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Increasing immigration needs to benefit Canada. We should be bringing in people that add to our country, not drain its resources.
Being a Canadian is a privilege, it should be well earned, not just handed out after you wait three years.

After reading your post about your fiancée swapping from the “Qualified Worker Program” to Family Class because it saves 30 months begs the question, you don’t see anything wrong with that?
Don’t you think our priorities are wrong if we value and fast track the family class immigrants over “qualified workers”?

I’m sure your woman will be a very productive member of Canadian society but the Qualified Worker program should be the quick way in, not the family class.
This is very disappointing. We really need to totally revamp the whole immigration system so Canada’s benefits are the priority, not the immigrant. JFK said it:

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

   

As a wannabe immigrant to Canada and a new member of this site I read both of your comments with intrest.I have to say that both of you have valid points but that the answer lies somewhere in the middle .
As a uk national I have vast experiance of an immigration system which is abused and often seemingly without control.EyeBrock I think is completely correct in his arguament about contributions to your healthcare system and his resentment of Non payers using your taxes . The problem as I see it is that as long as Canada has such a coplex and drawn out immigration process people will opt for the easiest and less time consuming option to gain immigration .As a hard working self employed builder I want to be able to move to Canada start work straight away and integrate into Canadian society as Quickly as possible . (And yes pay my Taxes).
I can though , sympathy with people who dont want to wait (up to ) 2 years to have the authorities decide whether they are suitable to enter Canada as a working, beneficial member of society and who take the Family sponsorship route.Where I think EyeBrock may slightly be getting it wrong is that the 16000 welfare grabbing sponsors and families probably would have abused the Canadian system regardless of how they gained immigration .It would be interesting to see from a statistical view the breakdown of socio/economic grouping , ethnicity etc of the 16000 .May I just add I also have relatives in Canada and family sponsorship is tempting .

   

Couldn't agree more. I think we've finally reached our common ground here.

My fiancée goes through a complicated process of proving that she has far more "points" than necessary to immigrate to Canada regardless of her relationship to a Canadian, and the embassy says, "OK, that's great, just 12 to 36 months and this should be all wrapped up!"

So we're like, "Uhh, so you're saying that her file looks exemplary, but that it could take 3 years to process?". Yup.

On the other hand, she could be uneducated, out-of-work, and on french welfare, but as long as she's related to me in some way, she would get in within 6-12 months.

Something is serioulsy screwed up here.

Anyway, I'm not for making the requirements easier, I'm just for reducing the ridiculous red tape delay involved.


- CamCKA

   

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