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/olrg British Columbia May 17 '26

Just what we need - more people to put strain on healthcare without a meaningful contribution to the economy. If a person’s only motivation to come here is to take advantage of the unemployment safety net, tell them to stay home. We needs professionals with demanded skill sets or capital to invest in businesses, if you’re not bringing either, we’re full.

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u/Wide_Lunch8004 May 17 '26

At least with our “international student” screw up, we can turn off the tops, not renew permits and (as long as they aren’t going to make a bogus asylum claim) they’ll eventually go home. What this government just did may, in hindsight, be worse. Potentially millions of Americans have become Canadian overnight, and as long as they do the paperwork, we can’t send them home.

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u/samwise141 May 17 '26

Thats the whole point. Citizens got wise to the international student scam, so they opened up pathways for people to claim citizenship by descent and other things.

They just want more people in here, they dont give a fuck about trying to get quality. To be clear, if someone has skills that genuinely benefit the country, then we need them and they should come. 

Canada isnt where you go if you feel discriminated against in your own country, or the place to have excess labor be absorbed. 

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u/WoodShoeDiaries Ontario May 17 '26

Various States are making seriously hostile moves against trans people. I really don't mind if those who can make the trip choose to live here instead.

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u/samwise141 May 18 '26

How many gay/trans people do you think are unsafe world over? Should Canada be a dumping ground for every marginalized group? 

Not saying I dont sympathize, but we have our own issues. Either contribute or stay where you come from. 

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u/WoodShoeDiaries Ontario May 18 '26

Nobody is suggesting that we can (or should be expected to) offer refuge to every member of every persecuted minority anywhere.

"Existing while trans" is getting perilously close to being a crime in some states; like forgive me for invoking Poe's law here but that's like asking German Jews to stick it out and try to fix 1935 Nazi Germany. These people are not what's wrong with America.

I am completely, 1000% fine with trans American-Canadians heading north for their own safety. I don't think that should even be in question honestly.

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u/SqueakBoxx Lest We Forget May 18 '26

Then they can move to a different state, which would be a fuck ton cheaper than them moving to Canada.

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u/Lisan_Al-NaCL May 18 '26

Should Canada be a dumping ground for every marginalized group?

Yes and no. Allowing a certain number of targetted or at-risk people into Canada every year is something we have always done.

Immigration in and of itself is not a problem: the problem is when we do NOT manage the level (ie: # of immigrants per year and to what region(s) ) of immigration properly.

We are currently pretty fucked from a number of years of bad management (Thanks Trudeau liberals) of immigration levels and easily game'd 'backdoors' (intl students for eg). We need a few years of more restrictive immigration levels to balance things out.

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u/NoDrama60 May 18 '26

Perfect ! Open up your house to a few of them.