It’s a stunning, yet entirely predictable, turnaround in public opinion.
Less than a year ago, polling by Nanos Research showed 61 per cent of Canadians thought that immigration levels should either be increased or stay the same, in keeping with a decades-old consensus that welcomes newcomers to this country.
Public opinion has inverted, according to Nanos. In December, 61 per cent of Canadians said immigration levels should be reduced, with just 34 per cent still believing that Canada should maintain or increase the number of newcomers.
I think the alleged concensus around immigration was fraying far earlier especially among urban dwellers.
The myth was propped up by the fact that until recently merely raising the topic of immigration policy was to risk being labeled a racist by the political and chattering classes.
This was done at the behest of the corporate class who to this day dictate Canada’s immigration policy to the detriment of everyone save themselves and their political minions.
The stopper on immigration discussion was only removed in the past year as the ruling class no doubt sensed an imminent explosion.
It’s a start that ideally will result in the will of citizens being made paramount in designing immigration policy.
Our politicians have proven they cannot be trusted to act in our best interests.
One aspect of mass immigration the MSM refuses to address is the impact on society caused by the introduction of incompatible cultures.
Our MSM won’t touch Islam’s clash with western culture despite vast numbers of marauding Hamas supporters in the streets of every major western city.
Despite decades of living under the constant threat of Islamist terrorism and the encroachment of sharia law in society.
Islam’s harmful presence has been an exercise in the tolerance of the intolerant made possible by the elite’s embrace of racist doctrines such as DEI and CRT and the dissent crushing cancel culture bludgeons of official multiculturalism and diversity.
Not all cultures are equal and that is indisputable.
No wave of immigration has cost societies across the west more than Islam.
The dollars spent on domestic policing to keep the Hamas mobs in check is likely already in the millions in Canada alone.
The kowtowing of our political class to ethnic strongmen is a shameless insult to Canada and emboldens groups to import their pet hatreds and battle it out in our streets.
But no longer.
The sacred cows too long off limits in the polite society of our (Often government subsidized) betters are being slaughtered one by one.
Pity the MSM and our mainstream political parties remain behind the curve.
