Articles On Immigration

Question:
Immigration is a source of much heated debate. I think most reasonable people will agree that Canada's current immigration policies are flawed and should be reexamined. I also think that most reasonable people will agree that Canada needs some immigrants.

What do you think Canada's immigration policy should be? - What is an appropriate level for immigration? 100s of immigrants, 1000s of immigrants, 100000s of immigrants? - If we accept immigrants, what should our priorities be? Economic? Humanitarian (refugees)? If both, what ratio? What about families? Should families be allowed to accompany immigrants? What relationships would be considered as being "family"? - What other criteria should we look at? Fluency in English/French? Cultural compatibility?

How would you judge Cultural compatibility? Ethnic background and/or nationality? Education? Religion? We often see complaints about illegal immigrants - What can we do to prevent illegal immigration? - What should happen to illegal immigrants? What if they claim to be refugees? - Should we change our citizenship laws to prevent children born in Canada of illegal immigrant parents from being recognized as citizens? - Should we require visas for visitors? What countries? Should we have national quotas on legal immigrants?

What countries should have quotas? The U.K? France? Germany? Other EC nations? Eastern European countries? Russia? Middle Eastern countries? African countries? How about Whites from Africa? India, Pakistan etc? S.E Asian countries? Australia, NZ? China, HK, Taiwan? Korea? Japan? How about the Overseas Chinese? The US? Central and South American countries? What should government/citizens do to help immigrants become better Canadians?

Should immigrants be prevented from receiving government aid? Medical care? If there're prevented from receiving government services should they pay income tax? Should we continue to allow dual citizenship? Should naturalized citizens be stripped of citizenship if convicted of criminal activity? If so what types of crimes?

Please post your opinions on the above questions.

Answer:
Definitely more East Asian immigrants. They are the only ones bringing money in these days and contributing to a stronger economy. Dont bring in lazy penniless ones. Insist on immigrants bringing in a minmum of $200,000. And dont give welfare to any immigrant for 10 years. Investment Immigrants: AYNONE with $250,000 can caome with his/her nuclear family to canada.

The money must be invested by buying government-issued bonds and tied up for 10 yrs or more. no BS investment schemes. Family unification: If extented family members want to come along, $100,000 per person with the same inverstment requirement; no welfare for 10 yrs. Independent Immigrants: ANYOONE WHO HAS LANDED A PERMANENT JOB IN CANADA and is university educated and is fluent in English or French and is between 25-35 yrs old can come with his /her nuclear family to canada. Extented family members must meet the same requirement above. Canada needs immigrants who can made contributions.

The above can give canada the best and most productive ones without the trash. (Karen): Now anyone can see this message is flame bait, but I would like to ask this of our 'pro-immigration' Toronto poster: what data do you have to support the theory that immigrants are contributing to a stronger economy? I've posted, and seen posted, many articles to the contrary, but I've never seen one backing your theory. Anything more to offer than rhetoric?

On the second issue: What does it matter how much money an immigrant has when coming to Canada if he places it into a 5-year investment with his immigrant associates, doesn't place it in Canada at all (more often the case), or declares only what he wants to declare, leaving Revenue Canada with their fingers up their noses? Now I can see where these immigrants TAKE from Canadians: by availing them- selves of health care to which they never contributed, by availing them- selves of education to which they never contributed, by stressing the land, water, and envronment of Canada, and by having their multicultural programs including very costly translation, provided for by the taxpayers.

But I still don't see how these immigrants 'having a lot of money' bene- fits the averaage working Canadian. Does the average working Canadian benefit from a wealthy Taiwanese or Hong Konger buying a pricey automobile? Does the average working Canadian benefit from their buying enormous homes through their own culture's realtors from very wealthy homeowners or from land developers? Does the average working Canadian benefit from the many malls built by these people for catering to their own cultures? Does the average working Canadian benefit from the many cultural celebra- tions and programs provided for these wealthy immigrants? And if the average working Canadian doesn't benefit, but DOES have to pay for their health, education, and multi-cultural programs, then how is it exactly that Canadians are 'benefiting' from immigration?

How about this for an idea.... All immigrants to Canada must work and contribute to the tax pile for a minimum of 10 years - possibly more if poorly employed - BEFORE being able to dip into free education, health, and multicultural services? How about we withhold CITIZENSHIP for a minimum of 10 years until these immigrants have proven their worth to Canada? How about we re-evaluate their contribution every 2 years that they're in Canada & ship them politely back to their originating country if they are not in fact 'contributing'.

How about we do ALL of our selection of immigrants OVERSEAS - not within Canada's borders, as was the practice in the past? You know - entertain their applications for immigration via Canadian embassies around the globe, having full access to checking their stories in their own countries re: criminal records, financial self-support, and being 'of good character'. How about any 'refugee' that has the money to travel airfare to Canada from overseas, be returned immediately, gratis the 'humanitarian Canadians' to their land of origin to proceed to the nearest Canadian embassy and apply through it?

Think of the saving in dollars to these refugees for the un- necessary airfare! Much more humanitarian system. How about we all pull our heads out of the sand and realize that one of the single largest drains on Canada's economy is our totally powerless and abused immigration system...... on the average working Canadian. Its probably because you wish just to ignore them and spew more of your false propoganda.