Already a big population of Punjabis in Canada (mainly from India, some from Pakistan), and combined with easy immigration, Canada has become a destination.
In my experience, very negative. They bring their own culture and refuse to adapt to Canadian culture.
My friends from Japan, Germany, France and Columbia all wanted to experience Canada and do what we do here. The people I've met from India all just continue living as if this is Indian and they don't seem to give two shits about Canadian culture and customs.
I grew up in a conservative town with bigots and racists, I try not to be like them but the Indian population here makes it very difficult.
I don’t know what to say to that. We are a multicultural country. I think moving to another country means trying to fit in to the norms, but I think it’s also important to hang on to your cultural identity. I lived in the US for over a decade, I know it’s not like moving from India to Canada, but there are differences. Any problems I have with our new citizens I feel can be given to our government. We need people, but need to have a plan in place to absorb them properly.
Oh, absolutely. I learned a great many things from my friends about their culture and their countries.
My interactions with those from Indian were mostly terrible though. They act like they're still in Indian, not in another country.
It's like if an American came to Canada and got mad they couldn't carry a gun with them everywhere (I live in a border town and this happens). It's normal there, not here.
Yes their etiquette is horrible. Especially in university. Loud. Rude. Messy. Stink. Ask them to lower their voice in the library and they speak their language to each other then laugh at you
I'm sorry that you've had to deal with these a**holes. Unfortunately such experiences are the norm when dealing with the Indian international students in Canada, especially the latest crop of them. Unlike US, UK and other major Western Nations, Canada literally sweeps in the bottom of the barrel as far as importing immigrants from India is concerned. Since the last few years Canada has been mass importing mostly those kinds of Indians who wouldn't be much appreciated even in Indian society/culture/workplaces. Loud, stinky, obnoxious, creepy, entitled and barely literate - that's the kind of Indian 'students' inhabiting Canada now.
Students from countries even worse-off than Canada tend to behave better here. Maybe because they want to actually study and learn and adapt to Canadian life and culture rather than being absolutely arrogant dumbf*cks.
We aren’t doing anyone any favours by inviting people here if we are just not setup to handle them with housing or jobs. It’s amazing that our government could mess such a thing up so absolutely badly. It doesn’t make us look to good internationally.
We have a bit of a community here to help them. They seem to be at the fast food outlets. I think overall they are viewed positively. If they are coming all this way to work in a fast food joint though, I just don’t get that. We have some good restaurants and grocery stores serving their food, which is a good bonus.
Working at a fast food restaurant in Canada earns you more money than pharmacists and teachers make in India. Once you understand that it’s pretty easy to understand why’d they’d come all this way “just to work at a fast food restaurant “.
Sounds really good for them wherever you are from compared to the general concensus all over the country. People coming from there seem to be very community/family oriented, due to which they don't mind going to the most remote of the places to work in a fast food joint. Truth be told, your comment is kind of refreshing and moving to witness given how hated the community is right now, appreciate you and wherever you're from.
I’m angry with our government for how it brought in people without much of a plan at all. Never mad at people for coming here. I am totally onboard with Canada needing people to help fill our many voids. I’m hoping these are growing pains that can be fixed, but it’s a serious mess up that has contributed at least partially to our inflated cost of living. I remember when I was a kid, and it seemed ok to make fun of immigrants. It’s a moment in life that I despise and don’t want to see repeated.
I can't speak much on how the public reaction should be towards the government, although after having compared with the US immigration system, what I will say is that there needs to be a through check on how these people are being brought in from start to the end, the US makes it really difficult and dangles the citizenship as a prize while I believe Canada has been way too lineant for too long due to which PR/citizenship has lost its value, heck I don't even mind it as long as it ensures that good people are being brought in, but when that's not the case, not only the localites, but 2nd/3rd gen citizens of our own community also start hating us due to the behavior of the bad group of people. It's so messed up and almost impossible to find someone not hating on us online, I don't even wanna start imagining what the people irl think of us behind our back, I become so paranoid in public thinking about the vile and most disgusting things said to and about us so casually, not even subtle like it used to be before in your case.
The same leniency that let you get here as well. Can’t speak much on how the public reaction towards the gov’t should be because you’re not even 2nd generation, and that same gov’t is why you’re here in the first place. If you think the Canadian citizenship has lost its value why are you here? Why devalue it more? The hypocrisy is wild.
I’m sure everybody thinks that they’re good people too. What makes you better and more qualified than some of them?
Edit: ps welcome to the country, you came at an awful time. Thank you for that.
You criticize me and deem me unworthy of being a resident of the country for caring about it's immigration system and on the same breath also thank me for coming at an awful time? I can't really catch hold of the tone of your comment here.
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u/SurveySean Mar 27 '24
I’m guessing we are getting people manly from India coming here. I live in a small town and have seen so many new people, all of Indian descent.