2013 Immigration Levels Planning: Public and Stakeholder Consultation

This concludes the online questionnaire. Do you have any additional comments about Canada’s immigration system regarding levels and mix?

I have just taken the survey and these are my concluding comments:

If you want to protect and preserve Canada, stop immigration for at least 50 years.
Do not import workers when Canadians have no jobs.
Do not force Canadians to compete with affirmative action and minority quotas implemented by every major industry in Canada, as well as government jobs.
Do not lure immigrants with university diplomas to Canada only to ask them to return to school.
Do not import people who will live on social welfare.
Do not humiliate hard working Canadians forcing them to pay for parasitical immigrants.
Take care of those who are already in Canada and respect the laws of this country.
Do not import people whose only goal is to re-create their mini-societies or change our mainstream society to be accommodated.
Shifting immigration from European to non-European was not only a huge mistake, but also a cultural crime.
Canada IS a Christian country, founded by French, English and Aboriginal peoples.
The languages spoken in public services in Canada should be only those of the above mentioned groups.
I am an immigrant myself and I consider that being in Canada is a privilege, not a right.
I am here to contribute to the mainstream society, not to “my community”.
My community IS Canada, my people IS the Canadian people.
People claim to have chosen Canada to “give their children a better education”, but send their children to their religious schools.
People come to Canada and want to change our society to fit with their own customs and traditions.
How far can Canada go with accommodating everyone?
How long will it take until certain groups will demand to change the national anthem, our country’s name and require certain languages to be listed as official languages of Canada?
Jason (allow me to call you Jason), I deeply respect and admire you.
I hope that one day I’ll have the honour of meeting with you and discussing immigration related issues.
Please, take care of our Canada.
Thank you and good luck!

Madi Lussier
madilussier@gmail.com

Kimberly Rivera, 30, served in Iraq as a U.S. Army private in 2006 before coming to Canada. (War Resistors Support Campaign)

Female war resister loses fight to stay in Canada
Mother of four sought refuge after serving in Iraq

The Associated Press Posted: Aug 30, 2012 10:33 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 30, 2012 4:47 PM ET
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Kimberly Rivera, 30, served in Iraq as a U.S. Army private in 2006 before coming to Canada. (War Resistors Support Campaign)

The first female soldier to flee the U.S. military for Canada to avoid the war in Iraq has been ordered deported, a spokeswoman for the War Resisters Support Campaign said Thursday.

Michelle Robidoux said that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has ordered Kimberly Rivera to leave the country by Sept. 20.

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Tanya St-Arnauld is in a coma in hospital, with acid burns to her face, arms and upper body. (Facebook)

Quebec woman burned and in coma after acid attack
Woman’s boyfriend charged with aggravated assault
CBC News Posted: Aug 28, 2012 9:30 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2012 12:10 AM ET
Tanya St-Arnauld is in a coma in hospital, with acid burns to her face, arms and upper body. (Facebook) Facebook

A woman from Longueuil, Que., is in a coma, with serious burns to her upper body, after she was attacked with acid Sunday.

Police say the man arrested in the attack is her boyfriend, who is to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday.

Nikolas Stefanatos, 27, of Brossard, Que., was charged with aggravated assault. In his first court appearance Monday, his bail hearing was held over.

Dhankar, who has been a Canadian citizen for the past two years, went to the local CIC office to get his oath of citizenship certificate, but that office was closed in June as a result of budget cuts.

Closure of citizenship centre affecting Thunder Bay family
CBC News Posted: Aug 29, 2012 9:03 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2012 2:04 PM ET
Dharmender Dhankhar has been trying to get in contact with thw Citizen and Immigration Centre for months in order to get supporting documentation that will allow him to travel to India. (Nicole Ireland/CBC) Facebook

The closure of the local Citizenship and Immigration Centre is causing problems for a Thunder Bay family who need certain paperwork before traveling abroad.

Dharmender Dhankhar and his family would like to go to India for his sister’s wedding but recently learned the Indian government needs to see documentation showing the exact date on which he became a Canadian citizen in addition to his passport.