How do people resist throwing up when Bernier talks? Every time he talks, I cringe. MASS IMMIGRATION IS UNACCEPTABLE....
Seriously, we're all immigrants at some point. What's wrong with him?
Mainly due to the socialist welfare state. Those that "immigrated" hundreds of years ago were settlers. Many working class people do not like paying for entitlements for people that push their wages down. See: Trump getting elected.
Except of course that almost every single item in what you said was wrong.
1. Socialist welfare state is a myth.
2. 1 in 5 Canadians were born somewhere else. Most of us have at least one and probably more parents and grandparents born abroad. My posh grannie coming from England in 1947 was not a 'settler', and that was 70 years ago.
3. It has been shown many times that immigration boosts economic growth. The vast, vast majority of immigrants work harder than the rest of us.
How is #1 a myth? Entitlements have grown enormously across generations, and economic migrants do exist.
#2 You're probably right, but growth was plentiful and jobs were easy to come by. Not so much anymore.
#3 It has also been shown that immigrants largely are older than average Canadians, and they don't buy as much or create as much income as Canadians do. So again, it's can-kicking at best.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5369168/immigration-employment-canada/"The memo says the employment rate for immigrants aged 25 to 54 who landed less than five years ago, was 71 per cent last year. It was the indicator’s highest level since 2006 — which is as far back as the data goes."
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/william-watson-we-now-know-how-well-trudeaus-syrian-refugees-are-doing-its-not-good"For instance, if you look at the cohort of all immigrants who arrived in Canada in 2011, the median income five years on of those who did have wage and salary income was $28,800. Looking specifically at economic immigrants with earnings, they had median income of $40,400, while earners in the “Canadian experience class” — those who had spent time here on a different type of visa before formally immigrating — had five-year median income of $61,300.
Five years on, however, refugees from the class of 2011 had median earnings of only $21,500. Among those, government-assisted refugees were making just $16,200, while privately sponsored refugees were at $22,400. In their very first year of earning, these two groups had made just $6,900 and $18,900, respectively. So their median incomes had gone up. Just not very high."
There's also a whole wiki page on this. See the attached chart from the article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_immigration_to_Canada#Wages"In terms of the impact of immigration worldwide, Statistics Canada estimates that for every 10% increase in the population from immigration, wages in Canada are now reduced by 4% on average (with the greatest impact to more skilled workers, such as workers with post-graduate degrees whose wages are reduced by 7%)"
My objections are this: States do practice protectionism like using their own currency, and having their own borders. So some amount of protectionism is acceptable. Countries and their governments exist for, and by, the benefit and expense of their citizens.
Large amounts of immigrants keep wages down which is not helping our debt loads.
Finally, no politician(save for Bernier) is giving voice to this issue, which I think is irresponsible of them.
