Walt's in a hurry this morning. No power and cows have to be milked by hand. But there's time to pass on a story in today's Globe & Mail which puts the icing on yesterday's cake.
If you didn't read yesterday's post, please do so now. Then click on the link above to go to the Globe story. It presents the highlights of a report, by the Canada Border Services Agency no less, which predicts that as other developed countries shut out refugees and asylum-seekers, Canada will become the safe haven to which they flee.
In other words, because of Canada's reputation as being a "soft touch", we can expect a tidal wave of the world's flotsam and jetsam to wash up on our shores. This is contrary to what CIC is saying in its annual report, which was the subject of yesterday's post.
Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) says it's battening down the hatches, so to speak. Closing the loopholes and tightening up our porous borders. What they don't say is that when someone's refugee claim is accepted, they get social benefits -- housing, welfare and health care -- at levels unmatched anywhere in the world.
Canadians living in poverty suffer, but refugees have to buy big bushel baskets to carry off the swag we lavish on them. No wonder the scum of the earth head for Canada..."very good place to be, very good indeed".
Footnote: The Border Services Agency report had to be obtained by a lawyer under freedom of information legislation. Why is it that Canadians have to fight so hard to get access to reports and other documents prepared at our expense? Don't we have the right to know what our government is doing? What do our governments fear? Voter backlash? Could be!
Postscript: This is Walt's 200th post, another milestone reached!
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