Juno News - July 03, 2024


＂TAKE BACK CANADA!＂ Canadians protest MASS IMMIGRATION on Canada Day


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00:00:00.000 The more we accept the duty and responsibility we have as individual Canadians to stand up and
00:00:05.560 defend what is ours, the closer we will be to taking back Canada from the corrupt powers that
00:00:11.120 possess it. There's no housing, there's nowhere for them to go. So what are you bringing them
00:00:19.080 here for? Our young Canadians that are looking for jobs are struggling so hard right now. We need
00:00:23.960 to show them that if you want to get in power, you need to put Canadians first and you need to
00:00:27.720 put what Canadians care about first. Time for our people and our country first.
00:00:36.940 All right, well behind me is the Take Back Canada march against mass immigration. It's Canada Day.
00:00:42.960 It's an incredible display of patriotism with people from all over this country with all
00:00:47.160 different ethnicities advocating to end mass immigration, to do it peacefully and to do it
00:00:52.400 right. In 2023, the Canadian population grew by 1.4 million people. There are close to a million
00:00:58.520 active student visas. Almost 8% of Canada's population are temporary non-permanent residents.
00:01:05.060 This situation is completely unsustainable and that's what we have heard from people protesting
00:01:09.060 here today. As far as I can tell, it's one of the only organized protests against mass immigration
00:01:13.680 in Canadian history. The situation has gotten completely out of control. A majority of Canadians
00:01:18.940 and a majority of immigrants want to see immigration in this country lowered and controlled. But for
00:01:24.740 whatever reason, the political leaders and corporate leaders have no interest in listening
00:01:29.140 to the message. There are activist groups like the Century Initiative who want to see Canada's
00:01:33.740 population rise to over 100 million by 2100. We had a chance to speak to protesters as well
00:01:39.940 as organizers of this protest. They told us what it is that brought them out here, why they wanted to
00:01:44.740 have their voice heard and what it is they want leaders in this country to listen to. It is the
00:01:49.860 biggest issue in this country, no doubt about it. But whether political leaders are going to take
00:01:53.460 these concerns seriously and actually address immigration is another issue altogether. My gut tells
00:01:58.820 me they don't care because we already know they don't care. They've sold out the Canadian people.
00:02:02.500 But maybe with protests like this, some things might change. Here's what people had to say at the
00:02:07.020 protest. I want to show you the signs that are at this protest. End corporate mass immigration. We do
00:02:20.060 not consent to your rules. Take back Canada. End mass immigration. This is the message of this protest.
00:02:25.500 I'm sure the media is going to try to spin it something else, spin it something else. But this is what
00:02:29.340 people are protesting here. This is the message that these Canadians want to see a peaceful end to
00:02:35.500 uncontrolled open borders, mass immigration. All right, Miss, so we're here at the Take Back Canada
00:02:39.740 protest against mass immigration. What brings you out here today? Well, I'm an immigrant. I moved here
00:02:45.700 in the year 2000. My family and I, we fled the Islamist theocracy in Iran. I believe that it is my duty
00:02:54.860 to stand up for Canadians, for the people that welcomed me into this country, for the country that gave me
00:03:03.400 opportunity, gave me education and gave me a path to democracy and freedom. And all of these wrong
00:03:12.360 immigration policies have pushed us to a point where there is so much hatred and division. Of course,
00:03:21.640 we need immigrants. Immigrants who want to integrate into our society. Immigrants who want to adopt Canadian
00:03:30.040 values. And we need to stand together and we need to unite and fight against these policies that are,
00:03:38.040 you know, breaking apart our country. Bringing in 1.3 million Canadian people in one year is more than
00:03:45.400 the country can handle. And the problem is that they're all coming into the large cities where there's
00:03:49.800 no room for them and there's no jobs. And what you do is you end up taking jobs from the kids here who
00:03:55.560 needs them. You know, you take up, there's no housing. There's nowhere for them to go. So what
00:04:00.680 are you bringing them here for? Do you feel like Canadians are being sold out here in this country?
00:04:04.440 100%. Like, I consider myself always been a liberal. Okay, but lately I've been looking at Pierre
00:04:10.120 Pollyette. But the thing is, even he's not talking about it. I think Trudeau needs to call an election now
00:04:16.120 and she basically lost the support of the public. Do you think that the federal conservatives would
00:04:23.880 do a better job at immigration? I'm not sure. They seem to. They're kind of wishy-washy on it.
00:04:29.880 I'd say they might do better than the current liberals, but it's tough to say if they actually
00:04:35.320 will follow through with the promises. So ultimately, what do you think needs to happen in our country until
00:04:39.960 the demands on your sign can be met? Well, I think the public needs to give a clear message to
00:04:47.400 the politicians that mass immigration needs to be lowered. The government has to do something
00:04:51.560 about the cost of housing and that if they don't, their positions or their seats will be in jeopardy.
00:04:59.560 If you have a house, you don't let people just come in forever endlessly. And I know there are difficult
00:05:04.920 situations around the world and we need to help, but there's also the time to draw the line.
00:05:09.480 And I'm for our people and our country first. And we have extra, we can pass it on to other people.
00:05:14.920 So 1.3 million people last year, that's up from the year before that and before that as well.
00:05:22.600 We're looking at nearly a million active student visas, close to over, I think about 8% of our
00:05:28.040 population are non-permanent residents. Why do you think the government is doing this in Canada?
00:05:32.360 Well, I can just speculate. I don't know the reason why they're doing it. To me,
00:05:39.400 it seems like if you really want to destroy a country, that's what you would do. Well, along
00:05:43.560 everything else that has been happening, along everything else. So to me, it makes absolutely no
00:05:48.600 sense without planning, without making sure the people you invite in actually have services they
00:05:53.800 need. It's not fair to them. So why are they destructive? Is someone behind us? I don't know,
00:06:00.760 conspiracy theory? I have no idea. To me, it makes no sense. It's insanity.
00:06:05.240 Well, the number one thing is we're losing our identity. We're losing our culture. There's a
00:06:11.480 struggle with getting jobs for the younger Canadians that are coming up. You know, these are jobs that are
00:06:17.400 very bottom of the barrel at the end of the day. But our young Canadians that are looking for jobs
00:06:22.280 are struggling so hard right now. So I've always been a voice for the children. I was the guy who
00:06:28.040 did Shinny Night in Canada, let the kids play in the streets downtown Toronto twice when the mandates
00:06:33.800 were there. I love the kids. They are the next generation, and we need to preserve that at all costs.
00:06:41.960 Everybody knows in our country that immigration is a major issue. Canadians are starting to speak up,
00:06:46.600 putting it in public polling. Our leaders know it, but they don't seem to be listening to us.
00:06:51.000 Absolutely. Why do you think that is? I think they're scared. A lot of them are bought out.
00:06:56.760 They're sold out to other countries and other organizations. From my understanding,
00:07:02.440 Pierre is kind of tippy-toeing on it. And then you got Max, who came out the other day with a full-blown,
00:07:09.080 you know, which I appreciate Max. You know, Max is the type of guy who came out and stood with us in
00:07:15.320 the convoy. He was the one that stood up against the mandates, but yet he still doesn't have the
00:07:20.600 momentum, which is sad. And it kind of shows you the state of this country and where people's heads
00:07:25.560 are. It's very, at the end of the day, it's embarrassing to me. It's embarrassing.
00:07:30.040 Why do you think no one wants to touch this issue?
00:07:31.960 I think it's, like, just seen as racist by a lot of people. And it's a bit, some people just have
00:07:38.760 some trouble separating, you know, you know, not having any social cohesion is a true issue that
00:07:49.160 some people just aren't able to separate from, like, the skin colour of people. I'm Arab myself,
00:07:54.440 and I appreciate having, like, social cohesion around me and being able to communicate with people
00:07:59.160 in English and, you know, just having a common national identity. I think that there's increasingly,
00:08:04.680 like, very little in common that the people in Canada in general, like, have with each other.
00:08:09.560 And that's a big problem.
00:08:10.760 For a while, I've been concerned about mass immigration, since I can remember,
00:08:14.120 since I've been in politics. That was one of the reasons why I got into politics. And,
00:08:17.640 you know, I've never seen a protest that I can remember against mass immigration in Canada.
00:08:21.880 So I saw this, the first actual protest against mass immigration, it's close to me.
00:08:25.960 I was 100% in board. I said, I got to go. I got my brother to come. My other buddy's here too.
00:08:30.520 Politicians aren't going to move unless they see that there's popular support behind it.
00:08:34.120 Too many politicians get away with not answering the question. And we need to show that the majority
00:08:37.960 of Canadians, over 70%, over 80%, want less, want less immigration. So we need to show that.
00:08:42.440 I looked at New York, I looked at Chicago, I looked at how it was at Texas. And I was, and I thought to
00:08:46.840 myself, I was like, how will Canada deal with their own version of this? Because America has 300,
00:08:54.040 sorry, 300 million people, 350 million people. Canada only has less than 40. So you want to
00:08:59.400 look at the amenities, social spending, welfare, people coming in, getting given money, credit cards
00:09:05.560 and all that stuff. And we would look at America and would say, will we deal with a fraction of
00:09:11.720 their problems? No. So it seems unreasonable that our, that our elected members are saying,
00:09:17.880 yeah, we'll have some of that. We'll take some of that. We'll, we'll take some of those problems and
00:09:22.200 make them our own. Okay. Well, we are with Ash, the leader of the cost of living protest,
00:09:27.560 slightly different than the Take Back Canada protest, but you were sharing the stage with
00:09:30.760 the Take Back Canada people. Talk to us about the aims of your protest that make it different from
00:09:36.520 the Take Back Canada protest. Yes. Thank you so much for the introduction.
00:09:41.000 I want everyone to know, um, our leader is in Vancouver, so I'm a volunteer and I volunteered for
00:09:47.160 Toronto. And so we are focused on the cost of living crisis primarily. And we have six demands.
00:09:54.920 They are responsible immigration. We want housing solutions. We want to end price gouging. We want
00:10:01.400 tax reform and we want justice reform in this justice system. And then lastly, we want electoral
00:10:09.240 reform. We do have more demands and more details on our website, which is costoflivingcanada.ca.
00:10:15.400 What do you think as an organizer? How do you think today went so far? I know it's not over,
00:10:18.680 but how do you think the beginning went? I think, uh, for the time that we took to
00:10:21.720 planet and the outcome that we have today, it was an absolute success. I mean, this is kind of a
00:10:26.920 three week project in the making between Ethan kind of doing the lion's share of the work and
00:10:31.960 coordinating with a few of us leaders. The fact that we had this many people today is a lot more than
00:10:36.760 what we expected, to be honest. I mean, we had 300 people RSVP online. So that's not always the greatest
00:10:42.120 barometer depending on who's going to show up. But that being said, I think there's at least 150,
00:10:46.440 200 people here alone. So that shows us that at least it was the message got out.
00:10:50.200 All right. So we are here with Ethan Duggan, the leader of Take Back Canada. The march has just
00:10:54.680 wrapped up. The protest is over. Ethan, before we get into what, what brought everyone here,
00:10:59.880 tell me what you think. Tell me about how you think the, uh, the day went today.
00:11:02.680 The day went really well. It went, um, you know, as, about as well as we could have expected.
00:11:07.000 Um, the, the speakers we had were great. They did a great job. It really was exactly what we
00:11:12.520 were hoping for it to be was a coming together of Canadians of all stripes. One of the things you
00:11:16.680 mentioned in your speech was that the wheels of history are turning in this country and it's time
00:11:21.240 for people to wake up and seize the moment because the Canada that we've all grown up in is not the
00:11:26.440 Canada that we're currently living in. I know we touched on this in our interview, but I want you
00:11:29.880 to elaborate more on what you were really trying to get at in your speech in that moment. Well, it's not
00:11:36.040 just Canada. You really have to look around the world and you really have to understand that,
00:11:40.680 you know, history is still ongoing and we've been in a very, um, unnormal, uh, part of history
00:11:48.440 for the past 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and perhaps a little bit before that,
00:11:53.000 where we believe that things are going to be generally peaceful and just going to work out
00:11:57.960 in, uh, in the first world and keep getting better because our technology is getting better.
00:12:02.440 We don't understand that there's, you know, perhaps a lot of chickens coming home to roosts
00:12:07.000 now and in the near future. Things are going to keep getting worse unless we do something and people
00:12:10.600 aren't ready for that. I don't think you've organized this, you've led this protest,
00:12:15.400 but, and what do you think it requires and what do you think it takes to make this
00:12:19.640 much bigger, much more nationwide and make this issue a major issue in the federal election?
00:12:24.920 Well, that's a great question. You know, this was our first attempt. This is
00:12:28.200 my first attempt at, uh, doing anything political, being part of any movement and I would say it was
00:12:32.440 quite successful for, for that. I'll have to, um, do, uh, do a bit of a, an autopsy and see how
00:12:38.280 things went in the other cities. Toronto was a great success. I hope Ottawa went well. Um, I hope
00:12:43.080 everyone went well. Um, and you know, we'll just have to take a look and learn the lessons we're going
00:12:48.440 to learn. Again, we're completely new at this. So I, like I think I might have said in our interview,
00:12:52.360 you know, we'll see how it goes, no matter what, we're going ahead with this. And I'm sure it'll
00:12:57.240 be messy at, uh, in, in places and we'll learn the lessons that we do. What would you, what would
00:13:02.360 you say to people, to Canadians who want to speak up on immigration, who want to tackle this issue,
00:13:07.720 but are afraid to, they're afraid to be called racist. They're afraid to be put down and called
00:13:11.080 names. What would your message be to the, to those people who want to do something, but feel as though
00:13:15.320 they can't. I would say, I mean, just look what we had here. We had so many people of all, of all
00:13:21.400 walks of life, of all backgrounds. Don't be afraid. Um, I think that we're, we're moving past the point
00:13:27.800 where you have to be afraid of that. I don't think I've been able to find anyone that, uh, doesn't
00:13:32.120 think that what's going on right now is a problem. And as you can see here, there's quite a large turnout
00:13:36.600 in support of this protest, probably four, maybe 500 people here at its peak. It's the first of many
00:13:42.600 we've been told by the protest leader. This is not the end of Take Back Canada. This is not the end
00:13:46.600 of protests against mass immigration. I think it's just going to begin. And what happens to the
00:13:50.840 election in 2025? Is mass immigration going to become the main issue in the election or are
00:13:56.360 politicians going to try to run away from it like they seem to be doing right now? Are Canadians going
00:14:00.920 to force this issue upon politicians? Is the legacy media going to make this a big issue? I wouldn't bet
00:14:06.120 on it. And I think it would be wise to assume they wouldn't, but that doesn't mean that it can't.
00:14:10.760 That doesn't mean that Canadians should let it slide. This is the biggest issue facing Canada.
00:14:16.600 This is the most important issue facing the future of our country. So it falls upon Canadians to make
00:14:22.520 this issue the biggest issue in the next federal election. Signing off from Queens Park in downtown
00:14:28.600 Toronto, Harrison Faulkner.