Let's be real. Moving to Canada isn't
just a trend anymore. It's an escape
plan. Every second Indian student dreams
of leaving behind the noise, the corruption and the endless pressure
for a calmer, fairer life under the
Maple Leaf.
And honestly, you can't blame them.
Canada works. Indians are now the
largest group of immigrants in Canada.
And that's exactly where the challenge
begins. Not because Indians are doing
something wrong, but because the pace of
migration has outgrown Canada's comfort
zone.
We are here today because Canada is
broken. Our kindness and generosity has
given way to naivity and weakness. We do
not want to be taken advantage of,
tricked.
Cities like Bmpton, Suri, and Missaga
have changed faster than locals were
ready for. Schools, housing, and health
care systems are under pressure, and
many Canadians quietly feel their
quality of life is slipping.
I'm being aggressive to you because uh
too many Indians are in Canada, and uh I
want you to go back.
And when frustration builds, someone has
to take the blame. Unfortunately, that
someone is often the newest and most
visible immigrant, Indians. The result,
more resentment, less patience, and a
colder welcome for the next person
stepping off the plane. Beyond that,
integration has become a real test. Many
newcomers arrive with the same
lifestyle, habits, and attitudes they
had back home.
But Canada runs on structure,
punctuality, and discipline. Those who
don't adapt quickly stand out, and not
in a good way. The cultural gap widens,
and every small misunderstanding becomes
another reason for locals to say, "Maybe
we've had enough."
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Today in this video, we'll uncover why
many Canadians do not want more Indian
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Many people around the world, not just
Canadians, are starting to ask a simple
question. If India is now the world's
fourth largest economy, why are so many
Indians still trying to leave? On paper,
India is rising fast, booming tech
cities, a young population, billiondoll
startups, and global influence. Yet
every year, hundreds of thousands of
students and professionals pack their
bags for Canada, Australia, or Europe.
2.8 million foreign nationals migrated
to an OECD country. Do you know who
topped this list? Indians.
The world sees a contradiction. A
country that celebrates progress, but
whose own people don't seem to trust
that progress enough to build their
futures at home. Instead of channeling
their talent and ambition into
strengthening India's systems, many
choose to invest their energy abroad.
It's not always about money. Often it's
about fairness, quality of life, and a
sense of respect that feels easier to
find elsewhere. But to outsiders, it
raises a tough truth. For India to truly
rise, its best minds need reasons to
stay, not excuses to escape.
One of the clearest red flags is how
public sentiment has dramatically
shifted in recent years. According to
the Focus Canada survey, fall 2024,
58% of Canadians now say the country
accepts too many immigrants. That's a
14point leap in just one year, a rate of
shift not seen since the 1990s.
This isn't just an abstract poll result.
When a majority of citizens believe
immigration is excessive, newcomers
become easy scapegoats for socioeconomic
problems, traffic, housing, unemployment
all the time.
The fight
all the time all the time.
Really?
And homeless fighting homeless. Why? He
knows that himself, right?
Not the racism. What you worry about.
In that environment, you don't just
arrive to integrate. You arrive to be
tested under a microscope. Political
movements are adapting accordingly. Some
parties and leaders are openly pushing
for stricter immigration cuts, border
laws, and enforcement measures. These
aren't fringe voices anymore. They're
part of the mainstream discourse. The
proposed Strong Borders Act is one such
legislative effort under debate.
This morning, I introduced Bill C2, the
Strong Borders Act. With this new
legislation, we'll ensure Canada has
right tools to keep our borders secure,
combat transnational organized crime and
fentinel, and disrupt illicit financing.
So, when you land in a new country, you
aren't just stepping into opportunity,
you're stepping into a battlefield of
sentiment.
If we take the visa statistics as a
signal, Canada's gates are narrowing
fast, especially for Indian applicants.
The most dramatic number in 2025 nearly
80% of Indian student visa applications
are being rejected. That's almost four
in every five hopefuls turned away. The
crackdown is not arbitrary.
The number of study permit holders from
India for Canadian institutes of high
education crashed by over 2/3 in the
second quarter of this year.
In the first quarter of 2025 alone,
study permit approvals for Indians
dropped by 31% compared to the same
period in 2024. Canada is closing the
doors, at least partially, on Indian
students. A sharp 31% drop in study
permits has sparked concern among
aspiring students.
Overall, Canada's rejection rate for
student visas in 2025 has climbed to
approximately 62%, a decade high level.
But it's not just students. Visitor
visas now face rejection rates of
approximately 54% up from approximately
40% in 2023. Work permits are tougher
too. In other words, Canada is being
choosy and Indians are bearing
disproportionate friction. This means
that for every dreamer lining up to
study, work or settle, Canada is making
you jump through more hoops than ever
with no guarantee of success even after
you've spent money, time and hopes on
the process.
Canada is now a textbook case of
affordability stress. Cities like
Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, have
rents and real estate prices that
outstrip salaries for many locals.
Newcomers, particularly students,
low-income workers, and international
renters, are often blamed for rising
costs. The narrative goes they drive up
rent, hog apartments even when the real
drivers include zoning restrictions,
speculative investing and supply
shortages.
Support our England people. You go back
to Europe. You are not Canadian. We are
Canadian. This is our country. You are
invaded.
In this atmosphere, an Indian student or
immigrant paying for a cramped apartment
becomes a symbol of all those
frustrations. The scapegoating is real.
To make matters worse, infrastructure,
public transit, health care, roads is
under pressure. So when you arrive
expecting a smooth ride, you hit cues,
delays, and budget squeezes. Your
presence is quietly sensed as a burden,
not an addition. In communities that
never asked to absorb so much growth so
fast,
Integration is never 100% seamless. But
what's happening now is that difference
is treated as danger. The very visible
cultural habits Indian immigrants carry,
food, smells, clothes, language, large
family gatherings are reshaping
neighborhoods rapidly. Some longtime
residents respond with hostility,
especially where diversity was
historically minimal.
The new rules I should drive in there.
What? [ __ ] new rules.
Move your [ __ ] car.
We're Canadian. We love everybody. We're
Canadian. We're multicultural. But come
on.
In places where Indians cluster, Bmpton,
Siri, some suburbs, locals say
neighborhoods don't feel Canadian
anymore. When daily life changes, new
shops, different accents, festivals.
Some see that as a ratio of their
identity, not evolution. The more
visible your culture, the more you risk
being painted as other, not as someone
contributing, but someone replacing.
The pressure to suppress or tone down
your identity can be intense. In housing
applications, for instance, there are
whispered objections, no strong cooking
smells, quiet neighborhood. You are
expected to underground your cultural
practices to become acceptable. This is
less about tolerance and more about
forced assimilation.
Many Indians arrive with qualifications,
diplomas, certifications, sometimes
advanced degrees. The expectation is you
land, you work in your field, you grow.
Reality often diverges. Employers
frequently demand Canadian experience, a
requirement that exists only to exclude
newcomers. Your decades of work back
home are reduced to zero value. You end
up doing survival jobs, driving ride
shares, packaging, food delivery,
retail, while your skills atrophy. In
the face of that frustration, when
locals see skilled newcomers doing lower
jobs, some interpret it as evidence that
immigrants are taking local jobs or
undercutting wages, ignoring systemic
barriers that force them into those
roles. Also, certain Indian professional
licenses, medicine, law, architecture
are not recognized, forcing costly
re-qualification.
That delay and frustration quietly
erodess your financial cushion while
locals observe the struggle and think
why were these people allowed in?
One of the attractions for many
immigrants is the path to permanent
residency. But in recent policy
proposals, Canada is pushing back on
that narrative. The aim is to reduce the
proportion of temporary residents,
students, work visa holders to 5% of the
population over time. Bills like the
Strong Borders Act intensify this
uncertainty. Asylum seekers can lose
hearings, work permits, health access if
certain procedural thresholds are
crossed. What this means, even if you
live there for years, build a base, you
might still feel like your status is
conditional. That precariousness seeps
into your social, emotional, and
financial life. To ground this with hard
numbers, in 2024, Canada refused 52% of
student permit applications, up from 38%
in 2023 for international students
overall. In 2025, the national student
visa rejection rate has shot up to
approximately 62% with Indian applicants
facing rejection as high as 80%. For
Indians in quarter 1 2025, study permits
dropped by approximately 31% compared to
quarter 1 2024.
In 20123, over 1,40,985
international students were in Canada.
India accounted for approximately 26.8%
of that total. Meanwhile, Canada's
permanent immigrant intake in 2023 was
471,88,
a 7.8 8% increase from 2022.
But much of the friction lies in
non-permanent categories. Each of those
numbers represents an individual. A
student rejected, a family in limbo, a
dream deferred. At the end of the day,
the responsibility doesn't lie with one
side. The buck stops with both
governments. For India, the question is
painful but necessary. If we've become
the world's fourth largest economy, why
are millions of our youth still
desperate to leave? Why don't they trust
the system that raised them? Why do they
feel success is easier to find under
another country's flag than their own?
It's not just about opportunity. It's
about faith, governance, and dignity.
And for Canada, the mirror isn't any
softer. Without proper housing, jobs, or
healthcare capacity, why did the
government open its doors so wide, so
fast? Immigration has always been
Canada's strength. But without the
infrastructure to support it, it's
turning into a national strain. Ordinary
Canadians are now paying the price
through higher rents, crowded hospitals,
and growing resentment. Both countries
need to stop blaming each other and
start fixing what's within their
control. Because right now, India is
losing its talent and Canada is losing
its balance.