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Canada Is Ramping Up Deportations, with 400 a Week (thewalrus.ca)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
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[โ€“] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

They want to be able to track what age I am when I check a website, they want to track everywhere my car goes and everywhere I go with facial recognition, they want to track every electronic financial transaction I make, they want to catch every illegal torrent I download, but they don't (and want us to believe they can't be reasonably expected to) keep track of whether 2 million people have left our international borders and never returned?

I'm so sick of their bullshit, and so tired of being lied to like they think we're stupid, and so frustrated that so many people actually seem to be stupid enough to believe this garbage.

[โ€“] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The fact that there are targets is very worrying... what better way to encourage systemic evils when the easy targets run out?

Feels like it's just a matter of time before shit's going down up north here ๐Ÿซค

[โ€“] Smaile@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you actually read the post, you'd know those number are reliant on border hoping reports and data from the companys taking part in the fraudulent foreign hiring practices under Justin, its not a static number and will drop once a bulk has been processed.

I understand people want better lives, we all do, but you have to follow the rules so we don't have these problems in the first place, were currently ailing economically, removing people who aren't supposed to be here is a step we can take to help the people who did come here honestly or lived here first. just because some of you have high paying jobs doesn't mean you get to decide the moral framing of freeing up 'space' for citizen and foreigners who came to live here legally.

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

removing people who aren't supposed to be here is a step we can take to help the people who did come here honestly or lived here first.

Cite your evidence of how doing this will help anyone but the rich?

Additionally are you of Indigenous descent? ...because otherwise you just made an argument for your own deportation lol

[โ€“] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The corporations begging for cheap subservient labor are owned by the rich. The rich own all the real estate as well which is in huge demand after we tripled immigration the last few years. In what world is getting rid of the people they brought in to lower wage pressure after an inflationary event good for the rich?

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Because you are falling for the same stupid lie that the rich have always told in order to retain their power. They say "We need to kick the foreigners/people we treat like shit out so we can treat you better!" and you nod your head like a silly sheep.

It always has and always will be a bullshit lie.

The rich don't want the illegal labor gone, they want it to be more highly illegal so the leverage their workers have to advocate for humane working conditions is reduced.

Stop carrying water for people who want to crush you to pieces.

[โ€“] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I actually look at reports by the Bank of Canada that state how wage pressure was alleviated via immigration. I dont take Fox News as gospel.

Explain to me mechanically how flooding the market with labor doesnt depress wage pressure, I'd be curious how you think it works. Do jobs just spring up, despite the fact the infrastructure clearly doesnt exist to even house these people much less create new export markets?

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Explain to me how your market is being "flooded".

[โ€“] maplesaga@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh you've really been living under a rock. Well heres a fun game that the CBC made that shows how we tripled the immigration rate:

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/draw-it/immigration/

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh jeez that is tragic, damn, it is too bad that Canada is probably the most land starved nation on earth. No space. Nope, sorry all fullllllllll up there!

It also sucks that you can't let any more immigrants in because when you have a problem as a nation and you pool more enterprising minds together to solve it actually it gets harder to solve because more new helpful people undermine the other helpful people, that is how people work. This is a serious cult I am part of and it is very scientific okay?

Also, are you of indigenous descent?

[โ€“] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The problem with Canada is the NIMBY and zoning laws that prevent density generally. Its slow to build, except in places like Alberta which are actually speeding things up. We have some of the highest housing prices globally and the most restrictive zoning laws.

As far as indigenous people I'm not sure your point, we were all born here and we all owe our standard of living to modern technology produced globally, as rent seekers in Canada attempt to pull up the ladder behind them. Is it a gate keeping comment of some kind, and are indigenous people not affected by housing shortages?

[โ€“] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Explain to me mechanically how flooding the market with labor doesnt depress wage pressure

If I understand supersquirrel's comment correctly, they're not saying that it doesn't depress wages. They're saying that making the presence of these workers illegal after bringing them in will cause wages to drop even further.

[โ€“] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ah as in they'll be hired Mexico labor style.

[โ€“] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, your clearly biased and don't understand the nuances of foreigners workers.

many of these so called professional often don't take into account the many paths these people can take and the fact that the supposed growth is actually just false bloat thanks to undercutting local labor,

  • They can send money home, not spending it here.

  • They can choose to retire back home, not retire here and spend the money they made here.

  • As cruel as it may sound, they can bring dependents here, family that may need medicine they weren't getting back home, if they're old or can't work, thats a money sink (admittedly I don't really like bringing this up for obvious reason but its something to note)

  • are they working with union here, are they supporting those institution that moderate corporations.

and these are just the points I can name off the top of my head for legal immigrants, illegals won't even pay into tax cuz often they're working under the table among other possible negatives we can't account for involving potential crime.

we don't say this because we hate brown people or some shit, we say this because if we cant even take care of our own fully fledged citizens, why would we be taking in refuges. 50% of canadian don't even have a doctor to see for god sake.

its hard being nice to everyone, its damn near impossible when your a national leader.

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

its hard being nice to everyone

Apparently for you it is :)

You are one of those devotees of the Cult Of Everything Is Always A Zero Sum Game No Matter What aren't you?

[โ€“] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

see, there it is, your just a bitter person with no anwsers. no more responses for you.

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Cool cool, promise me not to vote though ok?

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The shitty part about Trump is that he isn't just an evil dumbass, he is also a mirror of the worst kind of scumbag ideology that exists the world over. They all resonate together as if their buttplugs were set to vibrate at the same frequency in unison like the hum of analgels.

[โ€“] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is hoping to sustain an annual target of 20,000 over the next couple of years.

The best way to hit those numbers would be to let loads more undocumented immigrants slip in

[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

We should ask Trump, he knows people that do human trafficking and stuff I think.