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A recent poll found that older Canadians would prefer less immigration to Canada, reports Global News. Despite this, members of the “Boomer” generation demonstrated great support for the Liberals in the election. On yesterday’s Rebel Roundup livestream, Drea Humphrey and David Menzies asked: what gives? 

“A lot of that I blame [on] just information. It's where people are getting their information from,” said Drea. “A lot of people are totally in the dark [about] just how much this is not a feasible plan, the way that we're moving forward.”

“I've met these people, people who have immigrated to Canada, legally, years or even decades ago, and they're against mass migration, even from people from their old homelands,” added David. “So let's not put this through the prism of, you know, this is some kind of a racist, you know, mandate.” 

“I think that this boils down to the power of identity politics, and in this case, it's the war against Trumpism, the war against ‘MAGA,’” said Drea. “And so you have people who voted because they felt like somehow they're voting against Trump — who of course remains the president and keeps, you know, extending his power… People are still on that team, and I think they don't see the connection to Carney when it comes to issues that are right here in Canada, that are affecting us and everything.”