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Originally posted by ABEL-o-matic
Too many questionable immigrants taking too much of resources is not good. I know I may sound ungrateful as me and my family were immigrants at one point (we turned Canadian Citizens in 2008), but the quality of immigrants that come into this country in the last few years have been really... I don't wanna say anything bad...
I justify that me and my family are hard working immigrants who sacrificed so much just to have a better life here, but here comes all the gypsies and refugees who comes in and get special treatments from the government with our hard earned taxes. Why spite us, the middle class just to appease world peace advocates when its own citizens should have been taken care of first and foremost.
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I agree on some people abusing the immigration system, but its a shame they ruin it for everyone else. I applied to sponsor my Chinese husband to be a permanent resident last November (10 months ago) and we still face up another year before he gets his card. It also costs over $1,500 to do it.
The government should take care of Canadians first, and non-citizens here on temporary basis shouldn't be able to get access to things like low-income programs or welfare.
A lot of these people are desperate and don't have that kind of money or the time to wait 2 years to be told no. All they want is a better life, right?
I was actually told by an immigration expert that my application will get an extra look because his country of origin is China (which is a high risk country for fraudulent applications).