Suzuki slams Canada's immigration policy
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Trudeau uncritical of Suzuki's controversial comments
OTTAWA - Just because David Suzuki claims Canada is "full" and shouldn't accept any more immigrants doesn't mean Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is ready to criticize him.
Instead, Trudeau says the environmentalist and CBC host may have a point.
"There is a way to reconcile concern, legitimate concerns about environmental sustainability, and Canada's continued openness and strength around immigration," Trudeau said Saturday in Toronto when asked about Suzuki's comments.
He made the remarks at a festival put on by Canadians of Filipino background, one of the largest immigrant communities in the country.
In an interview with French news magazine l'Express earlier this month, Suzuki linked immigration with "reduced liveable space" in Canada.
"Our immigration policy is disgusting. We plunder countries in the south by depriving them of their future executives and we want to increase our population to support the growth of our economy," Suzuki said. "It's crazy!"
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has condemned Suzuki's comments as "toxic and irresponsible."
Sun News : Trudeau uncritical of Suzuki's controversial comments
OTTAWA - Just because David Suzuki claims Canada is "full" and shouldn't accept any more immigrants doesn't mean Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is ready to criticize him.
Instead, Trudeau says the environmentalist and CBC host may have a point.
"There is a way to reconcile concern, legitimate concerns about environmental sustainability, and Canada's continued openness and strength around immigration," Trudeau said Saturday in Toronto when asked about Suzuki's comments.
He made the remarks at a festival put on by Canadians of Filipino background, one of the largest immigrant communities in the country.
In an interview with French news magazine l'Express earlier this month, Suzuki linked immigration with "reduced liveable space" in Canada.
"Our immigration policy is disgusting. We plunder countries in the south by depriving them of their future executives and we want to increase our population to support the growth of our economy," Suzuki said. "It's crazy!"
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has condemned Suzuki's comments as "toxic and irresponsible."
Sun News : Trudeau uncritical of Suzuki's controversial comments
Really? So all he is is a machine that spews facts and has no opinions? Yeeeeaaaah riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
roflmao I think I'll give you a greenie for that bit of sarcastic factoid. fµckin funny, thanks!
Um, Omicron, I think CS was joking.
Ever been north of 60? In the jungles of South AM?
Naaahhh. Just a bit fearmongering and zealous.
The sad truth is, there are none.
They all involve not being pro human.
And I happen to be pro human.
I'm also a young father of 2 in the field of construction.
So the inconvinent truth is.
I want earth to be turned into a massive city parking lot.
The difference between Suzuki and me is...
He still thinks there is a chance to save earth.
And if there was... The solution is simple...
Less humans.
A lot less humans.
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Is TaxSlave in the US?
So... again... does anyone want to add anything dumb to the thread?
Does the Great Suzuki expect immigrants to stay in their countries and have lesser opportunities? Weren't his ancestors immigrants from Japan?
"My view of Suzuki is that while he’s neither xenophobic nor anti-immigrant, he is a hypocrite".
David Suzuki isn't anti-immigrant, just anti-West | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun
David Suzuki isn't anti-immigrant, just anti-West | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun
With these latest comments, Suzuki just provided another example of why his opinions are suspect.
I wonder if what he was talking about was basically the unhappiness with bringing a bunch of Chinese miners to work a mine here in BC claiming Canadian miners didn't know the methods used. That was wrong and Canadian miners would have been very happy to have those jobs. The mining company is able to get away with paying them less and with using fewer safety measures. I don't know how they are getting away with that, but perhaps as soon as a miner is killed someone will get involved. As it is the mines pay the mines inspector, so he rarely ever finds a problem.
I'm confused. If a person moves to Canada from a country with an even higher populaton density, thus alleviating some of the environmental burden in his original environment while moving to an lower-population-density environment thus more able to handle the population growth, would that not be a good thing?
Sorry, I'm just not following the logic here.
Strange that you should take a jab at vegetarians:
Christianity
According to the same logic, Canadians moving fro one province to another increase the strain on that province's resources. I would have thought that a mathematical mind like his would have realized that if we take a person from one country and put him in another, that while the other country increases its population by one person, the former country reduces its by one, with the overall number remaining the same. Please correct me if my math is wrong.
Funny my first thread here was about this topic.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/c...79-argument-against-1-million-immigrants.html
I am glad Suzuki sees it too, and Trudeau has heard him.
IT is a fact. Canada is one of the few places in the World that is relatively untouched.
We Do not even stand a chance at solving our environmental crisis if we populate whats left.
1 million immigrants in a few years is totally crazy, very not green as Trudeau says he is. Trudeau is all business and sounds like to me he has no idea of the environmental impact.
1,000,000 extra bags of garbage every week
100,000 extra houses
more roads, more businesses to supply these people.
More plastic and chemical waste.
More anti depressants and other drugs in the water supply.
Less habitat for our larger mammal species to live.
And all these people will have kids, then kids, then we will be at 100 million soon.
Best to keep people in one area that is already dead, and support them from outside.
You can have immigration, but in a way that is like a slow trickle that we can handle, instead of a tide that we can not..
Also Opp your link to article is dead, can you repost link.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/c...79-argument-against-1-million-immigrants.html
I am glad Suzuki sees it too, and Trudeau has heard him.
IT is a fact. Canada is one of the few places in the World that is relatively untouched.
We Do not even stand a chance at solving our environmental crisis if we populate whats left.
1 million immigrants in a few years is totally crazy, very not green as Trudeau says he is. Trudeau is all business and sounds like to me he has no idea of the environmental impact.
1,000,000 extra bags of garbage every week
100,000 extra houses
more roads, more businesses to supply these people.
More plastic and chemical waste.
More anti depressants and other drugs in the water supply.
Less habitat for our larger mammal species to live.
And all these people will have kids, then kids, then we will be at 100 million soon.
Best to keep people in one area that is already dead, and support them from outside.
You can have immigration, but in a way that is like a slow trickle that we can handle, instead of a tide that we can not..
Also Opp your link to article is dead, can you repost link.
Suzuki has been relegated to the backwoods after being forced out of his charity..... That and all of his dire predictions never came to pass.
Good riddance Suzuki, no one will miss your lies and propaganda
Good riddance Suzuki, no one will miss your lies and propaganda
It's too bad Suzuki decided to go full retard, he could have done a lot of good for Canada.
If he was 1/2 way honest about things, he had real potential to make progress but he opted for the role as snake-oil salesman and the public soundly rejected him, hence the reason that he's been ousted from Suzuki foundation and is now a virtual nobody in the eyes of the world... That's what is killing him the most