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Canada’s immigration system, once admired for its fairness and balance, has drifted into crisis (www.thestar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is the crux of blaming immigrants for low wages, if the wages didn't suck already then you wouldn't have so many immigrants coming here. That's not on them, that's on domestic policy and employers fucking everyone over.

Happily, I don't think many people here are blaming immigrants for the system that's taking advantage of them. Most of the comments I've seen on Lemmy get that this is a policy failure by our governments, and that newcomers are getting screwed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Would you believe that's the whole ethos of the CanadaHousing2 subreddit, that it's the government's fault and they are taking advantage of immigrants and Canadians alike, but it gets labeled as a hate sub, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe not on here, but it is typical that is the problem I encounter with people who are vocally against immigrants. My experiences being my experiences(my algorithms online)

I didn't read through most of the comments before I felt like commenting, for whatever that's worth if anything

I don't know that I would agree that newcomers are necessarily getting screwed, not anymore than anyone else anyway. And I think that's why I have worked with so many. (Corporate greeeeeed)

Most of the people I work with still are better off than where that came from, it's still a better life for them comparatively, and like I mentioned, they often have skills(opinions, preferences, familiarity etc) that allow them to utilize their situation to make them happier than non immigrants typically find.

Against my experience, I don't mean to sorry for everyone else, but I do have first hand experience in this place so I feel comfortable offering an opinion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't know that I would agree that newcomers are necessarily getting screwed, not anymore than anyone else anyway. And I think that's why I have worked with so many. (Corporate greeeeeed)

Agreed, I think they're getting the same lousy experience the rest of us are: food and housing are expensive, the job market can be tough.

I do have first hand experience in this place so I feel comfortable offering an opinion

Thanks for posting. It's good to see that many immigrants are still finding Canada to be preferable to their home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Glad you found it worth reading