Burnaby Updates

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Wow.

This thread has taken an ugly turn.

It's worth noting that the children of those old people brought in to Canada (through sponsorship), are typically working and TAX-PAYING citizens (through immigration and citizenship test) or working tax-paying permanent residents.

And unless you're a refugee, immigration into Canada without having nor showing any means of how you'll financially support yourself (outside of aforementioned sponsorship) is a considerably arduous (if not impossible) proposition and also one of the hardest immigration processes in the western world.

In other words, thanks to the points system, the likelihood of Canada "importing" masses of deadbeats and people who mooch off the social welfare system is extremely low and highly unlikely.
The points system typically takes care of all those issues like language, skills they'll bring, how they'll fit in and intregrate socially as well as bring much needed (or much dreaded, depending on your point of view) diversity to the country.
That people typically end up among communities they're most comfortable in, and among whom they speak the same language (separate from the national languages) and share the same culture, is neither atypical nor unique to Canada. It happens everywhere around the world, and even south of the border.

People need to educate themselves on the immigration process to this country before spouting a whole load of ignorance.


P.S. : It's also worth noting the amusing cognitive dissonance and contradiction of hating immigrants who bring in too much money (the "foreign investor" set) and skew off the housing market and housing prices,.... on the one hand, while on the other hand also hating immigrants who allegedly bring in little or not money and mooch off of the system.
Just say you hate immigrants writ large and be done with it.
.....an odd position for someone in a country like Canada to take.