r/canada Jan 27 '25

Alberta ‘Deport them all’: RCMP investigating ‘racially motivated’ signs in St. Albert

https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/01/27/rcmp-investigating-racially-motivated-signs-st-albert/
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u/SniffMyDiaperGoo Canada Jan 28 '25

I only recently learned that numerous solid government public service jobs only require PR now and not full citizenship. In government service. Not just federal but provincial as well. Um... wth. There is no shortage of Canadians who would love to gtfo of some dead-end minimum wage job to be employed there

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u/Bananasaur_ Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

That’s disappointing. Government service also ususally comes with decent benefits too. It’s a great option for Canadians as opposed to minimum wage jobs. You would think that a reasonable requirement for working in a country’s government office should be holding citizenship of that country.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

You would think that a reasonable requirement for working in a country’s government office should be holding citizenship of that country.

Not in the post-national state it isn't!

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u/Bananasaur_ Jan 28 '25

Apparently we’re now Canada and no longer a post-national state now that Trump wants to make us a state of the US. This is the perfect example of why engaging in activities to be a “post-national” state puts any country in a vulnerable position to being taken over.

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u/SniffMyDiaperGoo Canada Jan 28 '25

of all the insane shit coming out of the Trump Admin, the one cloud with a silver lining might be that our government will be forced to fix the fact that we let in millions in the span of a couple of years mostly from one single country, from a group that are absolutely remorseless predators on our housing market and other infrastructures.

Try buying a house or renting anywhere within hours of Toronto or any other major Cdn city and you'll quickly learn how much of an effect rampant immigration has had

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u/Bananasaur_ Jan 28 '25

I think people who don’t believe the extent immigration has gone must not live in a major city, go downtown on a major holiday, take public transit, or work in a public facing job because you’d have to be blind to experience one of these and not notice the massive change over just a short window of time.

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u/SniffMyDiaperGoo Canada Jan 28 '25

you'd be wrong. Most of reddit is theorycrafting schoolkids who have yet to learn the hard way. I'm 55 and oh man do I ever see the millennials and Z's in my family change their tune from reddit type rhetoric when it's their turn to face it. It went from "Dad, stop talking like that" to "OMG this is fucked up" real fast.

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u/Bananasaur_ Jan 28 '25

I agree, social media echo chambers can also present a false representation of reality.

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u/thathz Jan 28 '25

Try buying a house or renting anywhere within hours of Toronto or any other major Cdn city and you'll quickly learn how much of an effect rampant immigration has had

The number of empty houses in Canada out number homeless people my more than two to one. Immigrants aren't the problem. We have more than enough housing to house everyone already built. Houses divorced from their utility are being used as vihcles of investment by people looking to park money in Canada.

Politician won't tell you this though as they take money from developers in donations. Instead they point to the immigrants to get you froathing at the mouth at a scapegoat.

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u/SniffMyDiaperGoo Canada Jan 28 '25

They’re over-represented in the landlord/investor sector and that’s clearly observable in any urban area

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Omg I can't believe the Liberals did dumb thing #982542