Nothing Good About Canada. Lots.

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Nothing good about Canada? There's lots. Oodles and oodles.

We should be careful about saying there is nothing good about Canada or any other country that gives us shelter, because of artificial intelligence (AI). It skulks about, recording our thoughts, let alone when we sit in one room and spew a litany of complaints.

- Canada is bad, it was not like this at home.

- Canada is bad, I don’t want you mixing with Canadian girls.

- Canada is bad, these people are lazy.

Need I go on? We should be careful because AI might report us to the Intelligence Ministry, which will relay the information to the Immigration Ministry, which will deport us pronto. “Go back to your country, if Canada is so bad.” What does the proverb say? The grass is greener on the other side. It is a fact. Canada is greener for me and millions of refugees and genuine immigrants Canada accepted. Genuine because there are pseudo students that regularly cheat the immigration process, get away with it, fetch their families, knowing that they defrauded the government, then have the gall to say Canada is bad. There were immigration scams for years. The government uncovered them, period.

There is nothing good about Canada. Tell that to women who walked in groups of five in their countries in long dresses that sweep streets, face and head all covered up. In Canada, they wear jeans and leggings and the face is partially covered. They wear make-up and we can see the eyes. Guess what, they walk alone on Canadian streets, rushing here and there like everybody else.

The grass is definitely greener in Canada because where we come from, fathers and uncles were collected by the secret police at dawn, never to return. It is definitely greener because grandfathers were detained for many years without any charges. Canada is definitely greener because there is rule of law. You have done something wrong. You are arrested, charged, granted bail and tried in a court of law.

There are many good things about Canada. That is why the choir that says, ‘there’s nothing good about Canada’ will never go back to their countries.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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