Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump edges closer to White House
The Canadian immigration site has crashed as US election results started rolling in.
(Web Desk) - Canada’s official website ‘Citizenship and Immigration Canada’ has been experiencing repeated outages, most probably due to a surge in traffic as Donald Trump grabbed an early lead in the US presidential race.
Canada’s website would usually offer ways of applying either to live in or to become a citizen of the country. But all those people trying to access it actually are able to see is a long loading page and no access to the website.
Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal serve error message when trying to access the http://www.cic.gc.ca/ website.
The website’s problems were noted by many on Twitter.
Hillary Voters Crash Canada Immigration Website - https://t.co/uJHoj1mvvX #tcot #tlot pic.twitter.com/A9NRZSXIj2
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) November 9, 2016
Stock exchanges crash triggers auto halt - the #Canada immigration website crashes. #trumpeffect
— RobinRobinson (@RobinRobinson) November 9, 2016
Canada s citizenships website really did crash #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/XLG9YJZOOP
— Sumeya Alington (@sumeyaalington) November 9, 2016
No jokes, Canada immigration website crash after early results shows Trump leading. Don t run to Canada, you are all welcome in Nigeria.
— Benjamin Andrew (@benjizzy101) November 9, 2016
Maybe some Americans were serious when they threatened they would move to Canada if Republican presidential candidate became successful in his often polarizing campaign for the White House.
Earlier, people in the US increasingly searched for the word "emigrate" over the last few hours.
People in the US are increasingly searching for the word "emigrate" over the last few hours #ElectionNight https://t.co/CJCBsKKKNE pic.twitter.com/hEH5lmPko1
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 9, 2016
Billionaire populist Donald Trump was poised for a possible shock victory over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s historic US presidential election, as a string of swing state victories for the Republican jolted world markets and stunned her supporters.
As polls closed and media called state races one-by-one, giving the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida and North Carolina to the Republican maverick, pollsters scrambled to update their forecasts and point to an improbable upset.
Clinton -- the 69-year-old Democratic former first lady, senator and secretary of state -- began the day as the narrow favorite to win the White House and become America’s first female president.
But Trump’s string of successes reflected how deeply divided the American electorate has become, and showcased his ability to tap into white blue-collar voters’ resentment of cultural change linked to immigration and the loss of manufacturing jobs at home.
--- with inputs from AFP
