L.O.L....gotta love CANADA

[beN]

awesome!
ya people take for granted what we have here in Canada. Id still rather live in another province though. It's to expensive to live here. But I can tell ya what we do pay for, the beauty/mountains/rivers/mountains & wildlife here.

[rescuepenguin]

* SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
* FOOD STAMPS,
* CREDIT CARDS,
* FREE HEALTH CARE,
* THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT.

* recieved in a e-mail !!*

Looking at these 5 points leads me to believe that it was written by an American who is poking fun at us.

Steve

[keitarosan]

credit cards??? what on earth??? when we came here (legally of course. ), we put in our life savings in 1 bank (TD - i hate TD) and applied for a credit card to start building our credit history to buy a house, car, etc. we were denied of having it because...... we don't have credit history. what the..... i don't get it.

anyway, canada has so much compassion that people a lot of times abuse. i still don't get it.

[123mars]

I alway though newcomers to Canada should pay more tax that current residents. Aboriginals, the first people here, don't pay hst and also don't pay any other taxes, as far as I know, if they live on a reserve. Along that line of thinking, let's pass a law that new Canadians, say ones that arrive after 2011 pay triple HST and 10% more on income tax than people who became Canadian or arrived in Canada before 2011. That should be enough of a deterrent that all the boat people will go to the good old US of A.

Problem solved. We will only get people who really want to be here, not parasite refugees.

[TCR]

a joke is now a debate?
life is too short to take things serious

[Smiladon]

a joke is now a debate?
life is too short to take things serious

This "debate" itself is a fun thing to observe. Enjoy it while it lasts!

I agree with Bill (Aquaman) though. This most definitely seems like an American Joke.

[bonsai dave]

I think we should do it like the Australians do and not let them touch down on Canadian soil . They have and of shore detention and processing center and then they are left on the island for how every long until they take to process them. since they are not on canadian soil they don't all the rights we do . I think that is a better way.

[TCR]

I think we should do it like the Australians do and not let them touch down on Canadian soil . They have and of shore detention and processing center and then they are left on the island for how every long until they take to process them. since they are not on canadian soil they don't all the rights we do . I think that is a better way.

Have to agree
My mom is from the US and had to jump some serious hoops to be Canadian... and thats after having 3 Canadian children

maybe she should have canoed here?

[TomC]

Have to agree
My mom is from the US and had to jump some serious hoops to be Canadian...

Was she raped, beaten, robbed, shot at or mutilated with machetes before escaping? A great many of the people escaping on this boat were. That is no exaggeration.

Let us not lose sight of the fact that these are real people who have been through a real, unimaginably horrific ordeal.

[Aquaman]

I alway though newcomers to Canada should pay more tax that current residents. Aboriginals, the first people here, don't pay hst and also don't pay any other taxes, as far as I know, if they live on a reserve. Along that line of thinking, let's pass a law that new Canadians, say ones that arrive after 2011 pay triple HST and 10% more on income tax than people who became Canadian or arrived in Canada before 2011. That should be enough of a deterrent that all the boat people will go to the good old US of A.

Problem solved. We will only get people who really want to be here, not parasite refugees.

UMMMM ...Totaly unfair I M H O ....That would leave them with little to live on.



This was not intended to start a debate at all ...just a bit of a laugh at ourselves and at other countries .
Yes we are a great nation and we welcome all sorts of people ( and they can bring their religion and customs with them to boot ) ...
* please leave that one alone.. *
Some are refugees yes ....Can't blame them for wanting out of their perdicament....some countries are brutal. Not every one has the money to come here legally and that is no fault of their own , its the circumstances they find themselves in.
That being said ...
I only wish that there was a law that would send the ones back immediately when they have broken the law here . IE; drug dealers murderers and the like. No questions asked appeals ( hey you were found guilty in our courts * don't go there either *... no 2nd chance's nothing. Send em back. That would help in some cases.
I also think we bend over to accommodate a little to much . But then again were not a bunch of commies ....( no offense meant to any we have on the forum )

Lighten up guys it was something to laugh at .....if we can't laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at .......
Oh well...
...btw hey TIGER it was Steve ( rescuepenguin )that refereed to it being possibly an american....gotta give credit where credits due .