Juno News - May 23, 2024


Prince Edward Islanders speak out against foreign student protesters


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On Day Two of the Charlottetown migrant protest, counter-protesters showed up to counter the protests and have their voices heard. We speak to people from outside of the city who have a different perspective on the situation.

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00:00:00.000 The way you line up at Tim Hortons, you know, there were no workers.
00:00:04.560 They came to PEI because they found out that the rules were flexible, was easy for them.
00:00:09.200 That is the province, the government of the province's responsibility as they accept more people into the island to provide housing for them.
00:00:16.260 I think that high schoolers trying to get jobs and stuff, they just don't exist for people from around here.
00:00:21.520 Do you feel like the government in Prince Edward Island is turning their backs on islanders?
00:00:25.780 Oh, 100%.
00:00:30.000 Harrison Faulkner reporting from Charlottetown for day two of our coverage of the ongoing Charlottetown migrant protest.
00:00:41.200 We don't really have a name for this protest yet, but it has captured the country's attention.
00:00:47.320 And Charlottetown, through all of this, has now become the battleground for Canada's ongoing mass immigration debate.
00:00:53.380 On the second day, we heard there was going to be some counter-protesters show up.
00:00:57.720 Well, it wasn't necessarily a counter-protest, but we did manage to find some people who are from the outside of Charlottetown who came in to have their voices heard, to have their side of the story listened to.
00:01:08.860 The legacy media, while they're only talking to the people who are protesting, they're only getting one side of the story.
00:01:14.300 And from the media that we've seen, they are well and truly on the side of international students.
00:01:20.280 But we are able to speak with some islanders who come from out of town who have a completely different perspective on how this island is changing due to mass immigration.
00:01:29.740 And what is going on here in the province with these absurd policies that are changing the nature of Prince Edward Island?
00:01:38.540 Take a listen to what Sir the Man to say.
00:01:40.200 One of the things that people don't realize is that, you know, there may be some folks here in Charlottetown that are, you know, all for this stuff that's going on.
00:01:47.280 But you really only need to go a little bit outside of the city to realize that, you know, not that people are against these people at all, because I'm not at all.
00:01:54.420 I've, you know, I have no problem with anybody.
00:01:56.820 The problem here is PEI, like the lady you interviewed last night, said PEI's full.
00:02:02.460 There's no space for anybody on this island.
00:02:04.640 You know, she accidentally said that, but like, we're tapped out, you know.
00:02:09.020 And I'm not saying, you know, never bring immigration back to Canada or anything like that.
00:02:14.060 I'm just saying we need to fix the problems here.
00:02:16.780 And all the jobs here on the island are going to people who aren't even from here. 0.83
00:02:20.780 If, you know, for the most part, if you don't have a family that has a business, your kids probably aren't going to, you know, think about high schoolers trying to get jobs and stuff.
00:02:28.800 They just don't exist for people from around here because of the ridiculous program that the government put into place here.
00:02:35.800 Canada needs to be dealt with first, handled first. 0.99
00:02:38.100 We need to get our finances back on track.
00:02:39.880 Our veterans, my God, our veterans, we hear stories of them all the time, you know, men killing themselves because they just, they can't, they can't continue to go on.
00:02:49.860 And then, then they get to see this.
00:02:52.360 They get to see people demanding that our government give them rights when they're not even from here.
00:02:58.600 If we went to their country, we wouldn't even, we wouldn't even get a job in their country. 1.00
00:03:03.140 I have three daughters, two of them can't get a job because there's no jobs. 1.00
00:03:10.360 They've taken up all the entry jobs.
00:03:12.320 The daycare that taxpayer, again, subsidize and funds.
00:03:18.000 They hired a manager who is an East Indian and she hired all East Indians.
00:03:23.740 We can't get jobs in banks, we can't get jobs in the fast food industry, we can't get jobs in the restaurants.
00:03:30.440 They're all full all the time.
00:03:32.240 They've been saying that for a while since, I think, since the game of bringing them here was that the Islanders didn't want to work.
00:03:39.380 We all work.
00:03:39.860 I've worked all my life.
00:03:41.520 But now when I go anywhere, I go to my bank.
00:03:45.040 I can't speak with anybody that speaks fluent English.
00:03:49.040 I can't go to restaurants.
00:03:51.900 I totally boycott the fast food places because you can't communicate.
00:03:56.960 Do you feel as though Prince Edward Island, do you feel like the government in Prince Edward Island is turning their backs on Islanders?
00:04:03.580 Oh, 100%.
00:04:03.900 Not all of them are students.
00:04:06.080 Okay.
00:04:06.640 A lot of them actually there are, you know, workers that are, you know, have been on open work permits.
00:04:13.500 So, you know.
00:04:14.120 They're not all international students.
00:04:15.140 Yes, exactly.
00:04:16.100 So, point of correction there.
00:04:17.300 Okay, great.
00:04:17.880 Interesting.
00:04:18.260 Because we spoke with one of the protesters yesterday who said they did come as students.
00:04:22.780 And obviously that would change, I think, the nature of their case, the nature of their argument.
00:04:27.380 If you remember during COVID, right, you know, there was actually a lot of rules, what do you call it, like flexible rules after COVID.
00:04:35.540 I mean, that was after COVID where there was a huge peak in the economy, right.
00:04:39.440 You know, we needed more people.
00:04:41.200 And the province actually made some, a lot of flexible rules in order to bring me more workers.
00:04:46.940 When you line up at Team Hottons, you know, there were, there were no workers.
00:04:50.880 They came to PEI because they found out that the rules were flexible, what's easy for them to stay back in this community.
00:04:57.980 And they've done nothing wrong than walk and stay back in the community.
00:05:01.500 Do you think that they would come to PEI if the rules were tougher?
00:05:06.580 Like, do you think they didn't get here because they like PEI or because the PEI rules were easier to get?
00:05:11.260 Well, I would, I'll give you an instance.
00:05:12.880 In Ontario, there are thousands of immigrants as well, okay.
00:05:16.060 And they said Ontario has tougher rules.
00:05:18.200 What kind of jobs do they do in the island and what do they do to make the island better?
00:05:22.300 Well, they work in service industries, food, sales, things that were really essential to us, especially during COVID.
00:05:29.620 Like, we needed these people to deliver food to us, our deliveries from the grocery stores.
00:05:35.360 A lot of them were very essential in helping with those things, as well as other industries as well.
00:05:40.800 There's service industries like tech, the IT industry, for example, where a lot of them really thrive in that as well.
00:05:47.200 And I think each and every industry, no matter how small, contributes to the growth of the island, whether it's economically or in other ways.
00:05:56.140 How do you think the rapid population growth in this province through international students?
00:06:00.920 Many of them said that they were originally international students.
00:06:04.480 How do you think that has contributed to the housing problems faced in the province?
00:06:07.740 Well, obviously, as the population grows, there will be need for more housing.
00:06:13.520 I think that that is the province, the government of the province's responsibility, as they accept more people into the island, to provide housing for them.
00:06:21.440 Well, these protesters, they don't have a short memory.
00:06:24.640 Well, it was only really one day, of course, but they knew who I was.
00:06:27.760 They didn't like me being there.
00:06:29.420 In fact, they didn't like us being there from the moment we got there yesterday.
00:06:33.080 That was quite evident by the way the organizer treated us and approached us.
00:06:38.800 But today, on the second day, when we arrived to the protest, again, just to capture people, just to film the protest,
00:06:45.760 well, turns out the organizer called the police on our presence.
00:06:50.080 It would be a shame if journalists showed up to actually question their motives and not just simply repeat their talking points.
00:06:59.000 After all, you can see him talking to the police and pointing directly at me.
00:07:04.040 The protest now has almost been going for seven days, and so far, the province, led by Premier Dennis King,
00:07:10.420 has refused to change the rules that they have put in place.
00:07:13.880 They are not opening up the provincial nominee program for any more service workers.
00:07:18.980 If these people protesting had skills to work in construction or in health care,
00:07:24.440 well, they would have no reason to protest because PEI would have a place for them.
00:07:29.780 But they don't, do they?
00:07:31.420 These are service workers who have low skills, who work in the retail industry,
00:07:36.440 and PEI is quite clearly in no need of having more retail and service workers in the province.
00:07:44.080 Premier Dennis King has not caved to the migrant mob, 1.00
00:07:46.540 and I have to say, it is a real surprise in this country
00:07:49.940 when a government finally puts its own people first.
00:07:54.800 But that's what we're seeing right now from the PEI government,
00:07:57.240 and I think there will be a lot of happy islanders if the Premier does not bend to the mob.
00:08:03.280 Signing off from beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Harrison Falk.
00:08:07.440 Signing off from beautiful miljями,
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