Immigration to Canada Under Mister Dressup
"A frequent basis of claim cited by Indian nationals is the fear of arbitrary arrest or abuse by the police based on accusations of supporting militant organizations."
"It should be noted the vast majority of these claims are filed by Indian Sikhs."
"Contemporary support has re-emerged around proposals for an unofficial referendum of the global Sikh diaspora in 2020 on the question of independence..."
"As government pushback against the Sikh community continues, fear of arbitrary arrest and abuse by authorities will likely prompt more Indian Sikhs to leave the country."
Canada Border Services Agency report
"Canada is a preferred destination for Indian visitors, business travellers and students and we value their contributions to Canadian society. While the overall number of Indian TRV [temporary resident visa] holders claiming asylum has risen, these claims represent less than one percent of all Indian travellers to Canada. The vast majority of Indian nationals visiting or migrating to Canada do so through regular means."
"The onus is on the applicant to show that they meet the requirements for a temporary resident visa. All applications from around the world are assessed equally against the same criteria. Canada does not limit the number of temporary resident visa applications that are accepted from any country."
Mathieu Genest, spokesman, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen
"There is a legitimate policy debate to be had. That shift from low 60s from the economic class to high 50s is not a major change but it is a significant number over time."
"...The Conservatives [previous government] were right to bump up the economic class because that's where public support is greatest."
Andrew Griffith, former federal director general of citizenship
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| Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the crowd during the annual India day parade in Montreal, Sunday, August 20, 2017. |
Canada has absorbed an extremely large number of people from the Indian sub-continent. Many have settled on the West Coast of the country in British Columbia while many others have claimed cosmopolitan Toronto as their home base. In the aggregate they have been a true boon to Canada with their enterprise, intelligence, academic record and family values. On the other hand, the tensions in India between majority Hindus and minority Sikhs has also been brought from that continent to this.
Canada's first experience with terrorism that was not home-based (Front de liberation du Quebec) was a horror when Sikh separatists fighting a clandestine campaign for their Khalistan homeland to be carved out of India set explosives aboard an Air India flight from Canada to India, with disastrous consequences. And when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to India ostensibly for trade talks he was embroiled in a contratemps over courting votes at home by appearing to India to encourage Sikh separatism to the point where a convicted Sikh felon was invited to Canadian embassy functions.
Now, a report by the Intelligence and Analysis Section of the Canada Border Services Agency makes the link between unease in India over Justin Trudeau's tolerance for separation in India while Canada itself has no toleration for separatism when it comes to Quebec agitation for complete sovereignty. The impression he has left with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is that he supports the Khalistan movement, the very movement responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Canadian Hindus in the Air India bombing of 1985 when over 300 innocent people lost their lives.
That the Punjab area of India which is home to most Sikhs is the source of the majority of East Indians coming to Canada has certainly influenced the Indian Prime Minister's opinion of Canada's liberal government coddling Sikh aspirations. They represent a sizable voting bloc, one that the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is eager to continue cultivating for votes.
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| At the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, Fiyori Mesfin, 32, crosses into Canada with her 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter, both U.S. citizens. She had been living in Las Vegas for four years but was denied asylum status. (Andre Malerba/The Washington Post) |
Canadians have been somewhat turned away from the human treasuries that await Canada in the person of new immigrants. The illegal entry to Canada over the U.S. border of Nigerian nationals has seen a 300 percent rise year over year, and that over 30,000 illegals have chosen to bypass legal crossings to declare themselves refugees has not endeared the process to the general public. That situation has led to Canadian cities like Montreal and Toronto straining their welfare budgets to provide housing and medical care to illegal economic migrants.
Legal immigration on the other hand, is a desired and necessary adjunct to building a competent and reliable workforce. A process that should come with a dedication on the part of the immigrants to fit into Canadian society, adopt its values, respect its laws and in the process prosper, along with their adopted country. In the first half of this year visa applications from Indian citizens rose 70 percent to 490,552 in contrast to the same period in 2017, with approved visas increasing 61 percent o 295,867 year-by-year.
Canada benefits most from the engagement as immigrants of economic class becoming permanent residents, far less under the family reunification program. But, as has been pointed out by analysts critical of government moves on immigration, the current Liberal government is enthused about reuniting families -- to please all those who succeeded in becoming permanent residents, anxious to bring over family members -- depending on immigrant communities repaying the Liberals with their enthusiastic votes.
Labels: Canada, Fishing for Votes, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, India, Justin Trudeau, Sikh Separatists
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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