Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedEric Kaufmann: belief
3 Jul 2019 Conversations with Tyler Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism
“Also, there’s a new party called the People’s Party, which did get 11 percent in a by-election in greater Vancouver. So I think the idea that English Canada is immune from this is actually wrong, and we’re going to see more of it going forward.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Eric Kaufmann
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 3 Jul 2019
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…What about Canada, which is one of the most welcoming nations for immigrants? Right, and of course, being Canadian I think I know Canada fairly well. There’s French Canada and English Canada. French Canada is, I think, very similar to continental Europe and is responding. The CAQ, which won the provincial election on an immigration reduction platform, is something I would classify as a populist right party. English Canada — we’ve obviously had elections such as in Ontario — the Doug Ford Conservative administration, which has elements of this populism. Also, there’s a new party called the People’s Party, which did get 11 percent in a by-election in greater Vancouver. So I think the idea that English Canada is immune from this is actually wrong, and we’re going to see more of it going forward. The electorate is now more polarized on cultural issues than it’s ever been in Canada. We’re going to have to see where that goes, but I don’t think Canada will be the great exception that it has been for much, much longer. So there’ll be more of a turn against immigration?…
Stored transcript either side of the excerpt. The highlighted words are the published quote; the surrounding text is unedited source, never generated.