Paul Anka says crime in Canada 'through the roof' amid mass immigration
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Paul Anka is lamenting the surge of crime in Canada, blaming it on the country’s mass immigration.
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The Ottawa-born singer appeared on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast where the topic turned to life in Canada — back in the day compared to now.
Maher kicked things off with a recount of a night out where he was continually tipping the bartender before the bartender told him he had tipped enough.
“That’s Canada,” Maher said. “I mean, I always think of that as Canada as opposed to America, you know, just nicer.”
Anka, 84, agreed, calling it “different, homogenous” in comparison to the United States.
“We’re not a homogenous nation here,” the “Puppy Love” crooner said of the U.S. “You look at homogenous nations, Asian, wherever, different cultures, we’re not homogenous. That’s part of what we have to deal with. But that’s the greatness of America.”
As for Canada, Anka said it was once “homogenous” — but not anymore.
“Only now are they feeling it,” he explained. “A city like Toronto, there’s over 400,000 immigrants, and their crime rate has gone through the roof.”
Maher agreed: “Canada and England both.”
London is not the place for Maher
The podcaster then went on a rant about England and how he has never really been a fan of the city, even in the ‘80s, but noted, “I’m not saying it was better then, it was an all-White city.”
Maher continued: “You know, there was an England, and I’m not saying it was all better. And I think London now is like — I mean, it’s like I think 70% minority or something. This is called ‘progress.’”
The Real Time host added that there appears to be no stopping point before liberals can recognize that enough change has happened.
“I’m always having to beg progressives to, like, enjoy the product you’re selling — progress,” he detailed. “They really hate progress. You know, there’s something about their psyche that has to say, ‘No, we haven’t done enough.’”
Maher added: “‘Yeah, of course, we haven’t done enough, but we did this.’ Could you just take the W once in a while?”
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And despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to clean up the mess created by his predecessor Justin Trudeau, it’s not happening, as our system continues to bring in people faster than we can absorb them.
A report from the Auditor General in March showed the current immigration plan still calls for permanent residence numbers to fall within a range of 350,000 to 420,000 from now until 2028.
While the government promotes their immigration plan as being about jobs and the economy, only about 245,000 of those new permanent residents are considered part of the economic immigrant stream.
In 2015, Canada was taking in roughly 579,000. By 2024, that number blew up to 1.36 million.
Sure, the numbers are sliding a bit, but not nearly enough to balance out the system.
Population in Canada
According to Statistics Canada, Canada’s population in 2025 dropped by 100,000 people , marking the first time Canada has seen a yearly net decline in citizens since Confederation.
That said, StatsCan noted the overall population decrease from last year should be “interpreted with caution,” as the increased number of work extensions and study permits could lead to a larger number of updates in the next few months.
Meanwhile, Canada’s temporary population is 2.6 million, or about 6.5% of the total population of 41 million, according to the latest population estimate.
The Carney Liberals are still promising to get Canada’s temporary population to below 5% of the total, down from a high of 7.5% in October 2024, but that aim is still higher than it should be.
— Additional reporting from Brian Lilley and Eddie Chau