November 2, 2024 06:13 AM

Canada's Immigration Crashes; See Why Americans Declare They Are Moving To Canada

Canada's immigration website crashed on Tuesday night which made it inaccessible to visitors during the US election vote. Officials have confirm that the cause was higher than the normal level of traffic. It has been reported that this might have been caused by US citizens exploring their options following Donald Trump's victory.

The site went down at around 10:30 pm ET on Tuesday, and it was inaccessible after that. "The Government of Canada is committed to secure and reliable IT infrastructure to ensure high-quality services to all users, " a spokesperson told the BBC. CNN reported, about 9 ET Tuesday evening, the number of major key states in the election - including Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Florida could all swing to Donald trump's favor. Even Virginia has since been won by Clinton and Florida by Trump.

The problem was widely commented and made countless jokes about people fleeing the country over the results have been circulated in social media. Google even recorded a spike in the search topic immigration to Canada that may not have come to a surprise. In this political situation, this could bring Canadians and Americans closer together putting their difference aside. In the past, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of Trump's Critic in the past. Major differences between Trump and Trudeau are their views on the refugee crisis in Syria.

Trudeau said last year that, "Muslims are the greatest victims of terrorist acts around the world. Painting ISIS and others with a broad brush that extends to all Muslims is not just ignorant, it's irresponsible." According to USA Today, reports: "Trudeau plans to allow 25,000 refugees to resettle in the nation by February, with up to another 25,000 by the end of 2016, giving priority to women, children, families and persecuted groups such as lesbians and gays." Canada's policy stands a contrary view on US where trump banned Muslims into their country. Website, unfortunately, still unable to accessible Tuesday afternoon. As Canada's shared services continues to work to resolve the issue.

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America, Usa, US Elections 2016, Donald trump, Donald Trump victory, Immigration
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