Admiral Beez
Superstar
With the benefit of hindsight, if you could go back to the late 1960s through to today, how would you change Canada's immigration system?
I'd start by looking at our most successful immigrant communities, such as African, British, Italian, Greek, American (of all sorts), Indian, Chinese, Sikh, eastern European, Jewish (from all origins), and other communities that in the immediate arrival group or in one generation are usually very well integrated, economically successful, entrepreneurial, well educated and with limited criminal or social problems, and make sure I got more of these.
Next I would look at our least successful immigrant communities, where we have generations of social problems such as pan-generational poverty, higher than average criminal involvement, economic failures, and restrict immigration from those countries. Jamaica and other Caribbean (not all) countries would be prime examples. It seems that a week doesn't go by in Toronto where some son of Caribbean-born immigrants is not involved in violent crime in Toronto. The cause of this trouble is definitely poverty and family breakdown, and has nothing to do with race, as Canada's African immigrants are doing well. However, if we can avoid bringing the parents of these future criminals to Canada, we can avoid the problem all together.
Added to the mix, I'd follow Australia's later example by required pre-screening for English (or French), and limit family reunification. I would also enact a "first safe haven" policy for refugee claimants, meaning that you must claim refugee status in the first UN Refugee Charter signatory that you land in, and can not shop around for the best deal, by for example, landing in the US from Haiti (or wherever) but then claiming status in Canada.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. As an immigrant myself I am very grateful to this country for taking us in, and have ensured to show that gratitude by working hard to contribute back. In hindsight how would you adjust Canada's immigration policy from the late 1960s to today.
I'd start by looking at our most successful immigrant communities, such as African, British, Italian, Greek, American (of all sorts), Indian, Chinese, Sikh, eastern European, Jewish (from all origins), and other communities that in the immediate arrival group or in one generation are usually very well integrated, economically successful, entrepreneurial, well educated and with limited criminal or social problems, and make sure I got more of these.
Next I would look at our least successful immigrant communities, where we have generations of social problems such as pan-generational poverty, higher than average criminal involvement, economic failures, and restrict immigration from those countries. Jamaica and other Caribbean (not all) countries would be prime examples. It seems that a week doesn't go by in Toronto where some son of Caribbean-born immigrants is not involved in violent crime in Toronto. The cause of this trouble is definitely poverty and family breakdown, and has nothing to do with race, as Canada's African immigrants are doing well. However, if we can avoid bringing the parents of these future criminals to Canada, we can avoid the problem all together.
Added to the mix, I'd follow Australia's later example by required pre-screening for English (or French), and limit family reunification. I would also enact a "first safe haven" policy for refugee claimants, meaning that you must claim refugee status in the first UN Refugee Charter signatory that you land in, and can not shop around for the best deal, by for example, landing in the US from Haiti (or wherever) but then claiming status in Canada.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. As an immigrant myself I am very grateful to this country for taking us in, and have ensured to show that gratitude by working hard to contribute back. In hindsight how would you adjust Canada's immigration policy from the late 1960s to today.
