“Why Are Canadians Becoming More Against Immigration?” Canada Immigration | IRCC

We’ll discuss the reasons behind the rising anti-immigration sentiment in Canada in this blog. In a recent survey conducted by the organization Ledger for Association of Canadian Studies, 60% of participants said there were too many immigrants—a 10% rise from February.

It’s becoming clear that Canada’s opposition to high immigration rates is fueled by xenophobia, which targets the largest group of recent arrivals: Indians, especially Sikhs. In a recent survey conducted by the organization Ledger for Association of Canadian Studies, 60% of participants said there were too many immigrants, a 10% rise over February.

In March 2019, 35% of respondents said that the appropriate amount of immigrants were entering the nation, compared to 49% who disagreed. Now, the latter percentage has fallen to 28%. According to the group, anti-immigration sentiment is at its peak in this century.

The largest immigration group is made up of Indians. The Sikh community is the most noticeable among them due to their unique appearance, regardless of whether they are long-term inhabitants or are in the country temporarily on visas such as study permits. Due to this, there have been racist physical attacks in Ontario alone over the past several months. Local police have even designated one incident that happened in the town of Peterborough as a hate crime.

Four teenage lads knocked someone’s Durban off and spit on him early on July 25, according to a press statement from Peterborough police. Online attacks have also increased. These have included claims of open defecation, which have been supported by signs depicting a turbaned person’s quad hard as a cost of living crisis that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has not been able to sufficiently address.

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It’s noteworthy to note that, according to a political science professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, the country’s anti-immigration stance has evolved. It was once said that individuals from the third world were migrating to Canada to steal our jobs. Immigrants, particularly foreign students, are now bringing in billions of dollars, and some claim that this has increased prices.

Dr. Baines has expressed alarm over the aggressive response, stating that intentional and flagrant racism is being seen at this particular moment. According to this false information, “immigration racialized communities are part of the larger tropes that are constant in Canada that immigration is bad for Canada.” The xenophobia that permeates our communities is not met with much resistance from Canadians. Baines is the British Columbian director of the South Asian Studies Institute.

Political pundits such as Spencer Fernando have labeled this as misplaced rage. He recently pointed out that some have gone beyond criticizing the effects of unsustainable immigration and appear to be focused on demonizing Canadians, frequently using explicit racist language, to prevent Canada from losing its soul or its sense of basic decency as a result of the backlash to failed government policy.

He said that people like Poal, who saw racism virtually daily when his family relocated to Vancouver in 1979, are concerned about the country’s shift from one that was kind to immigrants to one that is suspicious of them. Although there hasn’t been much overt bigotry towards immigrants of Indian descent in Canada recently, he was concerned that it would start to surface once more.