74 per cent of Canadians favour immigrants being tested for 'anti Canadian' values: survey

According to a survey carried out by Radio-Canada, three out of four Canadians believe immigrants should be tested for 'anti-Canadian' values.

While overall in favour of taking in refugees, Canadians are still worried about cultural clashes, particular in the French-speaking province of Quebec.



The online survey had 2,513 respondents including 1,024 in Quebec and was conducted between January 27 to January 30.

Prominent findings of the survey show that 46 per cent of Canadians believe that immigrants make Canada "a better place to live". While 60 per cent of Canadians approved of the country's decision to welcome Syrian immigrants, 74 per cent also agreed with the proposal put forth by the Conservative party's leadership that immigrants should be screened for 'anti-Canadian' values.

Anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments were found to be more widespread in Quebec, where 32 percent agreed to a Trump-style travel ban. On the other hand, only 25 percent of Canadians nationwide agreed to that

Muslim immigrants also polled lowest with Quebecois on the question which asked which groups were best integrated into Canadian society, garnering 42 per cent, compared with 72 per cent for Jewish immigrants, 82 per cent for Haitians, and 87 per cent for Asians.



Interestingly enough, the survey clashed with the horrific Quebec mosque shooting and showed that before the mosque attack, only 38 per cent of Quebecers felt Muslims were well integrated into Quebec society. This number rose to 44 per cent in the wake of the shootings.

This story originally appeared in RT