• snoons@lemmy.ca
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    Public opinion has tracked rising concern over immigration levels in Canada — to 30-year highs — driven largely by pressure on housing, health care and social supports, according to federal government data.

    LOL. If only those services weren’t chronically underfunded by neo-liberals and conservativerporate puppets, then there wouldn’t be any need to blame immigrants for the governments failure to be a fucking government.

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    Do people think the guy’s putting his $343 in an offshore account? That money gets circulated into the local economy really quickly. Last I read in the US, every $1 spent on SNAP generated something around $7 in economic impact.

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    We’ll deal with this after we get rid of Ford… And probably the 80 years it’ll take to economically recover from him.

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    This sends a message (add it to the giant pile of them) to the world that Canada is easily exploitable. Come here illegally, stay long enough and we’ll give you a free ride.

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      came to Canada in 1997 on a temporary work permit. Although his permit expired after four years, he never left.

      He was able to support himself by working cash jobs until 2023

      [applied] last fall

      I’d say 26 years working and trying to find work for 2+ more years is long enough for EI benifits. MPs get a pensions after only 6 years.

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      The only people sending this message are morons who think the NP is a reputable source of news and not conservative agiprop.

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      Judging by your incredibly racist comment, you currently lack the mental capacity to read more than a sentence.

      …he had come to Canada in 1997 on a temporary work permit. Although his permit expired after four years, he never left.

      He was able to support himself by working cash jobs until 2023 when he entered the homeless shelter system, he told the tribunal.

      2026-1997 = 29

      Twenty-nine years of work. That is not a free ride dumbass. Actually read the article before you share your racist viewpoints, and then please do share them so we can clown on you.

      Even if they weren’t working, one would have to ask, why not? Is it actually malicious, or something else? All in all, how can we help them become someone who can sustain the capacity to help others?