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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

All our media is controlled by right wing groups (edit: excl. CBC) I wouldn't take that as a representation of the overall sentiment of the population.

We are looking at an election soon however so hesitation makes sense.

[–] OneTwoThree@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't reading news articles so much as I as reading Reddit comments (back when I still used Reddit), which is certainly still not a completely comprehensive read of the whole Canadian population, but it's about as close as I can get without being in Canada myself. To be honest though, having most of the media controlled by right wing groups is another concern, though I do hope your elections go well

I think it's important to remember immigration isn't just some lever you can turn on and off: "oh we're having issues with quality of life so let's stop letting immigrants in," "oh but we want highly educated people like doctors so lets let them in." Prospective immigrants will remember at best the wishy-washy stance on whether or not immigrants should be let in, at worst the outright xenophobic sentiment they had heard. This especially goes for people in highly educated professions like doctors, who are desirable immigrants in any countries, and thus have options to pick and choose where they want to go.

I know when my parents (who are both doctors) started looking into investing a bit in other countries, Canada wasn't even considered, they went straight to investing in Europe. When I told them I was looking into foreign colleges, they suggested schools in New Zealand, in Germany, in Sweden.. they didn't once recommend Canada. Well, this is just anecdotal evidence, and I'm sure many many American doctors will flee to Canada. But I wouldn't assume just because doctors are leaving the US necessarily means they're going to Canada

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

/r/Canada was taken over by right wing groups too. The rest of us migrated to /r/onguardforthee (before coming here).

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Onguardforthee is trash. Echo chamber.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No more than /r/canada

At least a few years ago. Who knows how they've both devolved since.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Yea there aren't really any good canadian subreddits