Mass immigration in Canada

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I just want to express how angry I feel about how the Canadian government is handling (or more specific not handling) immigration here. Under the Trudeau Liberal government the population of Canada has gone from 36M to about 40M, and that's just documented immigrants. Who knows how many people are really here? Between illegal immigrants, people on student visa's and temporary foreign workers we are looking at over a million people a year flooding into this country. All of this has been done without any preparation.
Housing and vehicles have gone way up in price. And our welfare system that was designed to only handle a small amount of people approximately 10-15% of the population is overwhelmed by the amount of new applicants. Since housing is so scarce and expensive wait lists for low income and supportive housing have become so long that it's not unlikely that you will have to wait 5-10 years for your name to come up, that is if it comes up at all. The people of this country are suffering and the government doesn't care. I'm going to be reaching out to my MP again about this issue. I know that this probably won't change anything but I want these corrupt politicians to know that the people are angry and that they will be held accountable for what they have done to this country.

you can rest assured that it is very hard for a typical american to be allowed to move/live up there, much less gain citizenship.

In 2019, Australia had the highest share of migrants* in the OECD after Luxembourg, at 30 per cent of the population. This was more than twice the OECD average (14 per cent).
Migrants boost the labour productivity of Australian‑born workers. On average, a region with a 10 per cent larger migrant share (e.g., 33 per cent instead of 30 per cent) has a 1.3 per cent larger regional wage difference, which indicates a positive link between migration and labour productivity.
Migration boosts the employment of the Australian‑born population and does not affect its wages. A 1 percentage point rise in the annual migrant inflow (measured as share of the total population), on average, leads to a 0.53 per cent increase in the employment of the Australian‑born population. Australian‑born people of all skill levels, ages or genders benefit from this positive effect.
Migration boosts patenting in Australia. On average, a one percentage point increase in the regional employment share of higher‑educated migrants (those with at least a college degree) relative to total employment leads to a 4.8 per cent rise in regional patent applications in the medium run (5 years). There is no effect of migration on trademarks or design rights applications.
https://population.gov.au/publications/ ... oductivity.

There are similar sentiments in the UK about immigration. Probably some truth in the idea that it's mostly about importing cheap labour. A cynic might say that the ruling class wants the indigenous population to hate immigrants, for divide-and-rule. Certainly they do little about preparing people for what's going to happen.

Dude!  You're coming across as one of those MAGA-hat wearing Americans, eh?