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As Donald Trump emerged as the winner of the American presidential campaign Tuesday night, 100,000 people in the Unites States visited Canada's immigration website, contributing to a crash.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada confirmed that visitors from the U.S. made up half the traffic on its website when it "started to experience difficulties" around 11 p.m. on Nov. 8. The usual proportion of visitors from the U.S. ranges from 8.8 to 11.6 per cent.
In total, 200,000 users were on the website when it crashed, compared to 17,000 users at the same time the previous week.
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U.S. Visitors Flooded Immigration Website - Crash Followed - Ottawa
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(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @11:13AM
Sounds like Canada needs to build a wall to keep out waves of illegal immigrants trying to escape their dysfunctional government to seek a better life in the North.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @11:34AM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/bricking-it-for-canada-1.3479184 [www.cbc.ca]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by BsAtHome on Sunday November 13 2016, @11:38AM
It would probably be cheaper for Canada to invade the US, depose the ruling class and annex the country. That would also make the southern wall obsolete.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday November 13 2016, @12:04PM
Canada to invade the US, depose the ruling class and annex the country
That's called "spreading democracy".
Democracy is usually spread on countries that have oil - and the US has a lot of it. Also, Canada could come up with a pretty convincing file on US WMDs at the United Nations. So yeah, I'd say they have a pretty strong case to start the spreading.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @09:02PM
In the UK, we might consider welcoming the US back into the commonwealth, if they were sufficiently apologetic for the interregnum.
(Score: 3, Funny) by hamsterdan on Sunday November 13 2016, @02:50PM
With what?
Threaten them we'll have our CF-18s fly over there and lose parts over the country?
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday November 13 2016, @05:13PM
News item: Canada has acquired a uranium-filled bomb "bigger than a king-size bed." Fear it!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875697 [bbc.com]
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @05:14PM
With what?
A few well-placed maple syrup spills will wreak havoc on the US.
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Sunday November 13 2016, @08:14PM
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/today-we-celebrate-the-time-canada-burned-down-the-white-house-127844144/ [smithsonianmag.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @02:30AM
The F-35 would have been perfect for a stealthy attack. But that wasn't a Liberal priority.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @02:44PM
They need to build a Maginot Line. Fleeing to Canada make as much sense as fleeing to France before WW2.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Monday November 14 2016, @02:28AM
Sounds like Canada needs to build a wall to keep out waves of illegal immigrants trying to escape their dysfunctional government to seek a better life in the North
...which the US will pay for.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.