Who is "fit" to immigrate to Canada?
I don't think this has been discussed here.
On the radio this morning I heard that this file continues to move ahead on Parliament Hill. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/huss...lity-1.4414274 |
I'm a bit sceptical of the "principle" mentioned in the article, since I don't see any real connection between inclusion of the sick/disabled in Canadian society with our criteria for permitting the immigration of people with no connection to, or status in, Canada. One would also like to see more information on the potential costs of such a change - the estimate given in the article seems very low.
On the other hand, perhaps this can simply be seen as a cost of being a compassionate society, a bit like the costs we willingly incur to accept refugees into Canada. The case of the professor with the Down Syndrome child always struck me as a case of the policy being too harsh. There would have been little to no cost to the taxpayer had the family been allowed to immigrate, as they could well afford to provide for the child. |
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Are there any others, in fact? If so, there can't be very many. |
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I think it would lead to an increase in the number of disabled applicants, but I suspect that they would be mostly in the family reunification category. |
No one, except refugees, should be allowed to come to Canada without a good fluency of either English or French. Period. They should also have marketable skills and we don't need family reunification of everybody's parents and grandparents. I don't care if they have a disability or illness as long as they still can be gainfully employed.
As far as refugees, their claims should be settled within a month especially border crossers who are just que-jumpers. No endless appeals or trials in the courts just a simple yes or no and that's it. Canada says most of the current border crossers will be denied which maybe true but that could take up to a decade to figure out in our current system and by then they would have melted into the woodwork or be given yet another appeal this time on humanitarian grounds for, of all things, having been in the country so long. ANY children born by people who have not yet been determined to be refugees should also be considered refugees and not be given citizenship unless the family refugee claimants win their case. In Richmond there is a wholesale industry of the Chinese visiting the country for a few months to have their kids hoping they get automatic citizenship and hence their parents will as well. |
It's been a while since one of your "should" posts that ignore the reality of the Canada's laws and Constitution. A speedier refugee determination system would be possible, but it would cost (conservatively) hundreds of millions of dollars.
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How much does it cost to gives these people welfare, housing, medical, and education supports over the years it takes for their claim to meander thru the system? How much does the government spend on employees having to deal with these same cases for years to say nothing of the endless court cases and immigration lawyers bleeding the system dry? Anyone crossing the border from the US should immediately be put up in a nearby makeshift emergency hostel. Give them food and care for 2 days until their case is heard. Where are you from? Did you cross at a legal border crossing? Do you have a status in the US or a refugee claim there? If yes then escort them to the nearest border crossing and wish them luck. End of story. Canada and Trudeau are so hypocritical. Bitching at Trump for cancelling it's Haiti post-earthquake status and yet Canada cancelled it's program a year ago. |
In Quebec basically French speaking non-religious people.
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Knowledge of English or French, university or trade educated, under the age of 50 and not part of a death cult would be a good start.
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These would not be concentration camps so let's cool the hyperbole.
I am talking about thse people crossing the border from the US. Anyone coming from a safe 3rd country like the US should be given an automatic no and taken to the nearest border crossing and wish them luck. Canada should not, under any circumstance, allow anyone to claim refugee status from any safe 3rd country ie Western Europe, US, Aust/NZ, Japan etc. Anyone arriving by land or air from these countries should be held for 24 hours and sent on the next plane back. Anyone coming from a safe 3rd country is not, under any definition, a refugee. Do I feel bad for these mostly Haitians and Hondurans crossing over from the US, of course I do. They are coming from poor and violent countries and I wouldn't want to go back to those countries either and I can't blame them for fleeing such horrid circumstances. That however does not make them refugeess according to the UN Charter of Refugees. Poverty and national instability are NOT grounds for refugee status. |
Apparently 11.2% of the residents of Richmond, BC can't communicate in English. What kind of immigration system allows that kind of drag on the economy?
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I am pretty sure there are unilingual people in Richmond and elsewhere in Canada who are richer than you and me and contribute more to the economy than we do. |
I want future citizens to not only be such in the letter of the law but also in the spirit of it and these unilingual Chinese in Richmond don't qualify. Unfortunately they bought their passport and are now free to live in a Chinese-only world and launder their money. Anyone who cannot speak either of our official languages has absolutely no intention of belonging to the wider Canadian community. If they can afford to buy a passport and flip a house they are more than able to take a Berlitz course.
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There are dozens (hundreds?) of businesses in west Toronto owned by Portuguese who to this day can't speak a word of English. There are certainly valid arguments in requiring better knowledge of our official languages, but not sure the economic angle is one of them. I'd actually hazard a guess than an immigrant who only speaks Mandarin/Cantonese in Richmond could contribute considerably to the economy as they could easily conduct daily business within that community.
Again, there are other valid reasons this may not be desirable. |
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-The brutal repression of ethnic & religious minorities. -The lack of rule of law for citizens who can be spirited away in the middle of the night, even from foreign countries. -The race to steal manufacturing jobs at the cost of polluting not just china but the whole planet. -Trying to control what its citizens think by blocking internet sites. -A culture of corruption and cronyism that spreads to everywhere in the world their money touches. I could go on and on, I'm surprised they even let you read SSP frankly. |
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