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Maybe a more accurate claim would be, "Some corporations recruit new employees from certain high ranked schools. Less known, but equally true, is that some of them tend to dismiss applicants from other, less favoured schools." I wouldn't dispute the statement were it framed this way, but it would then also hold less weight. Next to none, actually.

Citation, please.

I'm not a very sophisticated investor, but I know enough to not invest my life savings into pomegranate futures in afghanistan. Still, at least a tenth of the countryside looks like this: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/12/08/f-ormiston-afghanistan-arghandab.html I've seen it with my own eyes. A few times. There is a good agricultural opportunity for afghanistan, if they can get their goods to markets in places like Iran and India. And FTR, under the right conditions, I also support the legalized trade of poppies for medicinal purposes.

So, your reference point for all immigrants is based on a group of refugees requiring emergency housing.

I usually only take on clients that I know will pay well and on time. I hope no one thinks less of me.

Europeans must think that they are leading us to toward the marxist ideal of freedom from the tyranny of work. The only difference is that, in Marx's plan, technology was going to replace us as the labour force. In the european model, high taxes and high unemployment mean that a few skilled people with inescapable work ethics will be carrying the load. What I'd willing to devote my tax dollars to is some form of optional service at the end of high school. For 1 yr, join the military reserves in a full-time capacity or travel somewhere to engage in volun-tourism. Qualified experiences will count as credit toward one's post-secondary schooling.

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Oh, so you're nostalgic.

Is your problem with immigration? It sounds like it has more to do with the present practice of multiculturalism.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/distorted-multiculturalism-to-blame-for-rise-in-sikh-extremism-dosanjh-says/article1541355/

Are you suggesting that those countries never got it right?

Don't be such a pessimist! It was only a generation ago that those europeans, on whom our glorious traditions were founded, were engaged in great acts of war, pillage, rape and genocide. And look at how peaceful and productive they are now.

Agreed. And proper economic development will require a cease fire. Afghanistan's main goods are agricultural. There are regional markets for their goods, but they require safe passage along well maintained roads.

Move further north. Immigrants won't go where the jobs aren't. Maybe the Inuit will help you build and sustain a pink safe zone. Just remember not to boink them.

We've posted our home on house exchange websites and days later have had many French suitors. The biggest reasons we get for the exchange are not for vacation but because they want to test the soil for future immigration. They want to live with wide open space and employment opportunities for their children.

Yup. My pink lady and I had a son. He's brown. You gave us 600 yrs of amazing innovation and progress on your last run. I look forward to seeing how the next groups follow up.

http://healthzone.ca/health/article/733058--physicians-groups-accused-of-delaying-foreign-doctors

Are language barriers the reason why foreign-trained doctors can't practice in a province like Ontario? Can you show me some data to support this?

Here's the text of the bill. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4427296&Language=e&Mode=1&File=24 Sure enough, according to this bill there's no crime if someone coerces a woman to not have an abortion that she wants or needs. And, in the definition of coercion there is this nugget: "(d) attempting to compel by pressure or intimidation including argumentative and rancorous badgering or importunity; " Could parents or a partner/spouse be charged if they raise their voices too loud or nag too intently while attempting to convince their target that an abortion is in her best interests? This is a gateway bill, plain and simple.

I'll also be waiting to see whether this bill is truly with the intention to protect a woman's right to choose or only to protect her right NOT to get an abortion. If it's the latter, then I suspect it's an attempt to create a gateway for future limitations on abortion. But, either way, I'm not really worried. Abortion rights are too entrenched in our national psyche to be trampled upon.

It's hard to say what this thread is about, but it seems mostly a place for xenophobic ranting (and no, I'm not referring to you. I respect others' opinions when an effort at thought is placed behind them, which you have clearly done). In terms of the article quoted in the OP, it is built on the false notion that corporations drive immigration in the US. Look at the immigration data their and you'll find most people come from Latin America and are not coming in to fulfill specific jobs offered by specific employers. I don't have a problem with this, I just think it's different than the article suggests. When you talk about self-employment, which is a huge and growing part of the economy, there is no employer to offer a job. Doctors would fall into this category. FTR, there are different classes of immigration that pretty much mirror your suggestions. Here are our current demands and criteria for skilled class: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who-instructions.asp Of course moving to a new country will be difficult, especially if there are language and culture adjustment issues. Anyone who thinks they can transport their lives to a completely different part of the world and not suffer some short-term disadvantages is naive. But most immigrants come for a better quality of life for them and their families and work their asses of to make it so: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=960c9aed-8eff-48c7-8adc-39f2604381f0&k=99437 Looking at three key economic indicators - unemployment, GDP and inflation, we're maintaining a high pace amongst OECD countries. So, looking at other countries' immigration policies relative to their economic performance, which one presents the best model of immigration to you? Well, I believe in maintaining a refugee system. Yes it can be tightened and I support the conservatives planned changes. WRT family class sponsorship, I'm not a fan of returning to the limits placed on the chinese migrant workers who helped built the railroad. Family is the core element of society and allowing them entry is an incentive to attract the best and brightest immigrants. Given how relatively few of these family class immigrants are too old to work, I don't the see the problem that some others here see.

Feel free to disprove the data I've provided with facts or to provide some evidence of your own.

What does it read on the Statue of Liberty? Two things: 1. High skill jobs are not the only important labour market sector. Canada is a service economy and, indeed, it makes up a large part of the american system, too. Some lower skill jobs (like the agribusiness sector) use migrant worker programs for their labour, but the local restaurant isn't going to do this to find their next dishwasher. 2. More importantly, immigration isn't just about filling immediate holes in the job market. It's also a critical pillar in the building of society. Besides, why would you trust politicians and bureaucrats to accurately predict the needs of the job market over a 20+ yr period? Bringing an immigrant in isn't like importing a temporary worker; you can't send them away when labour priorities shift.

This has been my experience, too. People don't typically make the incredible adjustment to life and location only to sit in front of the tv and collect welfare. There's just no evidence of this. As for kids, public schooling is an investment in future workers and the best mechanism for cultural integration. It's very hard to sponsor a senior age parent. Most family class immigrants are children and spouses. The total number of seniors that entered Canada last year was under 7000. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2008/permanent/09.asp The vast majority of these will be financially cared for by their children, living in their homes. Many are brought over to help run the family and household affairs. I have seen plenty of evidence of this in places like rexdale, where I grew up and on the coney island boardwalk, a place I frequent when I'm in NYC.

I'm guessing you'll have to do some of your own homework then. H1-B is a temp work visa for specialized sectors. There are, of course, other classes of temporary work visas in the US. I provided you with the total temp work visa number from Canada, which is presently about 150 000/yr. These are people coming to fill employer-sponsored jobs within the canadian economy. If that is the way you feel, you might find Australia's immigration system more appealing than the US. As I presented, most coming to the US are hard working but not necessarily immediately employable or even equipped to fill an economic need. US immigration is built on something more noble than patching holes in the economy.