Immigration in Canada has always worked because we’ve always had control of the walls and the doors
Canada has always been an outlier on immigration. That was true long before the Trudeau government. Compared to other rich countries, we had a relatively wide and open door. But around the door were walls, which were also higher than those in Europe or the United States.
That’s a big part of why Canada had no significant anti-immigration movement demanding that we “take back control” of our borders. We had control. We had law-and-order, liberal immigration. The former created acceptance for the latter. It was a precondition, not a paradox. It’s an issue that has long roiled U.S. politics and whose role in the election of Donald Trump – and his unfortunately likely re-election – cannot be understated. In Canada, this was never a political issue, because the phenomenon was more rare. Why was it rare? Because coming to this country without permission was difficult. Why difficult? Because of the bureaucratic walls. The ones holding up the door.
The count of non-legal residents has likely gone much higher under the Liberals. And the count will probably continue to climb, because the number of people in Canada on expired visas is set to explode. The number of visas on offer was effectively unlimited. The notion that Canada was vetting anyone went out the window. Bye-bye walls.
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