Why Are We Rescuing These "Canadians?"

why are we paying for their 'rescue'?
i travel all over the world and i don't expect to be rescued...
and those of you who were, quit the bitching all you whinny stupid jack asses. you went there on your own accord. deal with it!

It took about 16 days for Martin to find a way to send the DART team to Indonesia. That turned out to be a shameless photo-op for a water osmosis system that Martin owned shares in.
After the New Orleans flooding, the BC guys didn't even bother to ask, they just went and were lauded as heros for doing it. No word if the Martin gov. ever repayed them the cost.
Since these people are dual citizsens, then Lebanon can pay half the cost.

From a personal stand, I would not cross the street to piss in these peoples mouths if their teeth caught on fire.

OTTAWA -- The federal government is ferrying dual citizens back to Canada, but the provinces and cities will be responsible for settling those who don't live here.

"Provinces in which they may reside, or choose to reside, have already been contacted," Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said.

David Spencer, a spokesman for Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman, said the province is waiving the three-month OHIP wait period for citizens who have been away for 212 or more days in a 12-month period.

"In the case of these evacuees, the minister is going to ensure that the Ontario government makes available the public health-care system as they need it," Spencer said.

Lebanese-Canadians in need will be able to make an application for social assistance, the community and social services ministry said.

Angela Hoyt, a spokesman for the Canadian Red Cross, said evacuees will be met at airports.

"For the first 72 hours, the Red Cross will be the lead agency providing shelter and assistance," she said.

Evacuees who don't have homes in Canada will likely be put up at hotels near airports initially, she said.

Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Minister Mike Colle said the province will provide $200,000 for humanitarian assistance, including $100,000 to the Red Cross.

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Gee I wonder who called that one ?

Convenient Canadians
By PETER WORTHINGTON

What in heaven's name are 50,000 Canadians doing in Lebanon?

Surely they can't all be there for a wedding, or a family reunion, or an academic conference, or even as tourists?

The estimated 50,000 are roughly 20% of all the Lebanese who have become Canadian citizens -- about 250,000 of 'em.

Put another way, there are twice as many Canadians in Lebanon as there are Canadians in the army.

Are they all in Lebanon for a visit? Hardly.

Most are dual-citizenship Canadians who've chosen to return to the motherland to live as Lebanese -- until trouble strikes and then they want the Canadian government to rescue them, not the Lebanese government.

Under terms of Canada's dual citizenship policy, the country in which people choose to live, or to visit, takes precedence over Canadian law -- which isn't to say we, as a country, shouldn't help people in trouble.

Frankly, any dual-citizenship Canadian who chooses to live in one of the danger areas of the world should not expect Canada to rush to his aid and rescue him and relatives when danger threatens.

Instead, appeal to the government you prefer to live under, rather than the Canadian one.

Now Canada is chartering seven ships and a bunch of aircraft to rescue these citizens, many of whom have chosen not to live in Canada. Does Canada have an obligation to be responsible for them? The cost to taxpayers of removing tens of thousands from Lebanon is enormous.

How many, one wonders, of these people will move back to Lebanon when the crisis is over and security is restored -- assuming it ever will be in Lebanon?

The view that "a Canadian is a Canadian" and all should be treated equally may need revising.

Why should the government be responsible for naturalized citizens who return to live in a dangerous country in which they are also citizens?

Tourists or short-term visitors are in a different category.

Some MPs have suggested Canadians in Lebanon whose principal country of residence is Canada, should be rescued first, since those whose primary home is Lebanon are better able to survive than visitors.

Although Lebanese have settled in Canada for well over a century and are productive citizens, Canada's current policies risk clogging the country with people who shouldn't be here and whom we don't want.

Already, we won't deport terrorist suspects or criminals if there's fear they may be executed or tortured in their birth country. This means virtually no bad guy can be deported to the Middle East.

Canadians of Syrian or Iranian descent should avoid visiting Damascus or Tehran where they're in danger of being grabbed on phony charges -- which in no way is to suggest that the Lebanese Canadians being evacuated have done anything illegal.

We already have a self-described al-Qaida family in Canada, with one member charged with murdering an American soldier in Afghanistan. Many feel this family doesn't deserve to be Canadian, since their allegiance is to an enemy of Canada.

Canada accepts that dual citizens have special rights. But the policy needs fine-tuning. It can be argued -- as some countries do -- that allegiance should be to one country, not two or three.

If someone wants to be a Canadian, that person should give up citizenship in his birth country.

An exception should be made with the U.S. on grounds that we are geographically, traditionally and culturally close.

But for other immigrants, the choice should be one citizenship and one passport.

It's too late now for Lebanon, where 50,000 Canadians outnumber Americans by a two-to-one ratio.

Ludicrous. Change the law before the next crisis!

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The first red flag, (among a dozen others) is the fact that there are virtually no US citizens there. Their population is 10 times ours and you would expect the numbers of Americans to be in a similar proportion, yet they have less than 25% of the numbers we have there. I don't think there's a wedding or funeral that big they're attending.........although the latter may come to be true. I think if you've just left Canada within the last couple of months and had a return ticket, fine we'll help you get back at a moderate fee. If you've been there for over 6 months and your head office isn't in Canada.........sucks to be you.

Your friends were born in Canada; they didn't apply for refugee status and USE Canada for a crutch. Are they collection a pension?

Big difference buddy

"real ugly comments"

Need to be used sometimes to get the point across. We don't want, need that type of Canadians.

My point about the head office being here, is that if you've been sent there by a Canadian employer and are working there on they're dime, then you should have that privilege of our protection. If you weren't born here and haven't been here in years (even though you carry the plastic citizenship) and had no return ticket because you had no intention of coming back to pay taxes anytime soon.......you're on your own.

Oh, and wearing a "Roots" t-shirt won't cut it. Although if you've got the guts to wear a Leaf's jersey...........hell, I'll come and get you.

Watching CTV news this morning......what a bunch of whiners some of these so called evacuees are,they should be happy to just be back in a safe country,instead their whining about the boat trip etc etc. Seems the media has also jumped on the "Canada bad" bandwagon. :roll: