Do ‘We’ Need More Immigrants?
At first I thought I was reading some blog post and its comments by someone genetically superior in, say, Alberta or Manitoba, or some… er… right-minded journal like the National Post from Toronto. But then I realized I don’t read those and rubbed my eyes to see that it was indeed The Toronto Star.
The story is titled Economy will need more immigrants. But what I find the most interesting, as always, are the reader comments to that. Nothing brings people out of their woods and closets like the reader comments section!
(Oops, kind and real Canadian reader Phill (from Alberta?) tells me to “stop the whining” and informs me that “the immigration door swings both ways” and suggests “going back is always a choice”. ME SORRY SIR… ME BE NO BAD CANADIAN… ME BE GOOD PROUD BOY, ME SWEAR… PLISS DONNA THROW ME ONNA BOAT BACK!)
Here are some of my favourite comments to the story:
The Economy needs more Immigrants
but do we?
Why?
Why do we need more immigrants? Lots of Canadians are out of work. The recession isn’t going to help any either. If we have more immigrants arrive, fine, but it would be nice if they could speak either of the 2 official languages so we can understand each other.
the side-bar synopsis is very self-flattering, but the principle reason we couldn’t get white immigrants anymore was because Europe got better and people didn’t want to leave. What is our economy going to be based on if the outside world looks better than Canada?
If the Conference Board wants more refugees admitted, will it please pay for their upkeep? It is we taxpayers who are picking the tab for them. Why? And look around the GTA and you will see what kind of refugee ghettos we have created. Canada can meet its labour needs by training Canadians. We have been foolish and indiscriminate in admitting the kind of people who will never fit cultrually and become a problem for us in the future. Let us learn from the experience of Europe.
Ask Canadians what they want, not a bunch of corporate shills!
so we’re 1.7 billion in debt .. many laid off workers in the manufacturing sector and many others yet to come.. I’m wondering why the heck is Canada so determined to let in even more people who don’t contribute to our Economy .. they mostly send their earnings back to their home country ! Wasn’t there a report a while back that we’ve “lost” a quarter-million people that are here illegally? Doesn’t 9/11 and the ensuing wars give us any idea that perhaps letting a quarter-million people in our country doing “temporary work” isn’t a good idea? The government can TRAIN the people who are unemployed to fill the jobs that are required!! Its a lot better than having the unemployed look aimlessly for anything that comes up in terms of a job. We should be curbing our immigration not expanding it, so that criminals and extremists aren’t permitted.
The immigration policies of the past decade or so seem to be a failure. There seems to have been a huge influx of individuals who head straight for the welfare teat, and who have no desire to assimilate. Quite the contrary – they self segregate and despise our society. Parts of our cities are becoming like the British and European “no go” zones where non-ethnic individuals are unwelcome and even unsafe. Further, the family unification policies, which permit the entry of elderly family members and any number of other relatives who will never contribute, and likely will become immediate dependents of the state are particularly stupid. Why do we need this class of immigrant? Yes to immigration, but only to the extent that it improves our country (not corporate profits).
Mass immigration is turning Canadian cities into very dangerous places. The constant murders,shootings,stabbings and beatings around the Lower Mainland are a testament to this fact. As an average middle aged,white monolingual English speaking Canadian (and I say it like that because that is the classification I come in under) nothing about multiculturalism has given me strength. I do not feel the same towards “Canada” as I did twenty or thirty years ago. I certainly could not aspire to being patriotic today the way I did then. Today there are serious problems with immigration in almost every European country and the U.S., it is ridiculous to suggest Canada is not experiencing the same. Do not expect to hear it from politicians they made the mess and will tell everyone to their last dying breath we are united in our state of official division.
This article is absolutely ridiculous, Canada doesn ?t need more immigrants Canada needs more families to produce more children. Instead of bringing in more immigrants why don’t we focus on making it easier for Canadian families to produce more children? If we were to accomplish this then we would have more children to replace the aging baby boomers, and these children would know the Canadian culture and respect its laws. Many new immigrants don’t understand our laws which creates a problem in certain areas such as law enforcement social housing, welfare, health care. Many are working as cleaners, and security guards. I do agree that student visas should be increased and once completing school and receiving a job in there field of work then they should be able to receive a Canadian citizenship. One of the many problems the Trudeau years have done to this country. We need to totaly change our immigration policy.
October 27th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Come on, did you actually expect everyone to have nice things to say? Really what side of the planet are you from… Isn’t the track record of successive democratically elected Canadian governments with regards to immigration enough evidence of how most Canadians feel about immigration? If that’s not enough to want to be a proud Canadian perhaps you shouldn’t… Please stop the whining the immigration door swings both ways you know? going back is always a choice?
November 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
so immigrants don’t contribute to Canadian economy? While most of Canadians (especially in big cities) would fight to death for a couple of pennies, immigrant families sell everything in their home country and bring their savings to Canada so Canadian manufacturing & electronics sector can sell furniture and appliances. So housing would still be a hot market. I think Canadians have false opinions about immigrants such as considering them as only workforce. If immigrants are just considered as workforce in this country, why do Canadians get so angry when they hear complaints. I am sick of Canadians who simply say “Oh my god, these people come to Canada and they still complain”. I have got a huge reason to complain
March 28th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Again, Canadians are just like me who mock up to be a nice guy but infact everything he/she does are hypocritics. They also behave childishly whenever they hear any slightist negative on Canada. How can a country and its people move forward if they close their ears on the realities. Sad country/people. Hey, I dont live in canada, anymore!
May 19th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Unfortunately we are all different in Canada.
We all want to be the same, but how can we do that when most of the people identify more with their country of origin than the country they have adopted.
Unfortunately Canada does not have a strong enough culture to bond everyone together. Instead we have rules like multiculturalism and “diversity” that do absolutely nothing to bring us together, but instead set us apart from one another.
Canada is like that annoying friend that doesn’t stand for anything, instead it changes its self and makes itself over constantly to remain popular. You know on the outside it looks pretty but inside it has no soul. It just doesn’t want to offend anyone.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
We need more immigrants from EUROPE. My family is from Italy, but there are enough Italians here…we could do well with more Swedes, Russians, Spaniards (from Spain…) etc. Unfortunately the Canadian government had closed off immigration from Europe to let people in from third world countries.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Immigration should be a science,
I don’t think altering the demographic make up of a country so quickly can be a good thing,
our immigration isn’t even diverse, half of the immigrants come from either china or india, how does that promote multi culturalism, how is that fair?
December 10th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I agree with Phil there is always the option of going back.And if you don’t want to go back then fine stay here but if you don’t like something people are saying about immigrants(even though i am sure that they are true) then SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!! 1 thing i hate about the govrnment though is the fact that they are saying we need more immigrants here and the people that were doctors and lawyers in their old countries should persue the same job. when really we DO NOT need more people in this countrie. it is already getting crowded and forcing more people in here is just going to make life complete and absolute HELL!!As for the jobs, if they can’t speak english then don’t give them the job because there is no point in giving them a job where people don’t understnd you.
December 14th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
If its like tht shouldnt he white guys go back to europe cuz they migrated herer rite . it belongs to th e natives origginally
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 am
I am European who had a successful financial career with Big4 in my home country and who came to Canada not for a better financial life. I have made over 300 applications during the 6 months period and heard nothing back. It is SO frustrating! Do they need immigrants from Europe as some mentioned in their posts?! I would love to go back as suggested by Anonymous…I just have to convince my Canadian husband, who was born here, to join me. If more families like ours left Canada, it would definitely serve the purpose of “making it easier for Canadian families to produce more children”. As for the language abilities, I doubt that any of these people speak any language other than English…so they can continue to degrade our communication skills and consider themselves superior.
Please note that some things I said above are aimed just to expose the absurdity of some of the comments and in no way I support a different treatment of immigrants based on their race or a motivation to immigrate.
Have a wonderful Christmas and lets hope for a better year!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Immigrants should work hard at whatever they can find and keep their mouths shut.
I came here from India and am Happy to be working as a night watchman/janitor, I make much more money than I ever did as a shop owner in India and I don’t have to bribe officialdom constantly just to survive.
I’ve never given a thought to going back and my children are thriving our family couldn’t be better off.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
All I can say is that news is spreading fast and canada’s reputation is going down the drain. This country is overrated and does not the deserve to be in the ‘First World’. For prospective immigrants please see the website http://www.notcanada.com for more information and be sure to visit its forum.
By the way I am the original “Noypi Rin” from the website http://www.notcanada.com. Oh and for impostors out there who are not creative enough to even think of their own blog names – these people deserve to be in canada. LOL!
January 11th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I see someone has tried to hijack my handle, not surprising given the internet link the misfit has given.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:19 am
“I see someone has tried to hijack my handle, not surprising given the internet link the misfit has given.”
Idiot. Trolls like you define what canada really is. A place of closet bigots who only want immigrants for their money, youth and children.