As yesterday’s vote count in the US presidential election proceeded showing a Trump lead, the number of searches on the Canadian government immigration website increased. It now appears that traffic was so heavy that at one point the site simply crashed.
Immigration and Citizenship Canada has not commented on the reason for the crash however.
At least one Canadian political scholar, David Savoie of the University of Moncton (New Brunswick) said there could be an influx of American political refugees similar to that during the Vietnam War if Donald Trump follows through with comments about deporting illegal immigrants and scrapping or renogiating trade deals.
Joke immigration site, gets lots of action
As the election in the US progressed and Donald Trump became a presidential candidate, Rob Calabrese created a somewhat tongue-in-cheek website for Americans to immigrate to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia if Trump won. Part of the reason for the site was to highlight the outflow of population from the island.
His site was getting a lot of action almost as soon as he set it up in February, and even more as the election proceeded. He has receieved thousands of information requests but last night he said he received over 100 email enquiries from people concerned about continuing to live in the US under a Trump administration.
He said he thought Trump would lose and everything would go back to normal.
He told the Canadian Press he will rename his site and expects he’ll continue referring inquiries to official websites where those expressing an interest to immigrate to Cape Breton or elsewhere in Canada can look for work opportunities and apply to immigrate.
A polling firm called Mainstreet Research said if asked over 5,000 Canadians and the vast majority would have voted for Clinton.
American immigration? No thanks.
The survey also asked if they would support making it easier for Americans to move to Canada if Trump won, the answer at 72 percent, was a resounding no.
Meanwhile a Pew Research Centre international survey showed many countries of the world have very little confidence in Donald Trump regarding world affairs. Some 80 percent of Canadians said they had little confidence, others like Sweden came in at 92 percent, Germany France, the UK, the Netherlands, and Spain all expressed over 80 percent in their lack of confidence.
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