Toronto Star contributor promotes more mass migration to counter Trump

"By reducing immigration levels, Canada is facing the economic fight of our lives with one arm tied behind our back," claims Toronto Star contributor Lisa Lalande.

On Wednesday's live stream, Sheila Gunn Reid and Lise Merle discussed a Toronto Star opinion piece claiming that Canada needs more immigration to 'successfully fight Trump.'

Sheila criticized the article for failing to take into account the significant negative consequences of the Trudeau Liberals' mass immigration policies.

"The one thing that has really driven up the cost of living, outside of Justin Trudeau's overspending and the carbon tax, has been his out of control immigration levels and the burden that places on housing, our roads, our infrastructure, our healthcare system, our social safety net, our schools, all of that," she said.

In October of last year, Trudeau announced that Canada would be reducing its immigration targets until 2027. The move came in response to significant public backlash on immigration policy and sliding polling numbers.

As part of the move, the Liberals decreased their 2025 immigration target from 500,000, to 395,000, an over 20% reduction.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has condemned Trudeau’s “radical uncontrolled immigration” policies for contributing to Canada's declining standard of living.

“Trudeau suddenly admitted that ‘radical uncontrolled immigration’ and policies related to it are partly to blame for joblessness, [and the] housing and healthcare crises,” Poilievre told reporters in October.

“Conservatives will fix what Trudeau and the NDP-Liberals broke. We will restore the best immigration system in the world,” he said.

Call the Election!

21,941 signatures
Goal: 25,000 signatures

Justin Trudeau is gone — but Canadians never voted for his replacement. The Liberal Party has installed unelected banker Mark Carney as Prime Minister. Why should Canadians accept another leader without a mandate? It’s time for a federal election now — not when it’s convenient for the Liberals. Sign the petition and demand that Mark Carney call an election immediately!

Will you sign?

Rebel News

Staff

Articles written by staff at Rebel News to help tell the other side of the story. 

COMMENTS

Showing 2 Comments

Please check your e-mail for a link to activate your account.
  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-02-13 22:34:50 -0500
    What useful idiots TorStar folks are. Pierre Poilievre must get bolder about stopping immigration, especially illegal immigration. And send all those temporary foreign workers home, along with foreign students. Canada is for Canadians, not grifters.
  • Bernhard Jatzezck
    commented 2025-02-13 21:03:30 -0500
    Cutting immigration only reduces the amount of cheap labour that’s available.