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This isn’t about deciding which group behaves worse. Littering is wrong whether you arrived in Canada last month or were born here. Everyone should respect the parks, streets and public spaces we share. But comparing someone who has a home and access to a bathroom with someone experiencing homelessness, addiction or severe mental illness misses an important difference. One may be making a careless choice. The other may be in a serious crisis. That doesn’t mean Canadians should accept dirty or un

This is a sensitive subject, but silence doesn’t protect families. It protects the pressure that’s hurting them. Canada can give people a new home, but that doesn’t mean every old belief disappears at the airport. Some young Canadians are still being judged by family names, caste, religion and who their parents think is “acceptable.” I’m not sharing this to attack Indian culture or arranged marriages. I’m Indian, and I know how loving and close our families can be. But that closeness shouldn’t b

A lot of the videos going around show older people dumping garbage or leaving it beside a bin. We don’t know how every person came to Canada, but some were likely brought here with the help of their adult children. If you helped your parents or grandparents move here, helping them settle should include explaining how things work. Show them which bins to use, when garbage is collected and where large items need to go. What seems obvious to someone raised in Canada may not be obvious to someone wh

I’m Indian, but I was born and raised in Canada. I grew up with Canadian expectations around public spaces, so when I see someone throw garbage on the ground, it frustrates me too. I’m not sharing this to shame Indians or defend anyone who leaves garbage behind. I’m trying to understand how behaviour that shocks most Canadians could feel normal to someone else. The World Bank says only about 67% of waste in South Asia is collected. In some communities, children grow up walking past piles of garb

Canadians have every right to be angry when people leave garbage in parks, on beaches or beside full bins. These places belong to all of us. If you choose to make Canada your home, you also choose to respect the country and take care of it. Different habits or backgrounds may explain the behaviour, but they do not excuse it. Clean up after yourself. Take your garbage home. If someone in your group leaves a mess, say something. At the same time, the people responsible should be blamed, not every

It’s easy to say earlier immigrants “fit in better.” But they arrived in a very different Canada. There were fewer newcomers arriving at once, smaller cultural communities and more reasons to connect with people outside their own background. That doesn’t mean keeping your culture is the problem. My family kept ours. But building a life in Canada should also mean learning the language, respecting the country and taking part in the wider community. At the same time, Canada can’t bring people here

The more I looked into this, the more I realized how much money was being made from these families. Some recruiters earned thousands of dollars for every student they signed up. At that point, you have to ask whether they were helping families make the right decision or simply trying to close another sale. Many families trusted these recruiters because they spoke their language and understood what they wanted. A better education. A good job. A safer future. Maybe a chance to stay in Canada perma

It’s fair for Canadians to ask why their workplaces have changed so quickly. But the person serving your coffee is not the person who designed the system. Many international students came here believing Canada offered a path to a better life. Once they arrived, they faced high tuition, expensive rent and bills that still had to be paid. At the same time, our colleges needed their tuition and many businesses needed their labour. There’s an honest conversation to be had about immigration levels, w

This conversation isn’t about blaming Indian students or claiming every private college was illegitimate. Many students came in good faith, invested their families’ savings and genuinely wanted a better future. But when immigration pathways, tuition revenue and recruitment commissions become closely connected, strong oversight matters. We should be able to question the system Canada created without turning the people who entered through it into scapegoats. Accountability and compassion can exist

This conversation requires honesty without hatred. Canada’s immigration system expanded faster than our housing, schools, healthcare and enforcement systems could handle. Governments approved the permits, colleges collected the tuition and employers benefited from the labour. Newcomers were sold the idea that studying or working here would likely lead to permanent residence—even though it was never guaranteed. Now the rules are tightening, and thousands of people are facing the consequences. As

This isn’t me piling on newcomers or pretending racism isn’t part of this conversation. I see the comments about Indian people online, and a lot of them are disgusting. But I also don’t think every criticism should automatically be dismissed as racist. My parents came to Canada, kept our food, music, traditions and culture, while also adapting to the country they chose to call home. That never made us less Indian. You can be proud of where you come from and still make an effort to understand the