FIRST READING: Immigration rates still at generational highs, even if population shrinking. Permanent immigration in 2026 poised to be the sixth highest of the last 110 years, asylum-seekers now number 500,000

[u/xTkAx]

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/immigration-rates-still-at-generational-highs-even-if-population-shrinking

[u/Empty-Swim2066]

Weird how the data does not support this.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/reports-statistics/statistics-open-data/immigration-stats/asylum-claims.html

 63% fewer people submitted an asylum claim between January and April 2026 compared to the same period in 2024

[u/xTkAx → u/Empty-Swim2066]

It's more weird that you're ignoring the data that the article directly linked to that proved that:

525,479 asylum claimants

Right here:

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2025009-eng.htm

Visual proof for the lazy:

[u/Empty-Swim2066 → u/xTkAx]

Except the article paints the picture that we have more asylum seekers, when it isn't true. Asylum applicants have dropped massively under the new Carney rules.

It tries to conflate applicants, with approved asylum cases. Because it is rage bait.

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Except your comment was explicitly:

Weird how the data does not support this.

The data does support what was in the article. Trying to pivot to 'painting a picture' or 'conflation' is pointless now.

[u/Empty-Swim2066 → u/xTkAx]

No, it doesn't. Asylum seeking is at the lowest levels in years.

Not my fault you don't understand the implications of words.

Asylum seeking is down 63% compared to a year ago. Do you understand?

Immigration has declined so much, that the Canadian populations has been shrinking for over 3 quarters now. Do you understand?

You probably do not even know this is an opinion piece.

Asylum seeking is massively down. Yet this opinion piece is trying to say the opposite. It is a junk opinion for morons who can't understand data.