As an example, the 27,000 new elderly immigrants the government has just allowed in its recent applications. That's 27,000 more old people to shuffle into line at our already overburdened health care system. The Tories capped the number of elderly allowed to apply each year at 5,000 saying a quarter wound up on welfare, and the health care costs amounted to approximately $200,000 each. Using these figures, the elderly immigrants we just allowed to apply will cost us $5.4B.
And of course, we will get a new batch next year. And the following year. And the year after that.
In addition, all are eligible for Old Age security and Guaranteed Income Supplement pensions after 10 years in Canada.