Immigration Integration in Canada
So a few nights ago there was a debate on the upcoming elections in Canada. It was between the Leaders of the Major Canadian parties, and one of the issues that struck out to me, was Immigration and temporary work Visa's.
So according to Steven Harper Immigration is at an all time high. Which I think is a good thing, BUT and there’s always a BUT, a large portion of these workers that come to Canada, are only given a temporary work visa for 3 years. Now a good portion of these workers come get jobs but since they are unable to bring their families, to Canada the majority of their pay is sent back home to care for their loved ones in other parts of the world.
So these Canadian dollars are not kept in Canada to help are economy, at this most crucial recession. Canada needs more and better policies in place to combat the deficit and stimulate the economy. It is pretty obvious that this the worse recession in most Canadians lives. Know I’m not saying foreigners should not receive these jobs. Almost every Canadian family came to this country as immigrants.
What I'm trying saying is we should make these people feel more welcome so they want to stay in Canada and lay down roots. Know this can’t work in all cases but most workers should be allowed to bring their immediate family so the money they earn at work is spent and kept within Canada economy, and not sent to the workers country of origin. If these workers are only here for a small amount of time there’s not much reason to purchase a home, learn the language and get out mingling with fellow Canadians and finding out what Canada’s all about.
The NDP and Liberal party where explaining how even if these workers were to become Canadian citizens there is up to a 10 year wait for their immediate family to become permanent residents. See one of the problems in Canada, and most western countries is, we don’t have a high enough birth rate to sustain are growth year after year. For every person that retires, several need to pick up in their place to to keep taxes paid, and the country moving forward.
Bring over workers temporally and giving them skills, that should be kept in Canada. Instead they can take their trade back home to their country of origin. Now this other country can and will compete with use in manufacturing or any other industry. Now sure we will always need and want temporary workers but to do this on such a large scale is not good for Canada, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the eventual outcome for this situation.
So in conclusion Immigrants should receive free language courses, help settling in good neighborhoods that are diverse culturally. This way they can feel comfortable where ever they feel like going instead of lonely feeling comfortable in areas that mainly speak their native language.
