Is Canada Immigration Swayed on Ethnic Votes? It Seems So!

Thanks for this story, Barry!

the reasoning couches a serious lack of fairness. because some one is a criminal does not mean someone else should stay?

and there is no gun waiting at home for those who refuse to join the KGB. working for the KGB should disqualify most, not all, immigrants. your excuse that the person had no choice is like saing an Israeli has no choice in going to Gaza and murderng children.

Every Canadian needs to read the new book McMafia: it details how Canada, through its corrupt immigration system, has become the global centre for organised crime (epicentre is British Columbia). Canadians are at best dopes, at worst complicit in exporting criminal activity around the world. You can see the failure in all of Canada's cities now, as the suburbs mimic France's 'banlieus': hotbeds of crime and terrorist plotting.

Immigration is a great thing for Canada! However, I don't think Canadian immigration policy is a great thing. As a long term resident of a foreign country myself, I do my best to meld into my environment and my children are "normal."

The aboriginal people had a poor immigration policy and they lost their "country"; they "let" all the Europeans in. 

Like it or not Canada is a "great" country because of its "western heritage." The ideas and ideals that evolved from Greece, survived the Dark Ages, led to people nailing things to church doors, writings from John Locke, American independence, revolution, secularism, and gay marriage; freedom. 

Western thought is a great thing and Canada needs an immigration policy that readily accepts anyone willing to accept western thought and the benefits it derives.  What a step backwards it would be for mankind if Canada abandoned its western heritage.

That does not by any means suggest that Canada should only let white Europeans come to Canada. It does mean that immigrants that are more likely to accept "western ideals" should go to the front. To me that would mean more immigrants from the Philippines, Latin America, and Buddhist regions. Immigrants, without question, have a great influence on the country that adopts them, most of them positive, but Canada needs to seriously consider if the changes immigrants bring are positive or negative. Just off the top of my head, I would say that a change it woman's role in society to subservient would be a step backwards so Canada should be a bit careful about immigration that would degrade the notion of equality.

The gang problem in B.C. is problematic, and it may attract a lot of immigrants but the problem is not immigration, it is market driven. As long as growing pot in B.C. and transporting it to the U.S. remains hugely profitable, there will be powerful criminal gangs in B.C.  The best way to fight the gangs would be to decriminalize pot in Canada, tax it, and use the money raised through those taxes to destroy the smuggling rings.

Thanks everyone for your comments, truly appreciated.

I will say the same about the Canadian government on this as I often say about the US government.

They need to get their priorities in order.,

Yep, you said it 158

A list of 43,600 people who have been deported in the last 4 years exists. But nobody can really say where these people are, inside our outside our borders. The reason given by our "officials" is that Canada checks who comes in but not who comes out. I call it a well managed country. Sound investment of taxpayers money?

In year 2007, 26,000 virgin Canadian citizenship certificates dissapeared. Stolen for sure. And who cares?

About checking who comes in, dont forget that sniffer dogs are no longer allowed because we are a multicultural country. If the suspect says he cant come close to a dog because of his religion we let him in. How proud I am to be a Canadian !

Enough for today. Like many of you I'm pissed !

Thanks for the insight Andre, I remember a conversation when I was with Rev Can and Immigration a clerk (A Chinese National) in our employ as a translator in our High Commission in Hong Kong was detained and arrested on charges of corruptness after visas for Chinese citizens were rampant and many had criminal records, yet we still hire nationals from host countries to manage our interview processes when handing out visas. What happened to this Chinese National who was charged with bribery and other charges, she was shown the door and never spent a day in jail. Probably retired Richer than Bill Gates,  One can imagine what goes on in our other embassies , consulates and high commissions today I wonder?

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