Sorry, Canada is not that inclusive. Have you ever seen Border Security: Canada’s Front Line? Also when George W. Bush was elected some friends of mine bought a house in Canada and wanted to live there. They were rejected and could only stay for six months a year. Presumably it was because they were retired and deemed too old to be permanent residents?
Hmmm. Guess I’d better do more research. But still, who doesn’t remember the draft dodgers of the 1960s, the Hungarian refugees of the late 1950s, and our current welcome of the Syrian refugees?
On immigration, the vast majority of Canadians prefer a policy that will enhance our economic prosperity over one that emphasizes the needs of people in crisis around the world.
On multiculturalism, by a factor of almost two-to-one, Canadians say they would prefer that minorities “do more to fit in” with mainstream Canada, rather than encourage cultural diversity in which groups keep their own customs and language. (I asked an almost identical question 25 years ago, and fewer Canadians actually support multiculturalism as a concept today.)
Asked the same question today, Americans are actually more likely than Canadians to say minority groups in their country should keep their culture and language (in the U.S., it’s closer to a 50/50 split).
So much for Canadian exceptionalism on the cultural diversity front.
And it’s not enough to accept refugees like the Syrians, they have to be given the opportunity to learn English, find adequate housing and jobs, etc. That’s not trivial. See, for instance, Syrian refugees’ new lives in Canada are anything but easy. It takes a lot more than good intentions.
Considering our differing land mass sizes – interesting concept to build a wall…here we have competition/type wall between the 2 main islands but only in jest more than something solid, “let’s keep ’em in their own backyard” 🙂
NZ’s borders are the waters around you, so you already have a “wall”. I take it there isn’t much controversy about immigration, integration of foreign-born people, etc.?
oh, we have a lot of immigration and foreign nationals embroiled in all kinds of controversy from time to time…of course, that just sparks outrage in certain quarters, and when one of our seemingly own gets into a controversy it’s either “under the carpet hot fast” or somehow national pride gets on the band wagon.
We all know that news isn’t the nice little lady with a wonderful flower bed in suburbia!
I could probably find you some juicy news easily –
the man with 2 wives one of whom he beat with a hammer…send him back was the biggest comment, through to “how dear he have 2 wives…” even though he is only married to one officially. I think there are probably a few other men/women living that way…what got him in the news was the “hammer beating”!
Then there are the national sports – great players – 2 of them in trouble for different reasons! Both sensational and so bad for our Rugby 🙂 Now if they had been squash or tiddly wink players, it wouldn’t have hit the news at all!!!
How many refugees should we take in – in this quota round? And on it goes…
🙂 I don’t blame them for considering this. But currently the Canadians skip across the border for immediate health emergencies when their socialist system tells them they will have to wait 6 months.
If they let a lot of American retirees in, it would strain their health system even more. But it’s hard to think of Canada as inclusive if it wouldn’t let me live there. 🙂
LOLOL!
nope. I wouldn’t. 😀
😀
Brilliant!
Yes!
So far, Canadians are an inclusive bunch. I can’t imagine us building a wall! We’ll leave that to the isolationist Americans.
Sorry, Canada is not that inclusive. Have you ever seen Border Security: Canada’s Front Line? Also when George W. Bush was elected some friends of mine bought a house in Canada and wanted to live there. They were rejected and could only stay for six months a year. Presumably it was because they were retired and deemed too old to be permanent residents?
Bahahahaha!
Yes. 🙂
Hmmm. Guess I’d better do more research. But still, who doesn’t remember the draft dodgers of the 1960s, the Hungarian refugees of the late 1950s, and our current welcome of the Syrian refugees?
Unfortunately it’s a bit more complicated than that. For instance, see this article: Canadians aren’t as accepting as we think — and we can’t ignore it:
And it’s not enough to accept refugees like the Syrians, they have to be given the opportunity to learn English, find adequate housing and jobs, etc. That’s not trivial. See, for instance, Syrian refugees’ new lives in Canada are anything but easy. It takes a lot more than good intentions.
Considering our differing land mass sizes – interesting concept to build a wall…here we have competition/type wall between the 2 main islands but only in jest more than something solid, “let’s keep ’em in their own backyard” 🙂
NZ’s borders are the waters around you, so you already have a “wall”. I take it there isn’t much controversy about immigration, integration of foreign-born people, etc.?
oh, we have a lot of immigration and foreign nationals embroiled in all kinds of controversy from time to time…of course, that just sparks outrage in certain quarters, and when one of our seemingly own gets into a controversy it’s either “under the carpet hot fast” or somehow national pride gets on the band wagon.
We all know that news isn’t the nice little lady with a wonderful flower bed in suburbia!
I could probably find you some juicy news easily –
the man with 2 wives one of whom he beat with a hammer…send him back was the biggest comment, through to “how dear he have 2 wives…” even though he is only married to one officially. I think there are probably a few other men/women living that way…what got him in the news was the “hammer beating”!
Then there are the national sports – great players – 2 of them in trouble for different reasons! Both sensational and so bad for our Rugby 🙂 Now if they had been squash or tiddly wink players, it wouldn’t have hit the news at all!!!
How many refugees should we take in – in this quota round? And on it goes…
It sounds like it’s not that different from here. 🙁
🙂 I don’t blame them for considering this. But currently the Canadians skip across the border for immediate health emergencies when their socialist system tells them they will have to wait 6 months.
If they let a lot of American retirees in, it would strain their health system even more. But it’s hard to think of Canada as inclusive if it wouldn’t let me live there. 🙂