Canada and intregration

[Michael Hardner]

Thanks for your post.

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The number of immigrants actually needed is another controversial area and raises the question why are so many of these immigrants comong from troubled Arab countries?

People emmigrate from coutries under stife. People don't emmigrate if they are perfectly happy in their own country. In the early and middle parts of the 20th century we saw many immigrants from Europe because Europe was experiencing "stife" and hardship. Now the muslim countries are experiencing stife and hardship so the people's natural tendency is to want to leave. Europeans are just as fat and happy as Canadians so they have no reason to leave.

Cultural differences have made White Canadians move from these crime ridden congested areas of Toronto and even force them out of public housing.

I don't believe in public housing for anyone. No wonder there's "ghettos" -- when you put all the poor people in acres of run-down tenements you can surely expect they will develop a "ghetto" culture. (read: crime/drug havens)

I disagree with the part of coming here because of strife, not so, except maybe legitimate refugees. I would say that the majority come here because they think they can have a better or life, or maybe a better life for their children.

I tend to agree with your public housing comment, but there has to be low rent housing, or they would have no place to live, and if you try to integrate them into regular housing you would end up with a good neighbourhood looking like the tenements and owners would lose their investments. Canada has to be more circumspect with its immigration policies, we have a right to decide who is best for Canada, and to keep out a criminal element.

[Drea]

I disagree with the part of coming here because of strife, not so, except maybe legitimate refugees. I would say that the majority come here because they think they can have a better or life, or maybe a better life for their children.

My point exactly, if they are perfectly happy in their own county then there'd be no reason to emmigrate.

I tend to agree with your public housing comment, but there has to be low rent housing, or they would have no place to live, and if you try to integrate them into regular housing you would end up with a good neighbourhood looking like the tenements and owners would lose their investments. Canada has to be more circumspect with its immigration policies, we have a right to decide who is best for Canada, and to keep out a criminal element.

Although there is no "acres and acres" of tenements where I live, there is low-cost townhouse developments. Inevitably these low-cost townhouse complexes attract criminals. Criminals (generally) are not living in the high end subdivision on snob hill.

In the smalll city that I live in tenants from all stripes live eveywhere -- they even rent suites from homeowners on snob hill. I say keep them dispursed throughout the city instead of grouping them all together.

Recently, on a street not too far from my house, they've gotten rid of some run-down motels -- it's nice to see that these tenants will have to find accommodation seperately and won't be able to run their drug/crime operations quite so easily.

"Need some drugs? Just go down to that there motel...." can't say that anymore! Hurray!

Instead of public housing, some degree of rent control is in order. Yes, I am a landlord, and yes, I agree with rent controls. We've had the same tenant now going on 7 years and her rent has increased by a whopping $25 per month. We'd rather keep her (a very good tenant -- low income single mother) than try our luck with someone new who may or maynot be a good tenant).