Trump 800,000

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Ottawa has a big immigration problem.

The American decision to legalize 800,000  undocumented young people while severely cutting refugees quotas  has put a gun to Ottawa’s head on immigration policy.

The western world is dividing into two sides on immigration. Ottawa has to choose sides.

On the one hand we have England and the US. After Brexit and Trump, the English speaking Group of 5 is walking away from 30 years of mass, cheap undocumented workers and alleged refugees. The English speaking world is not anti-immigration. It is against the counterproductive chaos of illegal and poorly vetted immigration. Basically, the English speaking world is going back to pre 1980’s law and order immigration.

Meanwhile after 30 years of well-regulated borders, Europe is being bullied by Germany into accepting mass, uncontrolled migration of cheap labour from both within Europe and from Africa/ Asia.  

So the question is: Will Ottawa join the Group of 5 or Germany?

My own feeling is that Ottawa will officially refuse to choose sides. Instead we will hear fairy tales about Canada continuing on a “successful middle path”.

We will see Trudeau assuring Gutierres, Renzi and the Group of 5 that Canada has a fair, balanced, open and carefully vetted immigration policy. Later this year, we may even hear some fiction about Ottawa studying the undocumented worker “opportunity”.   

In reality, Ottawa’s middle path will be code for staying its course. This means that:

• Ottawa will continue to provide immigration “Law and Order” for its chosen few from France, England and their former colonies

• The rest, including Italians and Portuguese, will fight for scraps as they face apartheid conditions in the GTA’s 500,000 strong undocumented labour force

Thank you Ottawa .

Richard Boraks, 14 September 2017