XPost: can.general, can.politics   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 18/04/2010 4:36 PM, cognomen@domus.ca wrote:   
   > "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
   > news:UwLyn.60118$vC3.41784@newsfe04.iad...   
   >>>   
   >>> Immigration SHOULD be encouraged....from countries sharing common values   
   >>> and traditions. Australia has the right idea in this regard.   
   >>   
   >> I would agree.  Value similarities are important.  But Canada isn't really   
   a #1   
   >> immigration target forcing immigration Canada to be a little more lax in   
   that   
   >> requirement.   
   >   
   >   
   > Sheeesh !!  Where the hell have you been living for the last 25 years?  Get   
   educated . . .   
   > . .   
   > _________________________   
   >   
   > Canada   
   > Canada has the highest per capita net immigration rate in the world,[44]   
   driven by   
   > economic policy and family reunification, and is aiming for between 240,000   
   and 265,000   
   > new permanent residents in 2010.[45] In 2001, 250,640 people immigrated to   
   Canada.   
   > Newcomers settle mostly in the major urban areas of Toronto, Vancouver and   
   Montreal. Since   
   > the 1990s, the majority of Canada's immigrants have come from Asia.[46]   
   Accusing a person   
   > of racism in Canada is usually considered a serious slur.[47] All political   
   parties are   
   > now cautious about criticizing of the high level of immigration, because, as   
   noted by the   
   > Globe and Mail, "in the early 1990s, the old Reform Party was branded   
   'racist' for   
   > suggesting that immigration levels be lowered from 250,000 to 150,000."[48]   
   >   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration   
      
   And one of the easiest to get into.  Go figure.   
      
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