Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Canada's Response to Immigrant Smuggling - Not Good Enough

There are a couple of issues that are disturbing about the latest charges against a Chinese man charged with immigrant smuggling (in Halifax).
First off, he is complaining that his human rights are being violated. Second, as an "english speaking" translator for the tour group he was with, he has contributed to his "future" extradition costs, by requiring a Cantonese translator.
WTF, Canada! This country is looking more and more like a sieve, and people from all over the world are coming here expecting a free ride - when does this stop? Canada has bent over backwards enough for immigrants to this country, that by now, we must be the laughing stock of the UN.
If we want to clean things up at home, the first place to start is to treat the Halifax incident as a crime, and to treat individuals that deceive the government (as this gentleman did, with a fake Korean passport...) as the criminals they are.
Canada needs to close the holes in our immigration legislation to make it MORE difficult for people entering the country, not yield to their demands at the expense of taxpayers.

Mind you, we put up enough with Quebec, don't we?

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