Conservatives to allow immigration caps: report

[CHIMO]

The government is expected to announce near-record immigration levels for 2006 on Friday, along with a new immigration policy that enables the minister to impose a cap on applications.

"By 2011, 100 per cent of Canada's labour force growth will come from immigration," said Liberal immigration critic Maurizio Bevilacqua. "Why does the minister believe that shutting the door on immigration is the answer?"

"We need to increase the target number of immigrants into the country to one per cent of the population — or 330,000 people — in order to renew our workforce and drive our economy," Chow said.

"Instead of allowing families into Canada, the Conservative government seems intent only to bring in massive numbers of temporary foreign workers who are vulnerable to mistreatment and
abuse."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/03/13/immigration-cap.html

Guest workers wanted.

Citizens not wanted.

We have seen this in Germany with the guest workers.

So all those who think that Conservative means being open and fair should look at what is happening.

[Spazito]

1. I am not surprised, disgusted but not surprised....

good thing paying "head taxes" is no longer acceptable or they would be enabling that as well.

[tuvor]

2. Ostensibly because of the massive backlog of applicants.

I could accept that at face value if it were also shown that the Conservatives intend to take steps to make the process more efficient. Blaming the Liberals for letting things get bogged down (and rightly so, to a degree, imo) goes only so far. Especially after two years in power.

[CHIMO]

3. I Would

Have to call you on that one.

It was the Alliance who was shouting about too much immigration back in the late nineties.

The Liberals responded by slowing things down.

They are attacking on items that they started. And we fall for it!

[tuvor]

4. Hey, CHIMO, I'm here to learn.

But why did the Liberal majority acquiesce to the Alliance party?

(Forgive me, I hardly followed politics--beyond the headlines--until after September 11, 2001.)