Public Relations Con Job: Tories Introduce Weak Ineffective Measures to Curb Human Sm

Written by Paul Fromm

Friday, 24 June 2011 00:25

*Public Relations Con Job: Tories Introduce Weak Ineffective Measures to Curb Human Smugglers* ** *The new Tory majority government has re-introduced legislation to curb human smuggling. However, comments made by Immigration Minister Jason Kenneyreveal that it's all a public relations wiggle to make the public think action is taken against the illegals, in order that the public will continue to acquiesce in the government's long-term goal of replacing the European founding/settler people as fast as possible.* ** *To begin with, real immigration reform must deal with the numbers and make-up of the huge immigration intake. The government wants to keep the numbers astronomically high -- 700,000 plus annually, including short term work visas and student visas. A recent Fraser Institute report written by former Simon Fraser University economics professor emeritus and Reform Party MP Herbert Grubel demolishes the immigration policies of the past 30 years, as a costly failure. Far from adding to the economy and tax base, the poorly screened immigration onslaught, 85 per cent from the Third World, ends up costing taxpayers $25-billion a year; that is, considering the taxes they consume (medicare,welfare, public housing, etc) less the taxes they pay: "*" Of*ficial statistics indicate that recent immigrants have lower average incomes and tax payments than other Canadians, even ten years after their arrival. At the same time, these immigrants on average absorb at least the same amount of social benefits as other Canadians*. As a result, $6,000 is annually transferred to the average immigrant at the expense of Canadian taxpayers. In 2006, the value of these transfers to all of the 2.7 million immigrants who arrived between 1987 and 2004 and still live in Canada came to $16.3 billion. Taking account of the 1.5 million immigrants who arrived since 2004 *the fiscal burden comes to $25 billion in 2010*. These fiscal costs represent *a significant proportion of the $55 billion deficit of the federal government projected for the fiscal year 2011*." (*Herbert Grubel*, March 9, 2011) And this is the flood Jason Kenney wants to sweet talk Canadians into accepting through this legislative crackdown on people smuggling. ** *The Globe and Mail* *(June 14, 2011) reports: "* *A central priority for the Harper government is to keep Canadians committed to the developed world’s most open immigration policy – admitting more people, per capita, than any other developed nation – at a time when other governments are under increasing domestic pressure to close their doors.* *'We have this phenomenal situation where Canada is the only Western liberal democracy with virtually no xenophobic or anti-immigrant voices in our public discourse,' Mr. Kenney said. **Maintaining public confidence in the system, he said, depends on ensuring that queue jumpers aren’t able to abuse it."* * **The mass media demonizes criticism of immigration. When I ran against Mr. Kenney in Calgary Southeast in the recent federal election, there were no all candidates meetings and the press resolutely ignored what could have been an interesting clash of ideas. Two outlets refused to sell me space to advertise my immigration reform message. In fact, many polls show Canadians less than smitten with the prospect of being replaced. A recent Angus Reid poll "revealed that 46 per cent of Canadians believed immigration was having a negative effect on the country." (**The Walrus**, June, 2011)* ** So, just what will be proposed legislation do? According to the *Globe and Mail**, "*The bill allows the immigration minister to designate such claimants as an 'irregular arrival,' making them subject to detention for up to a year while their identity is verified and their claims processed. ... *Under the legislation, irregular-arrival claimants who do obtain refugee status would be prohibited from obtaining permanent-resident status or from sponsoring family members for five years, and could be returned to their homeland if conditions there improve.The bill also toughens penalties for human smugglers and for owners of ships who carry human cargo."* ** *Superficially, it sounds good. However, the sugar glaze hides a fresh cow patty. The Immigration Minister can declare those seeking to slither in through a people smuggling operation as "irregular arrivals" who can be detained for up to a year while their identities are checked. Under present regulations iffy invaders can be held, subject to court challenges. The legislation would appear to permit detention for up to a year. This may be a minor inconvenience to the illegals but in the end they'll be set free in Canadian society for the ponderous process that accesses their claim. All the while, they'll be feasting on welfare, medicare, dental care, government housing, legal aid, and language and employment training, all courtesy of the Canadian taxpayer. A slightly harsher restriction is that those admitted as refugees would not be eligible for landed immigrant status and the right to sponsor their village for five years. This would only delay access to those incredible privileges given to people not even yet Canadian citizens. The one provision with any merit is that those who try to force entry as "irregular arrivals" may be returned to their country of origin should conditions improve.* ** *In fact, Canada should re-think the whole "refugee" process, especially granting citizenship to self-designated "refugees" who show up and make a claim. Citizenship and costly welfare maintenance here is a most inefficient way of assisting people fleeing unfortunate conditions back home. Perhaps, a system that grants "asylum" status (with no rights of citizenship) with a review every two years would be better. When/if conditions back home improved, the asylees wold be expected to move home or move on.* *The threat to impose stiffer penalties on people smugglers and those who organize such enterprises sounds good. However, the organizers are almost always overseas and beyond the reach of our laws. Since the days of Elinor Caplan ("remember the St. Louis") the government has talked a tough line about people smugglers. Penalties introduced by Caplan could range as high as life imprisonment and a $1-million fine for people smuggling. However, to the best of our research, the stiffest penalty imposed in the 12 years since is three months -- that's less than one fifth the sentence imposed on Brad Love for writing letters critical of immigration to MPs.* *If the government is serious about people smuggling, the law should be changed to make both those who organize the operation and those who pay money to be snuck into Canada equally criminal. As a criminal enterprise, the entire shipload should be firmly denied entry into Canadian waters. If there was no hope that those who paid smugglers would be granted admission, then people smuggling would stop. Jason Kenney's legislation would not stop such smuggling but would merely add a bit of inconvenience to the smugglers and smuggled.* ** *Globe reporter John Ibbotson's language is shameless flackery for the illegals. They are referred to as "migrants," as if they were merely birds pursuing their semi-annual flight to our country. They are, in fact, people who have paid a lot of money as part of a criminal enterprise because they would not normally qualify for a visa to come to Canada, perhaps because of their criminal past or association with terrorist organizations.* [image: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney hold a news conference in Ottawa on June 16, 2011. - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney hold a news conference in Ottawa on June 16, 2011. | THE CANADIAN PRESS] On human smuggling, Tories plan to make Canada less desirable JOHN IBBITSON OTTAWA— From Friday's Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 7:17PM EDT For the Conservative government, new legislation that will subject some refugee claimants to detention is about more than deterring human smuggling. It’s also about persuading both Canadians and Americans that this country’s borders are secure. The Conservative government reintroduced legislation Thursday that aims to discourage ships from arriving off Canada’s coasts crammed with migrants seeking asylum. The bill allows the immigration minister to designate such claimants as an “irregular arrival,” making them subject to detention for up to a year while their identity is verified and their claims processed. <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/tamil-smugglers-charged-50000/article1675016/?from=2064342> Video Tamil smugglers charged $50,000 <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/tamil-smugglers-charged-50000/article1675016/?from=2064342> <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/irregular-migrants-in-tories-sights/article1768043/?from=2064342> Video 'Irregular' migrants in Tories' sights <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/irregular-migrants-in-tories-sights/article1768043/?from=2064342> The purpose of the legislation, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in an interview, is to make Canada less desirable as a destination for migrants who sometimes pay tens of thousands of dollars to human smugglers to travel here on unsafe vessels, such as the roughly 500 who arrived on the *Sun Sea*and *Ocean Lady* in 2009 and 2010. But it is also intended, he said, to assure the U.S. government that Canada is taking the steps necessary to control the border at a time when the two governments are negotiating new economic and security agreements. “We’re doing this for our own reasons, to maintain the integrity of our immigration and refugee systems,” Mr. Kenney said. “But there is no doubt it has the added advantage of building confidence with our American friends with respect to continental security.” Under the legislation, irregular-arrival claimants who do obtain refugee status would be prohibited from obtaining permanent-resident status or from sponsoring family members for five years, and could be returned to their homeland if conditions there improve. The bill also toughens penalties for human smugglers and for owners of ships who carry human cargo. The government introduced identical legislation last autumn, but it was blocked by opposition parties in what was then a minority government. They believe the bill would give the minister far too much arbitrary power and would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “It sets up a two-tier refugee system,” said Don Davies, the NDP’s immigration critic. People fleeing by ship from oppressive and dangerous environments are no less legitimate refugee claimants than people seeking asylum at an airport or land crossing, he said. Gordon Maynard, a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer and former chairman of the Canadian Bar Association, said parts of the legislation may violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and would not survive a court challenge. But “bad legislation can be kept in place a long time” before the courts finally strike it down, he said. A central priority for the Harper government is to keep Canadians committed to the developed world’s most open immigration policy – admitting more people, per capita, than any other developed nation – at a time when other governments are under increasing domestic pressure to close their doors. “We have this phenomenal situation where Canada is the only Western liberal democracy with virtually no xenophobic or anti-immigrant voices in our public discourse,” Mr. Kenney said. Maintaining public confidence in the system, he said, depends on ensuring that queue jumpers aren’t able to abuse it. “In our research, we find this sentiment most acutely among immigrants to Canada, not surprisingly,” he said. Those who migrated to this country legally, he believes, are the most intolerant of those who flout the rules. This policy of retaining high levels of immigration while cracking down on alleged abusers of the system does not appear to have hurt Conservative support among immigrant voters – quite the opposite. Conservative candidates scored victories on May 2 in many urban ridings with large immigrant populations. In the months to come, the Conservatives plan to adjust the points system that determines who is eligible to come to Canada, further emphasizing an ability to find jobs in an evolving Canadian economy. Legislation will also target those who live overseas but feign residency in Canada through false addresses and the like, along with those who help make that possible.

 

Hear Paul Fromm: The Fighting Side of Me: Immigration–It’s the Make-up and the Number

Written by Paul Fromm

Thursday, 23 June 2011 04:49

Hear Paul Fromm: The Fighting Side of Me: Immigration – It’s the Make-up and the Numbers that Count [image: Conrad Black] Conrad Black Paul Fromm discusses: - The con job that is Canada’s announced crackdown on people smugglers; - The real purpose is a public relations shuffle so that Canada can maintain the highest immigration intake per capita in the West; - The polls show Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is dreaming when he says: “‘We have this phenomenal situation where Canada is the only Western liberal democracy with virtually no xenophobic or anti-immigrant voices in our public discourse.”; - “The press and many big corporations may suppress and downplay dissent but it’s there and strong,” says Fromm. - Eccentric former press baron, author and neo-Con Lord Conrad Black may be waking up: Europe is collapsing “a process accelerated by Europeans\ dyspeptic failure to reproduce, and a culturaqlly suicidal replacement, thoughout Europe, of the unborn with often unassimilated Muslim immigrants.” http://reasonradionetwork.com/20110621/the-fighting-side-of-me-immigration-its-the-make-up-and-the-numbers-that-count

 

Hear Paul Fromm -- Growing More "Diverse" and Growing Worse

Written by Paul Fromm

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 00:07

Hear Paul Fromm -- Growing More "Diverse" and Growing Worse *Paul Fromm * ** Wonders at the forced apology by Negro comic Tracy Morgan for comments critical of homosexuals * Explores how Canada's now largest source o**f immigrants, the Philippines, produces people who are not doing very well. * Exposes modern day slavery in British Columbia's Fraser Valley -- Third Worlders exploiting their own Former diplomat Ian Macdonald exposes Canada's replacement of the founder/settler European stock as cold blooded policy, not well meaning blunders* ** http://reasonradionetwork.com/20110614/the-fighting-side-of-me-growing-more-diverse-and-growing-worse