As a refugee, I hated Canada until one specific night. Now I see this as a stage in a journey (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] maporita@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

As a Canadian I'm proud of my fellow countrymen for helping and accepting refugees. Although most arrive here with nothing, studies have shown they benefit our society in the long run. They contribute massively to our economy and enrich our culture. They overcome daunting obstacles and become productive members of society, and they make Canada a better, fairer and more inclusive place

[+] XbSuper@lemmy.world -65 points 1 year ago

They also wash away our culture, and try to change laws to suit their lifestyle.

I'm not opposed to immigration or refugees, I would just prefer they assimilate into our society. Instead they try to turn it into the same shithole they came from (some of them, unfortunately the loud ones).

[-] lingh0e@lemmy.film 28 points 1 year ago

Your culture? So you're First Nations? Because those are the only people in Canada with a legitimate claim to having their culture washed away.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're part of our culture, we call ourselves a mosaic for a reason. I don't want a homogenized stale nothing culture, being multicultural is one of Canada's greatest strengths. You can take that "assimilate" garbage and shove it up your ass. I'd rather have immigrants who bring their own diverse cultures to our country than people like you stinking it up with racist talking points.

[-] rms1990@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

You don't homoginzed don't come to northwest Scarborough. Its mostly Chinese.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Scarborough literally has a reputation for being multicultural.

[-] rms1990@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

If you consider indo-chinese multicultural, sure.

[+] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -12 points 1 year ago

Diversity like not respecting women? There are a LOT of cultures that do not respect women. Doyou want that to be part of the mosaic too? I sure don't.

They can bring the good, but leave the bad.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

See, that's the racism I'm talking about. The bad is you, not the immigrants. I'd gladly leave you behind.

[-] rms1990@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Are you serious? They 100℅ treat women like shit.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've seen way more immigrant haters harassing women than immigrants. If your issue really is people harassing women then whether they're an immigrant or not should be irrelevant.

[-] rms1990@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Well get your ass otta Beeton ontario and see how it is in Scarborough

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago

Whatever. I'm sure you feel very secure in your snide dismissal.

I've witnessed it firsthand. I know plenty of women at my work whose quality of life has been degraded because of sexist immigrants harassing them. When I spoke up to them I was harassed in turn. There is a high turnover of new immigrant men at my work because they keep getting fired for harassing women.

I see immigrant men harassing women and showing sexist behavior that isn't okay in Canada. If saying I don't want that shit here is racist, then fine. I don't want that kind of misogynistic sexist asshole harassment behavior in my country.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You know what I've witnessed firsthand as a woman? A lot of racist dickheads like you harassing women. Especially immigrant women, though not limited to them. Y'all love to hide behind women when it's convenient for you to paint a group of people as villains, when in reality you couldn't give two shits about us when it doesn't benefit you.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago

Fuck off. I see what I see and I don't like it and it's not about their race it's about their behavior. If you want to call me names for that then fuck you.

[-] Beardwin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

There’s a lot of Canadians i know who don’t respect women, too. They were born here. They’re already part of our mosaic. What’s your solution to that?

[-] zappy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Oh boy you really need to read up on current events and history if you think Canada is some kind of femenist utopia

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not under any illusions there, but it's a lot better than India for example which is the largest immigrant group in my area.

I know how sexist rednecks and how many of them there are in small towns. And it's not okay either. But I see no reason to bring in more men with sexist attitudes.

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Sexism is already a problem we're actively dealing with in Canadian society. We're going to keep dealing with it, immigrants or not, until it's no longer a problem (hopefully sooner than later). You're acting like we're just letting them be sexist when in your own examples they keep getting fired for their unacceptable behaviour. Eventually, everyone from "sexist immigrants" to "sexist rednecks" are going to learn what is and isn't accepted in Canadian society.

None of this rhetoric actually supports your racist, anti-immigrant attitude. We're neither importing a new problem, nor are we allowing immigrants to break our social contract without facing appropriate consequences.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Bro our culture is coming over from Europe and committing genocide, the fuck you on about 💀

They're doing the same fucking thing your ancestors did hundreds of years ago minus the genocide.

[-] ChildrenHalveTraffic@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

You're white, right? An immigrant?

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Come to think of it, I haven't heard a native person spew this shit once.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

What Canadian culture? Canada is the land of immigrants and the diversity shown in Canada is incredible.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

I’m not opposed to immigration or refugees

Press X to doubt.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Canada: better than 50C heat and sandstorms. /s

The frostbite thing is awful. I feel like the Canadian government is pretty bad at holistic, helpful services. These pieces that describe how newcomers are dumped with virtually no supports don't make me feel any better.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Isn't that the immigrant life?

When did the culture go from immigrants working their own niche to immigrants asking for more support than the average citizen?

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Canada actively tries to find skilled immigrants in other countries, often countries with no concept of Canadian winters. I'm not saying that immigrants deserve "extra", I'm saying if we're going to spend money to try and bring in these highly skilled immigrants, we might as well ensure we keep our investment by preparing them for their first winter.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's why Vancouver grows so quickly lol

[-] Crow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

“and finally realized that as difficult as things were for me in Canada, they were far better than what my family faced in Sudan” it took a dust storm for her to realize this?

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's easy to see the past with rose-tinted glasses, I guess.

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