us. 2. Protect the Pacific Rim from heavy Asian immigration. 3. Create economies of scale and rational East-West axis for an independent polity and viable economy. 4. Maintain a British hegemony by combating separatism, whether in its Prairie Metis and Indian form of the last century or in its Quebecois form in this one, and to counter the revance des berceaux of the Canadians against the British conquest. 5. Foster an image of Canada as a new place of opportunity, a country of potential greatness, and a land of second chance, characterized by the fairness of British institutions and now by the civility of state-sponsored democratic pluralism in the form of official multiculturalism (Ugerleider 2). Canada’s goal has always been about meeting its obligation to Commonwealth subjects, such as, its social and economic development. All of that is well said and done, but how far will Canadians take it, to accomplish just that? Immigrants who arrive to Canada, each year, come with the intentions that Canada is here to "help and serve". In actual fact Canada is here to help and serve themselves. As stated in the passage, Prime Minister Mackenzie King said: The people of Canada do not wish, as a result of mass immigration, to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population [and] large-scale immigration from the orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population...Canada is perfectly within her rights in selecting the persons whom we regard as desirable future citizens. It is not a "fundamental human right" of any alien to enter Canada. It is a privilege. It is a matter of domestic policy. Immigration is subject to the control of the parliament of Canada (Ungerleider 6). In all aspects, it’s about serving Canadian purposes. Canadians complain about the expense by allowing numerous about of immigrants into the country. But, it is these immigrants who help Canada compete in globalization. The fol...
