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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's only xenophobic if if think it's a bad thing. Is it xenophobic against Albertans to say that they typically vote for the Conservatives? Of course not, it's just a fact. Just like historically, Catholics tend to vote for the Liberals and Protestants tend to vote Conservative. Again, it's not showing prejudice against those groups, it's just the way politics work. The body politic of the country is basically a conglomeration of special interest groups, immigrants being one of those among many. It's also a fact that immigrants tend to vote for the Liberals more so than they do Conservatives. I also think you're underestimating political parties here. Of course they implement policies that are intended to have long term effects.
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Where's the evidence for your assertion? You claim saying they the vote liberal isn't xenophobic because they do. Do they? Xenophobia doesn't mean you hate or even dislike immigrants. It means you're unreasonably scared of them and make assumptions based on that fear. They're not being brought in to be a voting block.
The idea that increasing immigration is a political plot to dilute the vote of the current citizens has zero evidence for it and would be pretty much impossible to do without a lot more oversight on exactly which ethnicities they're allowing in and where they settle. Then you have the problem that immigrants don't vote. It's like the $#lttiest plan ever.
There absolutely are complex impacts to immigration that can be bad like housing, education, healthcare, etc. It may even affect elections! To make assertions about it means to ignore your bias and look for facts