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Very well done video & Thank YOU for showcasing the point of view from "real Canadians". As an immigrant who came to this country & fell in love with its culture 40 years ago, it's appalling to see how our beautiful first world country is quickly becoming a gutter. The newcomers these days are the privileged ones. All of us need to speak up, especially those of us immigrants who retain our original accents &/ non-white because our white fellow Canadians are accused of being racist whenever they do (though many could learn to be more eloquent. ie. go back to your country does NOT help)! I see it as my Canadian duty to remind "misbehaving" newcomers the reason they left their country in the first place. ie. You chose Canada for a better life, so why try to change it into the one you left? ie. Help me understand your logic? Why not leave your hate & war at the border; just like normal folks won't bring stinky garbage into their new homes. Life is challenging enough when you uprooted to a new country (especially our unforgiving cold Winter). So, just focus on the positive things in your new country & leave all your miseries behind... ie. Learn to adapt & enjoy your new country. Canada is a great country because of the love & effort of those before you, so now you are the beneficiary. Join the legacy by enhancing this beautiful country & its culture, so you can pass on this century old legacy for later newcomers to enjoy, like you do now. What dignity do you have & what kind of life lessons to your children by bullying your culture & religion into Canada at the expense of other Canadians? This will fracture Canada if everyone does that. Do you want this country to become so fractured & terrible that your descendants have to leave for a better country, like you did? Is that what your religion teaches you? Does it state it's perfectly fine to satisfy all your whims & wishes at the expense of others? Are you striving for Canadians to think badly of your race/culture? Are you being a good ambassador to your race/community/culture/religion? Canadians are so friendly & helpful, if you need help, just ask, please don't demand. Learn the language & it's ok to speak broken/pigeon English with gestures to communicate. No one expects you to be an English scholar; you gain respect for trying. Apply some basic Canadians manners, which goes a long way... Please & Thank You, Smile doesn't cost you anything, besides it's good exercise for your facial muscles. I worked my entire career with the public, I very seldom encounter negative feedback when I do the above. If they get nasty, I tell them that's definitely not the Canadian way to make friends & wish them Good Luck! I also make a point in telling the wealthy ones "Tax Avoidance is legal (I'm more than happy to show them), but Tax Evasion is not! Then reminding them....Canada will be bankrupt eventually if everyone don't pay their fair share of taxes. ie. You may not suffer, but your children/grandchildren will. Worst Case scenario, you didn't get the necessary medical care when you most needed it!!! We should lobby for a mandatory course that all newcomers have to take & PASS a test about Canadian culture & expectations. If they fail, no citizenship for sure! But that would be another hornets nest because our parliament will debate over definition of "Canadian Culture" for decades. Welcome to Canada!😂

Don't pull Trump out. This is the only way he can destroy the United States to become North Korea having no friends. I like to see that happening since I don't live there. I put my money at safe place and wait for financial crisis to come. Please do more crazy stuff Trump. I can't wait for other countries to join force against Trump. But I feel sorry for the next president. He will have a hell of mess to solve.

Can I please become a Canadian?

I am so glad those countries are standing up to this bully and his fascist party. I am also glad he is putting tariffs on them which means things over here will become higher for all of us. Yes the good is going to have to suffer with those that wanted to see how it feels to have this country ran by the lawless, no morals racists people in this country. To have rapist, drunks and traitor to this country in charged. And those White people that voted for him they are going to feel it to maybe even more because he takes his money right out of their account every month and they can not stop it. They need to listen to Billy Graham sermon called Choices. Please do not never think Franklin Graham is like his father he is not he is like the father that Christ speaks about in John 8 verse 44 and all those that voted for Trump and helped spread or spreading his lies. The word called them oligarchies and Trump calls them his people but the bible calls the MAGA party, the false men and women that help spreads his lies and those that worship Trump an Idolater. All of them are from Franklin Graham to the proud boys. These so call men and women of their god have deceived many for him. Those corrupted judges or no different than the proud boys. The whole MAGA party is no different than the proud boys. These people are no different than the racists proud boys, 700 club, TBN, Jentezen Franklin, Donnie Swaggart, John Hagee, Jim Jordan, Mike Johnson, Mike Huckabee, Paula White. No different just different level in life but in God's eyes they all on the same worshipping a man. And to the rich read about the rich man that went to hell, and about the rich man that built his barn. We only make them strong they can only do what we allowed them to do. There are more good in this country than those evil people. I hear a man say you can take 100 evil people and make millions fall in line and do what they say because they fear what the evil people can do. One thing I do know for sure God and me are enough... but God and me and millions more of children we will do just fine in the next two years and more.

I just saw a news reports about 4 Singh smashing 25 cars in Brampton being arrested, and another news reports about a Singh being killed. If this continues, in 20 years at most, Singh can become prime minister. I have never been comfortable with J Singh, the NDP leader, please disappear from my sight!

28-year-old Female Sydneysider from Australia here. Apologise in advance for the long post and rambling.\n\n\nNot sure if it is just me, so please correct me if I am wrong. Just probably now too overly 'realistically too cynical'. So please take my input with a grain of salt. 

For context’ sake, for most of my adulthood I have always been poor & I am born with special health needs (E.g. disabilities).
\n\n\nSometimes on forums we are often contrasted to Canada, for some reason. Both Canada and Australia have remarkably similar problems with a different coat of paint. Sydney, for instance, has always been high up in the list of the cities with the highest cost of living in the world. Usually within the top 10-20. 

COVID-19 obviously made this issue clearer in some circumstances because we couldn't 'work' at all. Unless you were an essential service worker, to mentally block out personal and local difficulties.\n\n\nWe still have not recovered from that 2–3 years global shutdown. The only reason I was allowed to work for a period was because I work for the animal industry and aid in animal welfare. 

I still lost my job due to COVID-19 regardless and knew I would never get a decent job again. Merely just the last poor sod on the boat to be thrown off. 

Could not become a vet nurse despite working very hard. Just because no one wants to give me '2-years permanent paid experience’ to be taken seriously. 

At the same time, way too many employers will happily take 2+ years of veterinary students volunteering at their vet clinic. With the vague promise of a permanent job.

Which, of course, never happens, then say we are being too demanding or spoilt for politely asking for said job.\n\n\nHow are we supposed to pay off our student debt if any financial service expects us to have a per meant job to pay anything off??

 No, they do not want to train nor help you. They just want free labour, then kick you out once your time is up. All my jobs have been casual, and my animal industry has already become heavily casual based ages ago. Permanent job is like looking for a magical unicorn.\n\n\nSo, even if you and your relatives lived in the way outer suburbs of Sydney for decades, being typically considered roughly lower-middle socio-economic families. 

The younger adults and kids all know and have been aware for years, they have no future at all due to having an inflated cost of living. Sugar-coating it, saying it might go in a positive direction, sounds like a blatant lie. We all know it is a lie.\n\n\nNowadays, in contrast to the late nineties and early 2000s when I was just a tiny naive kid that didn't know any better. There seems to be a more jarring split between the income brackets of what the country assumes who is poor, middle class or rich today. 

\n\nBy today's standards, my family is no longer even considered close to the very lower end of the middle class if you were reaching hard. We are considered 'poor' just because my parents do not earn roughly $50,000 — $150,000 AUD a year on their own in 2023. When I worked, I usually earned $30,000-$35,000 AUD or less per year before COVID-19 happened.\n\n\n(Source — https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/middle-class-aussies-were-living-better-in-the-early-2000s-than-they-are-today/news-story/fe173db5bbe2b705a8d05df8c5cb14ee)\n\n\nLife is only comfortable living there if you're a selfish landlord, a nepo baby, new money or old money.\n\n\nI feel like most governments and other systems are only strictly being run by sociopathic narcissists that only want us to stay poor to remain in poor conditions to benefit off of. Wouldn’t want any kid to be born in a world where there are no safe guarantees for their future if their guardian unexpectedly passes away or can longer care for them. 

When something does not change within roughly 5–10 years, it is more than simply just valid for us to feel like we cannot fix what has been broken.

Remember, do not connect the cleaning drones with radio. Goes to X-ray and Geesten camera and automatic charging signal. I have a request for everyone, we are from the East and I am from Chemnitz. In order to make money at the moment, please work with all clubs in the East. Let's show them that football is a party, fun and joy and intelligence and not a commercial battle together in the East. Me for you, you for me. Think about the 3D glass light arch with parchment or UV or window paint with RGB slow color change. I did a lot of crafting with it in the past. You can also use a projector to mirror the front window of a real stadium. Or make a holodeck from simple hologram projectors around squares and cubes. Magnifying glass and glass floor walls ceiling.Think about the party then also all around for football fans.❤?❤ Horizontal generators for airflow with generators in the track bed, derivation of airflow, transmission to propeller with U rail and extra permanent magnetic field. m arcel magnet. Electricity for the whole city.❤?❤in buses and trains too. Artificial trees with air purification and cooling functions with RGB colors also around stadium screens and parties. Foldable and reusable even in storms and fires and wind protection. Even in cities. Foldable as fire protection in forests and cleaning air and protection from drying out and creating new vegetation and water supplies, deserts become flable due to less evaporation, convert seawater into groundwater, ionize and condense. Humidity and coolness.❤?❤m arcel,m agnet

PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM YOU!!!...I WAS FALSELY ACCUSSED OF A CRIME BY A WHORE THAT I WAS ABOUT TO MARRY FROM COLOMBIA., WHOM I BROUGHT HERE ON A FIANCEE VISA… ALL SHE HAD TO DO ONCE SHE GOT HERE, WAS TO STATE THAT I FORCED HER TO BECOME A SLAVE, AND POINTED A GUN TO HER HEAD.. I FOUND OUT LATTER, THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY SCHOOLS IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT WILL TRAIN SUCH PEOPLE,.. ON HOW TO BEAT THE UNTIED STATES LAW’S, USING THE “U” VISA.THIS ALLOWS ANY FALSE ACCUSATION, MERELY THE ACCUSATION TO GAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE UNITED STATES!!..PLEASE GO AND RESEARCH THIS FOR YOURSELF !....ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS LAW, BUT THE SCUM THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO ALLOW INTO THIS COUNTRY !...….IT IS USED 100’S OF TIMES A DAY…, EVERY DAY.. TO INDICT INNOCENT AMERICAN CITIZENS, WITH MERELY ONE LIE !!...AND NOT ONE SINGLE WITNESS AGAINST ME, OTHER THEN THAT WHORE!!!!!!!....AND….IS STILL DONE EVEN TO THIS VERY DAY !!... BUT IT IS NEVER REPORTED BY THE LEFT WING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED PRESS !!!!!!!!..DONT BELIEVE ME ????……GO RESEARCH THE “U” VISA YOURSELF AND SEE!..IT WAS CREATED BY ALL DEMOCRATS AND MADE LAW..IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE SCUM PEOPLE BECOME UNITED STATES CITIZENS, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ONCE THEY ARE IN THE STATES,..IF THEY SHIT OUT A BABY, THEY AUTOMATICALY BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS !....ITS THE GODS TRUTH ! RESEARCH THIS FOR YOURSELF, IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME !!.. THIS HAPPENS 1,00’S OF TIMES A DAY,.EVERY SINGLE DAY!.DON’T BELIEVE ME ??.........GO RESEARCH THIS FOR YOURSELF !!!!!... THEN,…THEY GET FREE HOUSING, FOOD STAMPS, WELFARE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE,…AND THE LIST GOES ON !!!.. IT’S THE GODS TRUTH !!!.....MY HEARING WENT ON FOR 9 MONTHS... ON ONE LIE ONLY, .......I LOST OVER $300,000 LONG STORY SHORT...ATTENTION TO THE READER!.. THERE ARE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, WHO TEACH THESE WHORES HOW TO BEAT OUR SYSTEM..AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT,!!!.....THEY USE OUR OWN LAWS TO WORK AGAINST US !.. JOE BIDEN WANTS THEM HERE TO VOTE DEMOCRAT.. AND ALL OF THE ESTIMATED 27 MILLION,..YES,..I SAID 27 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ….WHO SLITHERED INTO THIS COUNTRY….ARE HERE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S HELP!!! DON’T BELIEVE ME ?..GO THE THE INTER NET, AND VERIFY THIS FOR YOURSELF !!...... BEFORE GOD, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH !!!!!....I SENT OVER 100 LETTERS TO FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND NOBODY GAVE A RATS ASS, THAT IS ALSO TRUE…, THIS HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO, AND KEEP IN MIND, WITH OUT NOT ONE SINGLE WITNESS AGAINST ME !!!!!!....ITS THE GOD’S TRUTH !!!!......BUT….. THIS IS STILL HAPPENING TO DAY !.. WE ARE NOW OVER 32 TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO PAY IT OFF!.THAT IS THE GOD’S TRUTH !....DON’T BELIEVE ME ?....GO RESEARCH THIS FOR YOURSELF!... ……SCUM DEMOCRATS DON’T GIVE A RATS A ABOUT THE AMERICAN TAX PAYER..BUT BY ALLOWING ALL THIS ILLEGAL SCUM INTO OUR COUNTRY, THEY ARE BUYING THEIR VOTE WITH OUR TAX MONEY !.....I SPIT ON ALL OF THEM !!!!!…

I see this done a lot but there's a big difference between correlation and causation. Your Rbc example shows the top people all white, including women I may add. It's very ingenuous to claim racism based purely on who has risen to the top. Would you call the NBA racist because blacks overwhelmingly are represented or did they get there because they were the best? It's really exhausting having to correct leftist talking points based on nothing.\nThis is the problem today, racism is used so much that it's become little more than name calling because people, usually on the left, call anyone they disagree with racist.\nYou dislike illegal immigration? Racist. You can be pro lawful immigration but have the wrong opinion and your a racist.\nHate crimes? These are incredibly rare and are often skewed politically, largely for reasons I just explained but if an indigenous man assaults an Asian lady, it's less likely to be labeled a hate crime as, say a white male doing the exact same.\nNot so common here but in the US, there are numerous examples of blacks assaulting Asians and orthodox jews and the media will cleverly imply it's whites by saying white supremacy is on the rise, then give the stats on hate crimes, most of which were not committed by whites. It's this kind of media manipulation that creates an inaccurate impression.\nNow, for the indigenous, yes, there is systemic racism. We have an entire governmental system treating natives differently with reserves, different taxes, hunting rights etc by definition it's systemically racist although many are a benefit.\nI also agree with your comment on Quebec with it's strong almost nationalist attitudes towards maintaining it's French heritage at the expense of individual rights.\n, please don't label someone or an organization as racist just because a bunch of white people occupy top positions without evidence that racism was the cause when it could just be they were the best candidates. Is it not best to not always assume the absolute worst before coming to a conclusion? It's like our legal system based on a biblical tale of choosing to let a 100 guilty go free than condemn a single innocent man. A founding principle to modern western countries that should apply here.\nBeing racist is a serious and nasty accusation that should be thrown only when it's established. I don't call someone a child killer just because I disagree with their politics and to do so is an a front to genuine victims. \nI'd argue Canada is one of the least racist nations on Earth. Name a country, you think is LESS racist, I'm curious, what would you suggest? I would counter that racism or xenophobia is far more common in non western countries.\nI would suggest countries in Asia, Africa and others with less multicultural populations harbor more racist sentiment towards other races. Visit Japan, very xenophobic but no one dares call them racist because it doesn't promote the leftist stereotype of white man racism.\nThere's a reason you never saw racism but had to be lectured by holier than thou self flagulating liberals about the scourge of racism, it's mostly a fabrication. These same people can never give a factual example beyond what you provide with the Rbc example. If it's that bad you would think they can provide real evidence.\nHave you actually met or seen racism in Canada? You probably have a better chance being struck by lightning.

How Dirty immigrants can help United State. I don’t care too much about them, but I want to share what we can get from these immigrants and how we can exploit everything and take advantage. \n \n1. Cheaper Tacos. \nI’m seeing some crazy Taco prices in my area. But We can lower the cost of tacos by bringing in more immigrants. More immigrants mean taco shops, taco shops make hot tacos and more tacos in the supply chain is all we need to bring Taco prices down. which means we can eat more tacos. Immigrant = Taco shop = Cheap Tacos = happy tummy \n \n2. Your precious time! \nWhy clean your own Cars, or your pets which take hours and hours. Your time is precious. You can save so much time for so little money and with that time you can work for even more money or go have a great time. Let’s all live like KING! Apply this to everything thing in your life you majestic being. \nCheap Labor + Little Money = More Money and Time \n \n3. Be a Great person without doing anything! \nWe want to be good neighbors, but my room is just too comfy. I know that feeling but you don't get many chances in life to help someone, this is our chance! Also, they are doing all the work. Let us all pretend that we did something and let them in. After this we can go back to playing video games or watching our favorite shows. \n \nYes. In the beginning They will need help since they came here so poor. But don’t you lift a finger. There are Church groups and Organization and if they are lucky, they might have family member. Our government could also pitch in if they really want as they can think of them as a small investment. A seed for the bigger picture, and we think big. We have abandoned neighborhoods and empty buildings and I would rather have hard-working people take over instead of all these crack-up druggies calling themselves homeless. This will build and strengthen our neighborhoods and trickle into a stronger country. \n \n4.Can’t own Slaves anymore, but we got the next best thing. \nCheap labor. We need to have our own Giant Factories and more Labor force and Health care worker relief. Let them in but they must work hard and cheaply and take Jobs most Americans don't want as they are starting from the bottom. Until they master English, they are not a threat to any jobs that you might want, and most don't even bother to learn which is good for us. \n \nHealthcare workers are working too hard. Let’s use migrants and help them out, immigrants can do all the labor-intensive and poop work so our healthcare workers can focus more on the health of the patients. This will reduce hospital bills since labor is a major cost to any business. We will also all receive better care at the hospital. \n \nUS companies and foreign companies are building factories in India or in Mexico when the same workers are at our doors. Let's build them here in the USA and we English speakers will have to manage them unfortunately since that’s the language of the Country. If you speak Spanish and English, you are going to have many jobs. \nEverything important should be made in America with all these workers. We can all have our own factories and business and exploit cheap labor flocking to our Great Country. We must use this to our advantage while it lasts. \nCheap labor we can Build houses that are affordable. Fix all the infrastructure we have been crying about. \n \n5. If War we're ready! \nIf we ever have another World War first one to go are minorities and poor people so, not only does it provide us with a bigger army, but you might not be first to get drafted. Not only that but because we have immigrants we would have stronger ties to those immigrant countries which can come in handy later. You never know which country will become the next global leader and we can always use military support. \n \nIf there are other legal exploitation, we can benefit from having immigrants into our Great nation please share! Thank you!

Canadian here. I want to make one thing clear: *WE ARE A REAL COUNTRY WITH VERY STRICT IMMIGRATION LAWS!* I myself am an immigrant, although I came here as a baby. People seem to be under the impression that Canada is some sort of utopia that welcomes every single immigrant with open arms and sings “Hakuna Matata” with them. No, we are an actual country with stricter immigration laws than the US. Yes, we love diversity. Yes, it is our strength. But that doesn’t mean everyone is fair game. I’m not even specifically referring to this man here. All so-called refugees who already had made it to the US. If you were a refugee in the US and then come to Canada, OF COURSE we’re not gonna automatically grant you refugee status. Jesus Christ.\n\nTrudeau is not being a hypocrite. Of course we appreciate and welcome immigrants. But We. Have. Laws. End of discussion.\n\nEdit: I want to make it clear that I support immigrants. I voted Liberal and I will again. Either them or NDP. I’m just so sick of people thinking they can waltz into Canada and become a resident. “If Trump gets elected again, I’m moving to Canada!” Please ?

I am an American. Please help this man if you can. We love our Canadian brothers. I can't help you. You have to help yourselves. Become a strong country again. Leave the left go to the right. I will always pray for Canada. Be strong and vigelent. May God bless Canada!

Let's face the reality. Discrimination is a fact of life whether it's legal or not. But it's not all about race. Anyone can be discriminated against because of the way they look, act, dress, even the way they walk and talk. You can have two people from the same ethnic group and they can have a totally different experience. For me, it's mostly positive. Not only it's positive, I felt I have an upper hand because of my race. If people like you, they will be color blind. If they don't, it doesn't matter what race you are. So please stop this type of racial dividing message. What you should promote is property etiquette in different cultures and help people become part of the melting pot and understand each other better so we can all get along.

Indeed ~ this conversation needs to be bigger, longer, more. Any day. Any time. Thank you, Tracy for sharing this topic with us. As a white woman who married a West African and is now raising a young girl, I crave these conversations. You’re the best! Knowledge is power. We have become more comfortable talking about body shapes, gender, learning differences. Please, can we normalize melanin as a safe and thoughtful conversation topic? Keep sharing your awesomeness with us all!

While I am daily trying to pass the English test to be eligible for getting Canadian PR, these people just pay money and get PR easily. Even I knew a lot of foreign students are paying money for faked marriage to become Canadian citizen, what a shame on that. I can afford that money but I never want to break the rule. Please prove that Canada government has created fair and equal immigration system for all people.