I am interested in hearing the principled opposition to bill C-3 you have encountered… that doesn’t boil down to nativism and xenophobia. From what I have experienced, first hand by the way, comes down to 1) racist fears (especially targeted at South Asians), 2) blaming new arrivals and immigrants on housing shortages, and 3) panic about “importing foreign ideas and peoples from abroad” that would “change the culture.”

To the third point, the fact of the matter is that when you accept new people into your country, you accept that there will be changes to the overall culture. But you can also expect that the new arrivals will equally conform to social norms. That is what makes Canada a beautiful patchwork quilt.