Max Genest - March 31, 2026


Canada Issued 153,000 Potentially Fraudulent Student Visas and Refuses to Investigate

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Marco Mendicino Ahmed Hussein Sean Fraser Mark Miller Lena Diab
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3 minutes

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146.97

Word count

487

Sentence count

27

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1

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It turns out, Canada has given out around 153,000 student visas to foreigners who have most likely applied for it with fraudulent documents. This means there could be around 150,000 plus illegal aliens currently roaming free in Canada, stemming from this one fiasco. And here s the kicker, the government is refusing to investigate almost any of it.

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00:00:00.000 Okay, this is crazy news coming out of Canada's own immigration department,
00:00:04.060 where it turns out that they have given out around 153,000 student visas to foreigners
00:00:11.160 who have most likely applied for it with fraudulent documents.
00:00:15.300 This means that there could be around 150,000 plus illegal aliens currently roaming free in Canada,
00:00:23.260 stemming from this one fiasco.
00:00:25.360 And here's the kicker. The government is refusing to investigate almost any of it.
00:00:31.140 This was discovered by the OAG, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.
00:00:36.400 Here, they say that between 2023 and 2024, the department identified over 153,000 students as potentially non-compliant with study permit conditions,
00:00:47.620 but had funding to investigate only 2,000 cases each year.
00:00:51.360 that means they only investigated two percent of what needs to be investigated and they say it's
00:00:58.280 for funding reasons are you kidding me because here the government has spent around 756 million
00:01:05.300 dollars on the gun confiscation program here the government has donated 22 billion dollars
00:01:12.180 to ukraine once again here is the canadian government announcing 100 million dollars
00:01:17.720 being invested in scholarships for Indian students. It's interesting how Canadians,
00:01:23.040 we don't pay taxes for our own country anymore. We now pay taxes for every single country that's
00:01:28.860 not Canada. And it's kind of ironic, isn't it? We're giving all this money to Ukraine to help
00:01:34.440 fight their invasion. What about our invasion? The audit also revealed that approximately 40%
00:01:40.600 of cases, which is over 1,600 students, were not closed because the students did not respond to
00:01:48.620 requests for more information. That means that our government sent out emails to 4,000 individuals
00:01:55.760 telling them that they're under investigation. And out of that 4,000, 40% did not open the email,
00:02:02.980 while 60% opened the email. The fact that people even opened the email to begin with
00:02:08.200 is miraculous. The investigation also says that they identified 800 study permits that were
00:02:15.300 issued between 2018 and 2023, for which the applicants had either used fraudulent documentation
00:02:21.680 or misrepresented information on their application to gain entry into Canada.
00:02:26.520 Most of these individuals later applied for other immigration permits once inside of Canada.
00:02:31.160 We did not deport the 800 who betrayed our trust, who were hostile, who scammed our country. 0.99
00:02:39.500 No, we decided to give 400 of them, half of them, a different form of immigration permit,
00:02:45.560 whether that is a work permit or a refugee claim.
00:02:49.460 And who are the immigration ministers that were responsible for this?
00:02:52.960 Ahmed Hussein, Marco Mendicino, Sean Fraser, Mark Miller, and our current immigration minister,
00:02:59.420 Lina Dieppe.
00:03:00.120 This is why I'm going to the Liberal Party convention in the beginning of April.
00:03:04.120 I'm going to hold these ministers accountable.
00:03:07.300 Face-to-face, ask them tough questions that nobody in the media industry is willing to ask them.
00:03:13.500 So my link is in my bio.
00:03:15.680 It's my give, send, go.
00:03:16.540 Give me whatever you got.
00:03:17.500 It all helps.
00:03:18.480 Thank you.