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Id suggest the downfall of canada is not by liberal design, but the WEF who have controlled policy. The mentally deranged left are simply the useful idiots who do their bidding. Trudeau Jr. thought he was a leader. He was just a brain dead puppet. Stupid people will do anything to be more popular, even though everyone laughs at them when they leave the room. Carney is sinister and has more brains, but just look at his family to see where his mind is at.

That’s the harsh reality. During Trudeau’s time, Canada saw a significant influx of newcomers, which put pressure on housing, the labour market, and healthcare. It’s normal for a country to tighten immigration for a few years; lower quotas naturally mean higher requirements. Coming on a study permit or a work permit doesn’t guarantee permanent residency. Once a temporary status expires, and if there’s no other legal pathway to stay, the person must leave Canada.

This report is very biased, Canada took 100 times more immigrants, now they can not fit everyone in, so people have to leave, the government profited, blame Trudeau!!

As a Canada who speaks both French and English and who follows politics quite closely, I have to say that the headline and some of the reporting here is quite misleading. A reduction in immigration has broad support across Canada. I wouldn't say that notion is dividing the country in any significant way. You do have certain industry groups that disagree, but among the population these reductions have broad support. This is a historic change in public opinion in Canada, but it has been driven by the unprecedented increase in immigration under the last term of the Trudeau government. To put this in context, non-permanent residents in Canada numbered around 1.5 million on Q3 2023, but by Q3 2025, that number sat a just over 3 million. The previous government increased immigration targets by 3 or 4 times over what they had been for years, which caused a number of economic issues. Essentially, the volume was simply too high for the economy and society to support. This was unfair to both Canadians and new comers, many of which could not find employment or afford a decent place to live. The changes being suggested are largely bringing Canada back to what the targets were for over a decade before, though a bit lower to account for the sudden surge. Canada remains one of the most pro-immigration countries in the world. However, and this is where I think DW's reporting is misleading, there is a distinction to be made between policies at the federal level and policies at the provincial level. Immigration, per our constitution, is a federal matter, however, Quebec in particular is distinct from other provinces. I don't mean only culturally and linguistically, but also in the powers that have been devolved to it by the federal government. On the question of immigration, Quebec has more powers and more ability to set its immigration targets and programs than any of the other 9 provinces. The particular program discussed here, the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ), is a particular immigration stream that only existed in Quebec. So what is happening with that program cannot be labeled as a whole-of-Canada thing. Where the changes to the PEQ are controversial, unlike the general changes at the federal level, is that people who immigrated under that specific program were promised certain things. There was a multi-year time line to Permanent Residency and then Citizenship. Many of those people have been in Quebec for 5-8 years already. However, the changes made to the program were done in such a way where people who many years into the program, had gotten an education, started a career, had children, ect. are now being told they can't continue and must leave Canada. There are even stories of people who married Canadians, now have children, and the one parent who was under this program now faces the possibility of having to leave Canada and be separated from their family. All through no fault of their own. That is what many people see as unfair, and I agree, however limiting future applications under the program, to bring in less people, that is not controversial. Canada has no responsibility to bring in people who are not already in Canada, but Canada does have some responsibility towards people who uprooted their lives to move to Canada and built new lives here based on promises and representations made to them by the Canadian and Quebecois governments. We should no simply kick those people out of the country.

Even in Quebec, where there's a language barrier they're starting to come in, in mass numbers. But we kind of deserve this, we Canadians had the decency to vote Trudeau for ten years, and right after Carney, so yea I'm totally leaving this s-hole.

I know 8 indians that workout at Planet Fitness that have expired visa and won't leave the country, Trudeau caused all of this...

Going and loving it, any chance I get to leave trudeau land is a bonus! As your guest stated they want to make sure travelers are not planning on staying in their country....hmmm every border at every country in the world does this in various ways!!

Um so tired of going to a store all immigrants working. Make a phone call it's answered by an immigrant. You can't understand them . I love on ccpd I don't get old age pension yet. I'm too old to get the child tax credit and I'm on a Canada pension disability. I get 713.00 a min to live on. Period. That's it. 😢😢😢 I struggle every day. I live in a seniors housing complex..so my rent is adjusted to fit my income. Thank God for housing I'd be homeless if it wasn't for them. 😢😢 But the immigrants have money. Have jobs. Drive new cars. Get free rent for a year. I waited 9.5 hours at the emergency😢😢 not the Indians they have Indian drs that work there for them. How in the hell is this ok. I ended up leaving the emergency I couldn't wait any longer. I sat there in pain all that time and two Indian families came in during that time and within 20 min at the most they were in and out. They even have an advertisement in the emergency room in their language with all the Indian drs working there. Wtf is going on. I'm tired of seeing these people. They are opening businesses here. Everything you see now is written in English, French and Indian. They call it our third language now. There are building going up that have only immigrants in them. A d I live in a small town but the city. Come on. They stopped saying the Lord's prayer in schools. They can't say Merry Christmas. Christmas concerts are called Holliday concerts now. Our kids don't know the national a them they stopped that. They don't know the Lord's prayer they stopped that. The schools are changed to not make other nationalities feel bad. They get their Holliday's off and our Holliday's off..why? We don't get their off. Yeah I'm just a plain white person who lived in Canada all my life. 64 years. I've never seen this in my days. Never. Everything is destroyed. This feels like India 😢😢😢. We have to stop this. They need to leave. They are not here because of war or danger for their lives. They are here to take the jobs, take over our culture and country. Now we have to be careful what we say or were called racist. I'm white I lived in the hood all my life. With black people. I have alot of black friends even family but this is so damn reducilous. Who are they a d why are they here. Canada doesn't take care of us any more. Or help us people who need it. We are homeless in the streets you don't see Indians homeless, hell no. So Carney step up a x fix what Trudeau ruined. Please. This is not the country I'm used to it's India. Not Canada. I have friends from Ukraine. Now they are brought here because of the war. I get it. But they have their own immigration dr. And they've been here 2.5 years if that and bought their own home a year ago. How is this possible? The first year Canada paid their rent for a year. I live on 713.00 a month. He's a month. I live in seniors housing. I can't get enough to live on. I struggle every day😢😢😢 no one will help me. I'm alone and have nothing while Canada is supporting these immigrants and saying to hell with you if your Canadian . Yes I said it. How can someone live in what I get a month. I don't get anything else and like I said if it wasn't for housing I'd be in the street while Canada brings over immigrants from India that are not here because of war. Just to make more money to send home and take everything from us. They are laughing at us everyone is. Wake up people. We are the minority in our own country😢😢😢😢😢 I'm so done

THANK ALL OF THE TRUDEAU AND CARNEY VOTERS. YOU CAUSED THIS AND THINGS WILL GET WORSE. OUR HIGH TAXES GO TO THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND NEW COMERS THAT ARE RECEIVING ALL THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BU THE DAY AND OUR TAXES WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP. WHAT DO WE DO? LEAVE CANADA AND STOP PAYING THESE TAXES TO SUPPORT THIS?????

I am leaving Canada with my family because all the bad happening now here. Canada sucks now because of Trudeau governing and now M. Carney. Corruption to the “over roof”.😢

Trudeau and Jagmeet had a deal. What wad it? Since then this has become a huge problem. Don't expect the feds to fix this overnight. Stop immigration for 5-10yrs and hire a dept to verify ALL student visa, biometrics, overstays, etc. Start a dept to do surprise visits to all work establishments for documentation of all employees. Stop giving money away to refugees unless 100% verified to be actual refugee. Don't bring your culture to another country if you left your country. When you leave you adapt to the countries way of life. Canada is not for you of you cannot respect Canadians way of life.. We don't want your cultures, we already have our own Canadian way of life.

It's Trudeau's fault! But it's strange that Canadians voted Liberal again! Canadians are going to get the same outcome with Carbon Tax Carney leading the country. Stop voting Liberals, they always leave the country in shambles! Stephen Harper was a great leader! We need that again, forget about the Liberals!

Hi Canadian friends! As an Italian used to live in a country ruled by many incapable politicians (truth is we stopped to have the most valuable ones between the second half of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s) I have to say your prime minister Trudeau has always been seen like a good one from Europe and this speech is no exception. So, why will he soon leave his office? What' s there that we don' t know or understand?

Trudeau is traitor to his own people leaving his office in disgrace. True Canadians don’t like him

Consider Doug Ford our Leader in this until Trudeau officially leaves office. Trudeau doesn't represent Canadians.

Honestly it bums me out a bit that Trudeau is leaving during this utter immense shitstorm. I like Mark Carney but he is nowhere near this good of a public speaker as Trudeau is.

Trudeau you're a PM and when you disrespect the president publically you disrespect America, so you have no right to address the American people. You don't know how to handle politics and thats why your own people have verbalized that they want you gone! Your lack of respect for the President and the United States is what put you and your country in this situation in the first place. Tou're leaving out on a low. Humble yourself and sit down and talk to the President, and address him as such, and he'll cut you a deal, and you can gain back some dignity. Otherwise, stop complaining to the world community. You look weak!

Trudeau needs to leave the government. What a cancer on Canadian society.

Trudeau, who applauded the Ukrainian Nazi in parliament... In 1941-45, this Ukrainian Nazi slaughtered people like dogs. And now churches, parties, media, and the opposition are banned in Ukraine... People are being killed, businesses are being taken away... Ukrainians are being banned from leaving the country...

Sad that Justin Trudeau has become a good Prime Minister now that he is leaving.

Trudeau you are a smart strong man. Canada needs u … don’t leave

When Trudeau leaves....so too will the tarrifs \n\nTrump does not like Trudeau.\n\nOnce Trudeau is gone.....things will be much easier for Canadians.

Carney-Trudeau team is incompetent and must leave

They looked scared as hell. Trudeau is like a vindictive fired employee who steals and damages stuff before leaving. People like him are why many companies have security escort them out when they leave. Canada is going to suffer just so this wimp can feel like he stood up to Trump. He isn't even in a position to negotiate anymore. He's just causing his country more pain for no reason. Typical socialist. Whole lot of people in the comments don't understand the numbers. Canada has zero chances to win a trade war. Many Canadian businesses are already moving to the US.

Trudeau is hated by Canadians. He is no hero. These tariffs make Trump look stupid. Isn't that what Trudeau was saying by calling it a dumb thing to do? It is time for Trudeau to actually resign and leave politics for good.

S T F U trudeau, your dumb policies and immigration practices is what's led to this. we've accepted your resignation, now please leave.

OH MY GOD TRUDEAU WILL YOU JUST LEAVE ALREADY!!!!! PUT POLLIEVRE IN POWER. IT IS NOT NORMAL THAT YOU ANNOUNCED YOUR DEPARTURE AND WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR NEW LEADER DURING THE HARDEST OF TIMES THAT YOU'VE PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE. PLEASE PASS THE F-ING TORCH!

stfu Trudeau....just fkn leave for the love of God already......can't stand looking at you and hearing anything you say.

Nice speech Mr Trudeau. Funny how politicians always start speaking truth only AFTER they decide to leave office ...... One of the best was Pres. Eisenhower's farewell speech and very apropos today.....

BRAVO Prime Minister Trudeau!! To my incredible Canadian neighbors -- You cannot imagine the shame and humiliation I am filled with as I sit in my home, which is located south of your beautiful country. Please believe me when I say I am sorry. I am truly sorry, for any hardships my country has unnecessarily brought to your door. My fear is, 4 yrs from now when his term is up, there will be no peaceful transfer of power to our next President. He who shall not be named, will most likely refuse to leave office. I wish I was a wizard standing on Platform 9 3/4 right now.

This week beta clown playing tough is laughable. Shut up Trudeau and leave, nobody cares what you have to say.

Trudeau has gotten a lot of flak for what he put Canadians through in the past couple of years, but he's leaving office on a high note! This has got to be one of the best & most articulate speeches ever made by any head of state and that too in 2 different languages! Bravo ?

Trudeau it doesn't make sense. I have an MBA in accounting. I will get results on my cpa test for Far and Ifrs. There are a few of us getting ready to leave and never return. This country US.is getting worse. We hope to leave soon.

Trudeau is a SNAKE. I don't trust him. Keep at it Mr. Trump. We are done being taken advantage of. Trudeau knows exactly that he is not protecting his borders and Fentanyl is leaking across into the US. Don't get me wrong. Canadiens are great people. But Trudeau is a snake. I can't wait for him to leave your government Canada.

Do not fall for Trudeau, he is not a competent leader. His resignation would explain his competencies. We pay taxes like crazy, he does not do a damn thing about it but wants to raise carbon taxes too.... He is just putting on a show.... For more than 9 yrs in power, he should have put Canada First, now that he is leaving and talks like he cares, what a hypocrite!

Funny nobody mentions the Canadian tariffs already in place on US goods. Good luck ruining Canadas economy. When is Trudeau leaving? ??

@ Justin Trudeau. You have hurt us the Canadian citizens since 2020. You’ve heard the whole Canadian economy. Why did your wife leave you?\nWe don’t want to hear a thing you have to say everything is crap. Kindly going into some shell.

Trudeau is a joke in Canada. A leech that doesn't wanna leave his post. Greedy, gay, coward and no dignity!

Trudeau will leave office at least on a positive note in the way he responded to Trump and the moron MAGA mob. Americans will suffer and Canadians will enjoy witnessing the chaos.

Cry harder Canada ?? can’t wait till Trudeau leaves

I get it Trudeau! Our leader is a stupid f***ing traitor! I hope you're country can forgive the U.S. once he leaves office. If he will ever leave...

Is Trudeau ever going to leave . We are tired of you resign already

Trudeau is an idiot king. This speech from a guy that has been pushing for the legalization of hard drugs across Canada and leaving our borders wide open. He has pissed away Canada’s prosperity on wasteful spending and his climate agenda. This buffoon has zero credibility. He is an actor and puts in a good show. I’ll give him that. Mr tough guy. He is laughable. We need a real leader in Canada.

Mmm....????.\nWhy are we even listening to a guy who resigned to lead our nation ?\nNobody understands he and his party are the root of the problem ?.\nHe's a complete incompetent, and he's the one responsible for all this mess.\nNow, he's worried about the border and the fentanil crisis, when everyone in BC knows that the mountains are full in laboratories producing fentanil..\nNow, he's worried about Canadians and crisis..\nWhen he's leaving the country sunk in the biggest debt of all times...\nSeriously, this is FUBAR.\nEnough is enough Trudeau, you already did enough damage, step away for the benefit of Canadians.\nGo, just go away and forever.

I was thinking, a few MO’s ago, when is he leaving office, Trudeau, he’s been in there for several years. About 2 MO’s ago this crossed our mind, saw something about it, that he was leaving after his term, don’t remember, than they showed another man that was going to be running, and we thought, we must be right, he has been in there for quite awhile, his latest term must be up. Now we see him again, puzzled; we’ll have to look it up…

Nice speech. Just 9+ years to late to speek on behalf of Canadians. Mr. Trudeau please leave. Leave the PM office now. Leave Canadas Parlament right now.

Canadians, don't want it, you want that tray war because top your news Trudeau. In Ukraine, we're raping us Canadians. What do carbon tax instead? You should work with Trump and tried to make deals. Didn't you go behind his back and pop your nose? Enter Ukraine and then called Putin. Bad Putin isn't bad. I think who is bad is Trudel. That is a dictator and we know that because his dad was El. Truro. You self are a dictator also, because when you would work with Canadians and leave your news out of Ukraine, then work with Trump. We wouldn't have this, but Trump sees you pop your news into Ukraine. Will your news not belong? That's why Trump? It's punishing us the soul. You stop you gonna poke your nose in Ukraine? You gonna pay for it, are we Canadians? Gonna pay for that.

This happened during a prorogation Trudeau called for. Look at what happened and where we currently are. He's starting a fight before he leaves....

Let's be perfectly clear, here: The United States, leaving her markets WIDE OPEN -- as if a woman flinging her legs open and apologizing if she can't 'service' everyone in the crowd -- for EIGHTY YEARS and our workers, engineers, factory builders, etc., etc., all just watching our jobs float off to other shores...is OVER.\n> As is to be expected, Trudeau is keeping up appearances. \n> About THREE-FOURTHS of Canada's exports are converted to CASH inside the United States. \n> That means JOBS for Canadians, paychecks for Christmas time and tax revenues for Ottawa.\n> Yes, the US really does need Canada. We need Mexico. (We don't need Communists like China.)\n> But we have SACRIFICED our most vital naturally-occurring need: our personal and industrial productivity and creativity. \n> The United States, thanks to Her ideas on governance and empowerment of the People, invented and created the modern world that, now, almost 8 billion people expect (maybe closer to 6 billion of the 8+). \n> We have suffered unspeakably for the past -- at least -- 50 years as more and more of our ingenuity and creativity that once fueled our production has disappeared in the name of keeping the world free.\n> Enough. \n> The world WILL change. We can either accept China's version of Soviet Communism, relinquishing all global empowerment for whatever the CCP feels like, today.\n> Or we can bite the bullet and allow the People of the United States to restore what we sacrificed for the stability of a free world, starting about 80 years ago.\n> Either way, Canada will not go back to the way things were.\n> They can be better. But not like before. Period.

Trudeau is a weak leader! For the past 10 years, he has mismanaged Canada’s finances, leaving the country in a fragile position. Instead of focusing on Canada, he spent his time touring the world to defend Ukraine. He chose Ukraine over his own citizens—this is who Trudeau is, a traitor to his country!