer, Mamann Sandaluk LLP Immigration Lawyers
Warren Kinsella | Former Assistant to Jean Chrétien
Siavash Safavi | Columnist and Political Refugee
Chris Alexander | Former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration under Stephen Harper
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theZoomer: Is Canada’s Immigration System Failing?
Air Date: Friday, June 21, 2024
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[@goingfreenow3297]

Canadians don't talk like this in real life. Lot of people are fed up.

[@sunshineandwarmth]

Don't worry, we know! And we may end up w a large percentage of them in the States, don't you think? God bless both our countries and all our citizens. Love from the USA.❤

[@abjectt5440]

Failing? No. It's failed miserably. I'm glad I'm old.

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

Please elaborate.

[@DharmYogi]

Can’t think like that. We need to leave the country in better shape than how we lived it.

[@notyourbestie]

Money laundering, not immigration itself, poses a significant threat to Canada’s economic system. When illicit funds are laundered through investments in the country, it distorts economic activities and inflates asset prices, particularly in real estate. This can lead to increased costs of living and reduced affordability for Canadian citizens, making it harder for them to secure their own economic interests and maintain a reasonable standard of living. Essentially, the issue isn’t about immigration in general but rather the impact of illegal financial activities that allow foreign investments to potentially overshadow the economic well-being of citizens. And money laundering-nobody is paying attention or pointing fingers at it because it seems like an idea, a concept that cannot be touched. It’s always just easier to point fingers at what we can visibly see: the racialized, people of different genders and colors, those who speak a different language, and those working in the service industry for minimum wage but pays insane amount of taxes. Yes, it’s their fault, always have been. 🙃

[@gregfraser2763]

Thats your opinion. Money laundering is minor and should not be a red herring. Immigration numbers are too high period. This mass immigration causes investors to buy more homes, thus our housing market has become a game of monopoly with haves and have nots.

[@Jan-fx2ny]

We have 20% mortgage fraud

[@gregfraser8784]

@@Jan-fx2nythat just means banks feel protected in giving so much rope. If the mortgagees can make the payments then nobody seems to care that it was obtained fraudulently. It’s only when people or banks lose money, only then do they care about loans that were too large for the borrowers. Anyway what needs to happen is non recourse mortgages with 1000 down and no insurance. Then banks will not supply all this rope $$$

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

Who is doing the money laundering?

[@DharmYogi]

Vote bank politics is the main issue. I use to vote liberal but the way Trudeau has ruined Canada in last 10 years is insane. I stopped voting liberal because they don’t have liberal values. Liberal means to respect diversity and not do vote bank politics. He picks terrorist like khalistani and Muslim brotherhood supporters to get votes by supporting such communities. It’s madness. There is no longer safety anymore. Now I have to deal with racists at the store all the time. Last 5 years people started making remarks and picks on me in lines or face racist remarks. 2 people last few months openly heckled me and I argued back and accused one of them being racist and his response was “so what, I m racist”. Another guy was bold and started swearing at me. Didn’t even know the guy. I had my camera which was the reason they went away. Other times in past few years people come up arguing about the most silly things and at first I thought it was miscommunication but now I wonder if it’s racially motivated. I was bullied when I came to Canada in grade 6 to grade 10. I switched school where it was more diverse and I was then more focused on school as there was no bullying. I got into university and landed at a great organization and I love it. My kids grew up here and they feel at home. But recently I been seeing a massive bully type of mindset in people. This is not Canada anymore. I m seeing the same Bullied that I started with when I came long ago from grade 6. It is sad but I still have more faith in people and this country.

[@alialqayse]

What about the hige number of international students from south Asia protesting now in PEI ? Shouldn't we send them back !

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

Why not say Punjabi? Why in your view are Indians, Chinese, Jews, Koreans, Jews, Nigerians, Iranians in Canada so rich and successful?

[@Jan-fx2ny]

They are hired before us they get free grants for college and they help their fellow race but don't help the whites or natives who let them in l9l

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

Too bad it took October 7th for some Canadians to see things....Kanishka happened a long time before that - nurturing extremism doesn't help our society and will end up biting us all in the ass.

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

Why in your view does the Canadian establishment support Khalistanis--who are a proxy of China, Pakistan and the muslim brotherhood.

[@christinew333]

I’m glad to hear people discussing the elephant in the country.

[@DharmYogi]

Bringing in gazans or Syrians or Sudan etc… are all countries that don’t share Canadian values so why bring them here. Same with the afghanis who follow taliban

[@leohenry7574]

As a Canadian living in the Caribbean after immigrating to Canada MANY years ago...the absence of FIRST NATION representative on your panel is MOST DISAPOINTING.

[@mateenharis2726]

You guys are discussing the wrong this mass immigration from south asia india etc is whats contributing to the numbers

[@alialqayse]

Right

[@jaskarandhaliwal7499]

you can't notice the mass of Ukrainians coming in, but they're here; they just blend in better for some reason.

[@bluefalcon0001]

Would you rather have immigrants coming in from other parts of Africa or Middle East and have your culture change completely, not to mention that you’ll have more than enough people leeching off the system. Have fun paying a shitload of taxes.

[@AnAn___]

What is wrong with half of Canadian millionaires being asian? What is wrong with the Canadian private sector being led by Jews, Nigerians, Asians, ethnics, immigrants?

[@AnAn___]

If over two thirds of Canadian billionaires, millionaires in the future are immigrants, children of immigrants, grandchildren of immigrants, asians, jews, nigerians, ethnics; wouldn't Canada greatly benefit from that?

[@ryanonline4817]

It's failing so bad I left the country.

[@DharmYogi]

Did You go to USA?

[@ryanonline4817]

@@DharmYogi Thailand. Not interested in the U.S unless they stop supporting Israel.

[@AnAn___]

@@ryanonline4817 What aspect of Canada do you think is failing?

[@ryanonline4817]

@@AnAn___ Inflation, immigration, housing, social cohesion, fertility rates

[@AnAn___]

@@ryanonline4817 Why in your view does Canada suffer from so much brain drain? With many recent immigrants leaving Canada? And the graduates of elite Canadian universities fleeing Canada en mass. How can Canada reduce brain drain? How can Canada attract more talented immigrants and retain them over the long term?

[@someguy2707]

Why is no Canadian or leftist ever ready to talk about the attack on the Hindus in Canada….Totally abandoned by the leftists and all political parties.

[@sean367]

There's too many here

[@ThuyTran-ix5wh]

Visitors from Vietnam, gained entry into Canada, worked picking mushrooms in greenhouses in Abbotsford, BC without authorization to work.

[@goingfreenow3297]

lame debate. When are you going to reflect the voices of Canadians. I put a "don't recommend me this channel"

[@charlesrobb6912]

Immigration is competition, competition destroys confidence, and low confidence destroys motivation. The generation prior to the boomers, the golden generation, was the most successful because they faced little competition.

[@normanattanno4645]

It already has failed.

[@sunshineandwarmth]

Enthusiasm is Dropping? It's much worse!

[@fredrikbergquist5734]

In 1930ies Germany Jews said to each other that Hitler was bad but something really bad could surely not happen. Germany was a country with a history of culture in the 1800reds and everything.

[@Jan-fx2ny]

I agree!

[@normanattanno4645]

Im leaving for work on a military one of 4 up in Alaska for work as a civilian and not as a military man I used to be stationed over in West Phalia Germany years ago protecting mobile cruise missiles that used to be there.

[@user-oe9pf5td1p]

I have tried to bring my wife for 10 years all refused

[@CanadaMath]

In 2004 I wrote a somewhat famous article called 'Top 8 reasons not to immigrate to Canada'. In short, the Canadian authorities tried to destroy my life. They made it so that I could not be employable in Canada. So I moved to the U.S. in 2005 and then some years later I moved permanently to the Philippines. I am happy that so many years later videos like yours are saying essentially the same things that I did. I was ahead of my time. I will never go back to Canada. Not to live, not to visit, not even a connecting flight. Too cold, too expensive, taxes are astronomical, no culture, no freedom, no jobs, no opportunities, only modern slavery, worst healthcare system, unbearable political correctness, crime infested/drug infested, xenophobic people, too depressing. It has become a North Korea style dictatorship in the western world. There are many reasons why Canada has fallen apart. But the number one reason is ‘multiculturalism’. My friends, multiculturalism simply does not work. Different cultures do not come together and mix, different cultures come together and clash. The world is divided into different countries for a reason: because people hate each other and only want to be with their own kind. The number two reason for Canada’s demise is ‘socialism’. In this modern era of aging populations, it is mathematically impossible for socialism to continue. The government does not have the money to take care of old people and provide healthcare, pensions, welfare, unemployment benefits, disability benefits and the numerous other programs, even with the astronomical taxation that burdens hard working Canucks. Well Canada, you had a good run. Time for Canucks to move to an emerging country. We welcome you here in Southeast Asia. Multiculturalism destroys the fabric and identity of a country. Socialism bankrupts a country.

[@AnAn___]

Don't the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Malaysia do multiculturalism better than Canada? Why is this? Why are the Asian economies (and Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Panama, Guyana, Bahamas, Botswana, Seychelles, Mauritius) booming?

[@CanadaMath]

@@AnAn___ There is no multiculturalism is the Philippines. Here, 99.8% of the population is Filipino.

[@AnAn___]

@@CanadaMath How many subgroups and ethnicities do Filipinos have?

[@CanadaMath]

@@AnAn___ I don't care. It is a homogenous society and I am happy here. I never have to worry about 65 different cultures or 25 different religions. Like I did in Canada/USA. I can just learn about Filipinos and that is it. Easy and peaceful.

[@christinew333]

You make some valid points, even if I don’t agree with all of them.

[@zomgoose]

yes

[@bluefalcon0001]

The immigration numbers excluding TFR’s was fine and growing steadily to 1% of the population. It’s not non-permanent residents that created the mess in the country. You can’t have both your hands in the cookie jar and expect nothing to happen, either the jar will break or you’re hands will get stuck.

[@Lionofjuda957]

Yes ever since they opened Canada to world..1970s

[@retireddude3397]

No mention of the two young CDN men who murdered innocent Muslims in two separate massacres. It’s all part of the story: young men are in trouble everywhere. And re immig in particular: baby boomers are retiring en masse but these jobs are still there & someone needs to do them. So in come immigrants. Nobody seemed to think this’d put LOTS of pressure on housing. Not here, not in other countries either. And that’s the biggest point: rich Western countries face similar problems. What can we do, how can we work together, learn from each other?

[@PS-ej2xn]

No, thank you.

[@zztop11]

All Cubans want to leave Cuba? Not necessarily.

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

Cuba is one of world's poorest countries and failed state.

[@sidd62]

Canada is on the path to be next Cuba. Socialist communist societies are ideologies are bound fail

[@paulbadics3500]

This guy wants us to listen to ukrainian propaganda to counter russian propaganda

[@AnAn-yn7yd]

I agree. Chris Alexander is wise

[@KoolViberz]

“Y is canada’s immigration failing” ? “ its because the 5000 gazans soon to come here “ 😂😂 bunch of clowns 🤡 in the panel

[@sunshineandwarmth]

So deport 5000 ppl of non-refugee status, or relatives of legal immigrants, or illegals altogether. Do you really fear that Ukrainians will never leave once their war w Russia is settled? Think of how the citizens all grabbed guns and trained how to use them in order to defend their homes when the war first started.

[@AnAn___]

@@sunshineandwarmth If Ukraine loses the war with Russia--and they might--then Ukrainians probably don't go back to Ukraine.

[@retireddude3397]

The citizenship change came about as the result of a court case. The govt did not choose to do this

[@jc-6358]

Except the Liberals had the opportunity to appeal in the appellate court, which they deliberately chose not to. Once again, this bourne from their umpteenth everything with immigration. They gleefully accepted the verdict handed down to them and had tacit complicity from the get go.

[@sarcasmpro]

bro failing? it’s already messed up 😂

[@eleuteriagunson1184]

Yes Immigrations the problem no job lots of apartments and houses but no job

[@shifterdude]

What a horrible intro, those keyboard noises made me click away.

[@vancouverbcMacdonald]

chrime garbageville 😅

[@nimi156]

the zoomed, more like the boomer, get these 1800s idea out of here.

[@sunshineandwarmth]

Since at least the beginning of FAIR in the 1970s, no one has fought harder to end immigration in America than baby boomers. The problem has been that every time a bill came up, it was brought down by special interests until there was no teeth left in the bill at its time of passing.

[@AnAn___]

@@sunshineandwarmth Haven't immigrants made America far richer and more successful than she would have otherwise been? Isn't the same true in Canada, where most millionaires are immigrants?