Peepers
Banned
What would be interesting to know is how much it has cost the Canadian taxpayer (over the years and the years to come) to allow into Canada the parents of landed immigrants. Last year 16,000 visa's were given out. In the previous years I would suspect that the numbers were even higher. In Ontario alone we must have a few hundred thousand parents of landed immigrants living here currently.
Under the sponsorship rules the sponsor (adult child) must look after their parents basic needs for 10 year however they are only on the hook for medical costs for the first 3 months. After that medical costs are FREE. As we all know as a person gets older the medical costs really begin to pile up as Doctor visits become a regular occurrence along with expensive medical procedures. Imagine the cost of providing healthcare to this large population of elderly people ! Is it any wonder that governments are resorting to the rationing of healthcare? When you have 100,000's of people using a healthcare system that they have not paid into something has to give.
Also I wonder how many sponsors default on their obligations? When this happens the sponsored parent are not deported, in fact they are free to collect welfare and ODSP. How many of these people are currently collecting financial assistance?
After 10 years in the country the sponsored parent is free to collect Old age security (again something that they did not paying into during the productive part of their lives).
What is all this costing us? I suspect the total amount is staggering!
Under the sponsorship rules the sponsor (adult child) must look after their parents basic needs for 10 year however they are only on the hook for medical costs for the first 3 months. After that medical costs are FREE. As we all know as a person gets older the medical costs really begin to pile up as Doctor visits become a regular occurrence along with expensive medical procedures. Imagine the cost of providing healthcare to this large population of elderly people ! Is it any wonder that governments are resorting to the rationing of healthcare? When you have 100,000's of people using a healthcare system that they have not paid into something has to give.
Also I wonder how many sponsors default on their obligations? When this happens the sponsored parent are not deported, in fact they are free to collect welfare and ODSP. How many of these people are currently collecting financial assistance?
After 10 years in the country the sponsored parent is free to collect Old age security (again something that they did not paying into during the productive part of their lives).
What is all this costing us? I suspect the total amount is staggering!