Immigration Watch Canada (IWC) was a Vancouver-based anti-immigration organization and website co-founded by Dan B. Murray, a former teacher. It blames the current immigration policies of Canada on political corruption and calls for a sharp decrease in the number of immigrants allowed into the country annually from 250,000 to 25,000.
Brampton Flyer Controversy
In April 2014, IWC gained national attention with a flyer depicting a black-and-white photo of an all-white group with the caption "From this," above a colour photo of a group of angry Sikh protesters, with the caption "To this." The flyer was later denounced by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne as "hateful." In response, Dan Murray, the group spokesman told CBC News: "She's gotten where she is because of freedom of speech and now what she's telling us is to shut-up… I suspect she knows that her party depends on the recent immigrant vote and that she's just hiding that fact and trying to portray us as anti-immigrant." In August 2014, another IWC flyer depicting a Sikh with a mark across his face was denounced as hateful and disgusting by Ontario's Citizenship and Immigration minister Michael Chan. It was also condemned officially by a unanimously adopted motion in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.