Immigration: The weakness of policy …the power of lobbying

None of my clients is opposed to the Syrian immigration. There is room for all good people.

What my clients do not understand is why government treats them as bad people.

My clients are beginning to understand that special interests lobby government to ensure that there is always an army of illegal workers in Ontario. Since the powerful lobbies are actually advocating against the trades workers, they are bad people. They will be removed. They will be replaced by other illegal works who will also be removed.  

Short term greed by a few will trump public policy.

There was a day when government was not absolutely beholden to special interests, whether they be the traditional commercial groups or the newer social /humanitarian/NGO/industrial complex. Those days are over. 

So my clients wish the Syrians well.

Unfortunately, given the state of public policy in Canada I have little doubt that the cessation of the most violent forms of hostilities in the Middle East, will see most Syrians returning back home. This is what happened with the Lebanese. This is what happened with the Hong Kong, Chinese immigrants and most highly qualified Indians. This is what will happen with what’s left of the Europeans.

Over 52 % of recent immigrants leave Canada. They leave because opportunities in Canada are evaporating. They are evaporating because people like my clients are being kicked out. Many of the remaining 48% take out more than they put in.

When my clients and the Syrians both leave then it will be time to turn off the lights. That’s when the commercial and NGO interests will pack up and leave.

Back to square one.  

Richard Boraks, December 2 2015