Canadians Want More Immigration Says Propaganda Poll

Indeed:

This survey is based on telephone interviews conducted (via landline and cellphones)with 2,000 Canadians between September 8 and 23, 2020. A sample of this size drawn from the population produces results accurate to within plus or minus 2.2 percentage points in 19 out of 20 samples. …

Perhaps the most striking aspect of this latest trend is that it has taken place all across the country and among all demographic segments of the population; in some cases especially so where opinions about immigration have been the least positive, including Albertans and Canadians with lower levels of education and income, as well as supporters of the federal Conservative Party. While divisions remain along regional, generational and political lines, in some cases these have diminished over the past year. This suggests that whatever fault lines may continue to divide Canadians, immigration is now less likely than before to be among them. What lies behind this growing public support for immigration and refugees is not immediately apparent from the survey data itself. It may be in part a response to the pandemic (e.g., a “we are all in this together” reaction). It could be a reaction to the alarming political instability south of the border in the USA (“we are not like them”). And it may reflect a solidifying public consensus that Canada’s economy (and one’s own livelihood) depends on making space for newcomers, especially this year when the economy needs all the help it can get.

 

(Sidebar: for a  conclusive and unbiased poll, it sure does list some rather obvious partisan bogey-men like Alberta, the Tories and the good, old US of A.)

 

Yes, about that: 

New data suggests that Canadians are feeling skittish about any future increases in immigration levels for the next 12 months. 

Fifty-two per cent of those polled by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies want to see the currently low levels of immigration maintained for at least a year.

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For example, a recent telephone survey of 1,320 Canadians by the federal immigration department revealed by Blacklock’s Reporter, found a strong minority of Canadians surveyed — 41% — think the Trudeau government’s target of allowing 341,000 immigrants into Canada this year is too high.

Slim majorities agreed that “immigrants need to do more to integrate into Canadian society” (51%) and “Canada should focus on helping unemployed Canadians, rather than looking for skilled immigrants for our workforce” (52%).

That doesn't sound like a font of unquestioning support for a socially mandated platitude.

Consider this: Canada has the highest unemployment rate of any G7 country. Much of the country is in some form of lockdown. One-third of Canadians may never recover financially from this lockdown. Schools are operating at half of the capacity at best. With what money or jobs (aside from a handful of menial and low-paying jobs) would these people be provided for? How would a lottery system, touted to reunite people with grandparents who have not paid into the system but will benefit from it, make Canada a more of a functioning democracy than allowing in skilled workers who are financially capable of caring for themselves and are less likely to be socially or culturally at odds with the existing population?

 

I'm sure someone will answer those questions eventually.