The first post-national nation?

[airiefairie]

While the world is shutting itself from refugees and migrants and wondering how to curb their inflow or even kick them out, Canada has adopted a different approach: it not only welcomes foreigners, but it does it eagerly.

Right-wing populism, xenophobia, encapsulation - that is how we could briefly describe the dominant dynamics around the world in

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[ddstory]

So much with the "but, but, it's a small an homogeneous society, that's why these things work so fine there" sort of argument.

[peamasii]

They can say whatever they want, in terms of refugees they're barely in the top 20 countries in rates of acceptance. Hardly a dent in the global trends. Maybe cause it's too far/cold/expensive for most refugees to actually get there?

http://globalnews.ca/news/2951263/these-14-countries-have-taken-more-refugees-than-canada/

[luzribeiro]

US 0.4% of the population; UK 0.68%. And these two are the most hysterical about immigrants!?

[dreamville_bg]

Trudeau is clueless. Three quarters of Canadians are of European descent (mostly white), by far the largest faction in the country, and most do share core common values. I'd like to know what he's smoking.