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Immigration bad for us, new Canadian book says
Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Yeah, well, one did not need to do a long expensive and exhaustive study to figure that little tidbit of information out did they? I have been saying this for years, when Media show many who come to our shores,show little loyalty to Canada or go right into Criminal activity learned from their former country. Though the majority of immigrants are hard working and law abiding, it is time to cut the wheat from the chaff and get the ones who will benefit Canada first.
Many in the Politically correct circles, especially politicians who would gladly trade ethnic votes to guarantee an election win to stay in office are one of biggest Pro Immigration proponents. Is it any wonder? Of course New Immigrants would gladly sell their souls and vote for whoever gets them that Ticket to Ride to Canadian Shores!
There is no argument that skilled immigrants add much needed value to Canada, where as third world immigrants with little or no social or education place a major drain on Canada's society, with many of these third world immigrants becoming ghettoized into urban areas such as Toronto ghettos where major crimes are committed, with gangs and shootings commonplace as reported in the media. Many of these immigrants have little prospects in getting further education, learning to read, write and comprehend enough English or french to get even the most menial of jobs. Those that do, work below minimum wage by unscrupulous employers.
Canada needs to stop being the Worlds social agency for Immigrants, especially those who come here, get their citizenship and then leave for their former country to live and work, only to return sporadically in order to be eligible for Old Age Security, to have their children born in Canada or educated. I am looking at YOU ASIA and MIDDLE EAST!!!! Remember the fiasco when Lebanon came under invasion and Canada had to send friggin Cruise ships to get Canadians out of Lebanon. HELLO!!!!!!! You really think those thousands of Canadians were just visiting? Give your Head a Shake People!
That is not to say it is racism, it is a fact of life, and not right or fair to anyone, especially when Canada has more than enough mouths it is struggling to feed as it is and has little time to rescue part time Canadians or those whose Countries who rely on our foreign aid to help their people, don't and line their own pockets with our Taxpayer funded Foreign aid while their people starve.
Time to shut off the tap and care for our own!
For years, Canadians have been led to believe that mass immigration is necessary to fill labour shortages, make up for our low fertility rates and finance expensive social programs.
In a shot across the bow of political correctness, a new book by the Fraser Institute argues that these beliefs are myths and calls for a serious debate on Canadian immigration policy.
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at 11:52 on October 4th, 2009
With a smaller labor supply, workers would be paid more. More women and men could afford children. That would solve the problem of the low-fertility rate a lot better.
at 03:07 on October 5th, 2009
Well, that simply makes too much sense to ever have a chance of actually happening.
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djermanoat 16:06 on October 4th, 2009
The world is much more different today Barry... I think less people want to immigrate to Canada than you suggest are lining up at the border.. The way things are going...with the collapse of Western financial Institutes, gives one to pause the sense in leaving their homeland, to go to Canada or the US... They are figuing out that it has been an over-rated rape of their cultural resources...for a political system that is really paralyzed, always filled with argument, and actually forced upon the people to accept..whether things are going well..and they wish to keep them going well. The reason I say this is because like in the US when Bill Clinton was President things were going well...in which the government was in the black...yet the forces of democracy forced the people to change from the good, to a worse condition when of course GW Bush stole the election.
You see Democracy is not all that its cracked up to be.. It can't see that when it reaches its goal of goodness and well being of the people...that it needs to maintain those ideals. Instead they allow the forces of voting and change to uproot the new seedlings and we are lost to no harvest of goodness whatsoever.
People in the world recognize this.....Tis better to stay in their own country, because the possibility is that things will get better there before they do any good in the USA or Canada.
Canada and the USA need to change their politics....Obama has not even come close to the needed revolution that needs to happen in the West. It's pretty apparant when you see the growth and success in PR China a communist state. Clearly they are doing something right.
Rev. Jermano
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André Drouin (not verified)at 18:31 on October 4th, 2009
Since January 2009 the labour market has shrinked down 514,000 jobs, in Canada. During the very same period of time, counting visas of all kinds, refugees, family reunite, skilled workers category, 310,000 newcomers have set foot here. And add to this the illegals of which nobody seems to know the exact number. Do we need to be a PhD in maths to ask the question:"Is there something wrong?" Andre Drouin Herouxville Qc
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djermanoat 15:48 on October 5th, 2009
Yeah!! a Quebecer would know.. that's why you guys have always been wanting to break away from Canada.
Rev. Jermano