COMMENT:

"Accepting Failure

The OECD is a serous organization. It produces good information based on vetted data.

When the OECD weighs in on immigration, it’s incumbent on all policy people to sit back and reflect.

Unfortunately, there is nobody in Ottawa capable of assessing the OECD data in light of Canada’s collapsed immigration process.  Pity.

Even a cursory reading of the OECD material indicates the following:

• Traditionally  non immigrant, yet sophisticated , jurisdictions are far ahead of Canada in dealing with demographic issues through immigration

• Canada has an embarrassing dearth of data upon which immigration policy could , or should, be based

• The lack of good data leads to visa related debates based on emotive, politically exploitive  or micro economic self serving parameters

• Among other fallacies ,Canadian politicians are exploiting their own ignorance when they talk about Canada being a cutting edge immigrant reception country

• Canada is missing the boat on accepting those European immigrants who are already established in Canada

Ottawa’s and the provinces’ refusal to consider reports such as the OECD document has led to bad public policy.

Bad public policy coupled with bureaucratic arrogance has led to bad administration.

Bad administration has led to the criminalization of the process.

Systemic criminalization eventually leads to a break down of the social order.

Thus the question: How long can politicians and bureaucrats expect Her Majesty to dodge the bullet of bad immigration policies, worse immigration administration and increasingly pervasive criminalization of the process?  

A solution may be that we acknowledge our inability to govern and ask Her Majesty to foreclose on Confederation.Better to be an efficient colony than a pretend country. "

Richard Boraks, January 13, 2015