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Originally Posted by Galaxy
The point being you shouldn't be allowed to immigrate to Canada if you don't speak English for French (or by any chance you speak an indigenous language). If many people of an area don't speak the language of the area they reside in it creates a segregated community, as people are unable to communicate with each other. Like you said yourself, they live in a bubble, and this happens on a larger scale when entire communities live in bubbles, also known as an enclave. If you can't speak a Canadian language, you aren't Canadian, stop deluding yourself. If I moved to Tonga without speaking any Tongan, lived in my own "bubble" and made the only way for people to communicate with me via a translator, a sure as hell wouldn't be a Tongan.
We can also see what happens when people who live together don't speak together. Quebec and Acadia are separtated from the rest of Canada because they speak French. This is mostly a bad thing as there is a kind of hostility between Francophones and Anglophones. There is a clear divide in the country, a sort of segregation, rather than unity.
Another thing is Canada shouldn't be importing old people who take more than give in government money. Things such as health care aren't free, and older people don't work, which means they are giving very little back to the government in taxes than they are giving back.
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The seniors we are relocating are, as I said, Canadian citizens for 10+ years, many have been living in this specific apartment / building for 7-12 years with some living there for almost 20 (the oldest category). Translators were needed as a recommendation on our part to ensure we understood their best needs and situation and to ensure all aspects of the relocation and why/what/how/when were well communicated. The non-senior folks did speak English and did have jobs. The senior category speak English and have either been in Canada for a long time or were taken in via their kids. There were not that many seniors (retired) in our buildings.
Us having a translator handy for relocation is merely doing our due diligence.
Not sure how many years you need to live in Canada and what income is acceptable and how many kids you have can qualify you to be an "actual Canadian". I don't wish to include that in the conversation. We are building some affordable and social housing developments that qualify people based on incomes, families, needs, or recommendations within the housing group we have lead the "affordable" housing portion.
As well, with these older, lower rent apartments being destroyed, the need for "affordable" or even social housing grows for all aspects of the population. We were hoping the City of Burnaby was able to tackle the rental housing and rent rate issue before the desperate need for these housing types, for immigrants, seniors, and long time locals, comes all the same.
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