y Canadians....A static or declining population would result in a decrease in the standard of living for all Canadians, including reductions in the services and social programs which currently serve the population" (Ungerleider 3). "The system is so cumbersome and unfair that it’s dehumanizing the public servants who are forced to work in it" (Bourrie 4). If Canada doesn’t change the point system and make it fair for all, the statistics will continue to remain the same, and drop each year. Politicians have tried to label immigrants as a "drain on welfare and health services" (Bourrie 1) and as potential criminals. Most immigrants that come to Canada, are relatively affluent and skilled people. But with the point system that immigration has it makes entering Canada very difficult. The Canadian system is unfair, they are the only country in the world that places head tax on refugees and immigrants; about $975 per adult aged 19 and over. "A panel set up by the government to make recommendations to reform the system wants immigrants to pay even more: the cost of English or French language education for refugees who don’t speak any of Canada’s two official languages" (Bourrie 1). 25,000 immigrants out of 212,000 people who immigrated to Canada last year were refugees. Being that the system is so hard to get through in, refugees either give up because of frustration or are turned away. So, "on one hand, it contends that immigration is essential to economic and cultural vibrancy; and on the other hand, it becomes obsessed with the financial burdens immigration imposes" (Wynnyckyj 1). Throughout history, Canada has used immigrants to issue national needs while ignoring their rights. The Canadian immigration policy has served five purposes for the past century. Canada has used immigrants and immigration polices to: 1. Occupy the country in sufficient numbers to discourage the expansionary tendencies of the American coloss...
