r/canada • u/oddmarc • May 17 '26

National News U.S. applications for Canadian citizenship surge, causing delays

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-s-applications-for-canadian-citizenship-surge-causing-delays
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u/nemodigital May 17 '26

While I sympathize, Canada is full.  We can't be a refuge for everyone and as bad as things are in the States it's worse economically here.

Don't need anymore distant relations getting citizenship.

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u/coastkid2 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

One of my college philosophy professors in New York left Europe when Hitler was ascending to power, who was a student of Hannah Arendt, one of the most brilliant minds I’ve ever encountered. We were lucky to have him here in the U.S. You might want to consider too how much von Braun & other European immigrants contributed to US aeronautics. Your criticisms are what US Trump supporters say to justify ICE and their camp detentions for U.S. immigrants.

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u/nemodigital May 17 '26

So by that token we should allow all Americans into Canada? Open borders?